I've made a few YT videos but every time I look at them I feel the lighting washes out my color, color of products, etc. In other words, I look a lot paler than I am on camera.
Right now I film in front of two large windows, one front of me and one on my left side. Could this be the cause? Maybe it's too much light? Should I cover one window with thicker fabric to make that side darker? Or maybe just move to another space and use artificial lighting?
Ahhhhh, lol, all these questions. Any lighting tips anyone has would be much appreciated! :) thank you!
Yeah maybe too much light haha. I don't use natural lighting though I hope I can because there's no space for me to film infront of my window and it's always noisy in the day time so what I do is I place a standing lamp from IKEA (changing the bulbs to white) behind my tripod and start filming. Sorry, can't help much, only can help with filming at night. :/
I dont think you can have too much light ;) not when its natural light anyway. I'd start looking at the settings on your camera. You can google any camera's settings if you dont know them all by heart (and dont feel like going and finding the little book that came with the camera box and then trying to find the right chapter and yeah, you get the picture (ha ha)). The more light you have the easier it is for the camera to pick things up and you'll get much better quality. :)
Yea I think part of the problem might be my camera. I have a Kodak Zi8 and there really is no settings to play with. It has an EIS and a switch from standard to macro but that's it. I've been considering getting a new camera and keeping this one for more outdoors, traveling videos. Any suggestions for a camera/camcorder? :)
No settings at all? Wow, that's lame... Sorry, I'm not that into videos nor video cameras, but there must be a store somewhere close to you where they know a thing or two about camcorders. Maybe you can get a digital camera that takes both photos and records video? Just tell them exactly what you want the camera to do and what price range you're looking for and they should be able to give you some suggestions. Maybe you can even try it in the store or make sure you can return it if it doesn't do what you want it to?
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Jun 29, 2012
Sheila R.
Right now I film in front of two large windows, one front of me and one on my left side. Could this be the cause? Maybe it's too much light? Should I cover one window with thicker fabric to make that side darker? Or maybe just move to another space and use artificial lighting?
Ahhhhh, lol, all these questions. Any lighting tips anyone has would be much appreciated! :) thank you!
Jun 29, 2012
Michelle A.
Yeah maybe too much light haha. I don't use natural lighting though I hope I can because there's no space for me to film infront of my window and it's always noisy in the day time so what I do is I place a standing lamp from IKEA (changing the bulbs to white) behind my tripod and start filming. Sorry, can't help much, only can help with filming at night. :/
Jun 29, 2012
Emelie J.
I dont think you can have too much light ;) not when its natural light anyway. I'd start looking at the settings on your camera. You can google any camera's settings if you dont know them all by heart (and dont feel like going and finding the little book that came with the camera box and then trying to find the right chapter and yeah, you get the picture (ha ha)). The more light you have the easier it is for the camera to pick things up and you'll get much better quality. :)
Jun 29, 2012
Sheila R.
Yea I think part of the problem might be my camera. I have a Kodak Zi8 and there really is no settings to play with. It has an EIS and a switch from standard to macro but that's it. I've been considering getting a new camera and keeping this one for more outdoors, traveling videos. Any suggestions for a camera/camcorder? :)
Jun 30, 2012
Emelie J.
No settings at all? Wow, that's lame... Sorry, I'm not that into videos nor video cameras, but there must be a store somewhere close to you where they know a thing or two about camcorders. Maybe you can get a digital camera that takes both photos and records video? Just tell them exactly what you want the camera to do and what price range you're looking for and they should be able to give you some suggestions. Maybe you can even try it in the store or make sure you can return it if it doesn't do what you want it to?