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Showerthought: A comment about my video lighting made me rethink my whole setup
Someone on my last review said my hands looked like 'ghostly pale blurs' because I was filming under a single bright ceiling light. I bought a cheap 2-pack of ring lights from Amazon for $35 and started using a diffuser. The difference in showing small details, like the texture on a phone case, is actually crazy. What's the cheapest lighting upgrade you've made that actually worked?
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margaret_gonzalez255mo ago
What about just using a window?
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robin_roberts845mo ago
My 1920s apartment has windows that face a brick wall 4 feet away lol. Not exactly scenic. I picked up one of those cheap tension rod setups with blackout curtains and it blocks like 90% of the light. The key is getting the rod tight enough so it doesn't sag in the middle.
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eric7235mo ago
Honestly that tension rod struggle is too real. Mine took like three tries and a lot of muttered curses before it finally held. Ngl I'm pretty sure my neighbors think I'm running some kind of illegal operation with how aggressively dark I keep my apartment. Tbh the whole setup is held together by sheer luck and a prayer at this point. But hey, at least I can sleep past sunrise now without feeling like a total vampire.
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