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#WisdomWesnesday - How better Lighting can improve Videos


In this weeks' #WisdomWednesday I discuss how to level up your video quality by following this simple lighting tip!


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Video Transcript


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good morning welcome to today's video

and welcome to another edition of wisdom


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Wednesday today I'm going to be talking

to you about lighting but first roll the intro


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lighting is one of the most important

aspects of videography be that studio


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lights indoor lights outdoor light

natural lights I'm talking about


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lighting as a whole and if you can get

your setup locked down you'll take your


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videos to the next level if you don't

have access to studio lights natural


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light is your best friend so yourself up

next to a window like this so this is a


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great example of good window light as

you can see on my left hand side I've


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got a nice soft light coming in through

the window meaning that the shadows


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aren't too harsh on this side either so

you can see me clearly and focus on what


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I've got to say however if I set up on

the opposite side of the room you'll see


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that this is a completely different

story so I've now set the camera up on


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the opposite side of the room and as you

can see the light loss is significant


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and therefore the image quality when I

come to edit this is not going to be as


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good it's the same room with the same

lighting but a completely different


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image what you definitely want to avoid

is having your subject backlit otherwise


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they'll become silhouetted and your

audience will find it hard to engage


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with what they have to say so as you can

see it makes a massive difference where


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you set up within a room just by being

close to the window opposed to being in


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the corner or facing away from the

window bring so much more quality to


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your video content I'm the same theory

applies whether you're using studio


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lights or you're using the available

lights that you have in your room the


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difference is substantial so if you want

to learn more about lighting in the


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coming weeks I'll be doing a video on

studio lighting and I'll also be doing a


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video on DIY lighting setups that's it

for this week's wisdom Wednesday


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I'll see you in the next video



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