For computer work filing and other focus intensive tasks choose a well defined light source dedicated to what you are doing.
Home office webcam lighting. One touch lighting phillips hue setup. But even with a good webcam lighting is the trickiest part of setting up a home office or another room for a video chat. In the image below you ll see a more advanced lighting setup that i recently used on my g hoa based show podcasters roundtable. Here are some easy ways to improve your lighting.
On the left is a linco flora easy softbox kit and on the right is an f v r 300 ring light in the result portion of the image the linco can be seen on the left side of my face and the f v on my right. An adjustable or articulated desk lamp can put light exactly where you need it and support a variety of tasks. My wishlist for the office was. The c922 still boasts excellent 1080p video quality great for hosting video calls and its automatic low light correction makes it a fantastic cam for streaming with the lights off.
I m employing a basic three point lighting setup. But the real draw here is the light ring circling the webcam to provide extra illumination. If your home office has multiple workstations for example a desk for computer and phone work a filing area and a table for reviewing photos and layouts. This tutorial is a single movie from the on camera.
A few weeks ago i rearranged my office so my desk faced the window which let me see a little bit of sky and the tops of the trees in the yard. I ve been doing lots of video calls for years and here s the way i decided to setup the lighting in my home office optimized for a basic webcam. Turns into an extra guest room the sofa converts into a queen bed. Simple background sofa with lighting framed ogilvy ads and a.
The whole goal of this lighting experiment was to make my webcam look like a stylized photograph so i decided to throw a spotlight on the background directly behind me. As with photography it s better to have the light source behind the camera rather than behind the subject but nobody wants to put their computer in front of their window. The webcam lighting challenge my home office is in a basement room where the only sources of light are a couple of overhead fixtures and a south facing egress window.