Have you thought about making good quality video resume that standout? Do you think having the best camera is enough to make quality video? In this post, I will introduce the type of lights and learn the ways to set them up in order to capture better quality video footages.
Lighting can be the most important aspect for making your video look clean and sharp and improving you video quality tremendously. Sunlight is always a great starting source, but having additional lights can boost your video production. Before purchasing lights, here are few factors to consider:
- Did they have an adjustable beam spread?
- Are they portability?
Different Types of Lighting
Incandescent lights.
This type of lights is similar to your home light bulbs, which produce a yellow tinted light. These bulbs are known to produce a lot of heat and therefore are not often placed close to the subject. They also tend to not last long. These lights allow consume more energy than a few of the other sources.
Halogen lights.Halogen lights produce a steady light of a higher luminous efficacy and put off a lot of heat. This kind of lights consume a lot of energy. Some of examples of Halogen lights are flood and construction lights.
Incandescent lights.
This type of lights is similar to your home light bulbs, which produce a yellow tinted light. These bulbs are known to produce a lot of heat and therefore are not often placed close to the subject. They also tend to not last long. These lights allow consume more energy than a few of the other sources.
Halogen lights.Halogen lights produce a steady light of a higher luminous efficacy and put off a lot of heat. This kind of lights consume a lot of energy. Some of examples of Halogen lights are flood and construction lights.
Fluorescents lights.
These kind of lights produce nice bright white light at 5600K temperature and they produce less heat. Hence its energy consumption is usually less than the first two kinds. Fluorescents lights are cheaper and widely available through online retailers such as Amazon and EBay. Most professional video artists and photographers preferred this lights. Some example of fluorescents lights are the tube lights and LED lights.
For more information about lightings see Dr. Robert G. Nulph “Choosing the Best Video Lighting Kit”.
These kind of lights produce nice bright white light at 5600K temperature and they produce less heat. Hence its energy consumption is usually less than the first two kinds. Fluorescents lights are cheaper and widely available through online retailers such as Amazon and EBay. Most professional video artists and photographers preferred this lights. Some example of fluorescents lights are the tube lights and LED lights.
For more information about lightings see Dr. Robert G. Nulph “Choosing the Best Video Lighting Kit”.
Light set-ups techniques.
The first technique is the use of a single light. The light can be mounted on the camera or fixed onto a tripod. Camera mounted lights provide more flexibility especially when shooting a moving subject. Some cameras and devices have built–in flash.
Another technique is 3 point lighting. This technique works for interviews where the subject is stationary in a single place. Using three different lights positioned at a 45 degree angle away from each other and from the subject produces a nice evenly lit space. Such lights are named as follows:
The first technique is the use of a single light. The light can be mounted on the camera or fixed onto a tripod. Camera mounted lights provide more flexibility especially when shooting a moving subject. Some cameras and devices have built–in flash.
Another technique is 3 point lighting. This technique works for interviews where the subject is stationary in a single place. Using three different lights positioned at a 45 degree angle away from each other and from the subject produces a nice evenly lit space. Such lights are named as follows:
- The Key light
- The fill light
- The backlight.
––The key light is usually placed on the front and side of the subject to create soft, diffused light.
––The fill light is placed on the side of the key light to soften the shadows.
––Lastly, the back light is placed behind the subject to illuminate the overall shape of the subject.
Reference:––The fill light is placed on the side of the key light to soften the shadows.
––Lastly, the back light is placed behind the subject to illuminate the overall shape of the subject.
Dr. Nulph, R, G.(May, 23 2012) Choosing the Best Video Lighting
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As a photography student, lighting has always been a problem I have struggled with. I gather that the same problems would come with video. Is there certain locations that you would use in order to get a good halo effect around the face?
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