1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,950 Hello and welcome back to my channel! 2 00:00:02,950 --> 00:00:04,860 I'm very excited about today's video. 3 00:00:04,860 --> 00:00:06,667 It's a topic that I have wanted to do 4 00:00:06,667 --> 00:00:07,954 for a very long time. We're 5 00:00:07,954 --> 00:00:09,241 talking about lighting 6 00:00:09,241 --> 00:00:11,957 I'm going to give you ideas for different lighting setups. 7 00:00:11,957 --> 00:00:14,939 We're in a pretty small space right now So, keep that in mind. 8 00:00:14,939 --> 00:00:18,259 You are not limited by the size of room that you're in. 9 00:00:18,259 --> 00:00:21,710 But first, before, we get into the meat of this video 10 00:00:21,710 --> 00:00:25,274 I would like to take a moment to thank today's sponsor [meow] smart home. 11 00:00:25,274 --> 00:00:28,144 So, we'll be using their devices to help 12 00:00:28,144 --> 00:00:30,096 us make these lighting setups 13 00:00:30,096 --> 00:00:32,182 more convenient and intuitive. 14 00:00:32,182 --> 00:00:35,068 You'll see what I mean in just a second so let's get into it. 15 00:00:35,068 --> 00:00:38,170 We set everything up for this particular lighting setup yesterday 16 00:00:38,170 --> 00:00:40,157 because we just wanted to get ahead 17 00:00:40,157 --> 00:00:44,183 so, unfortunately there is no BTS of how we set this up but I am going to 18 00:00:44,183 --> 00:00:48,718 walk you through exactly what we're using to light this beautiful scene 19 00:00:48,718 --> 00:00:50,440 that you're seeing right now. 20 00:00:50,044 --> 00:00:54,633 The coolest thing about this setup is that most of what we're using as light sources, 21 00:00:54,633 --> 00:00:56,689 you probably already have at home. 22 00:00:56,689 --> 00:00:59,174 So our first light, our key light-- 23 00:01:00,326 --> 00:01:01,040 Thanks Luna. 24 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:03,347 As I was saying, our first light, our key light, 25 00:01:03,347 --> 00:01:07,387 is actually the beautiful window that I am facing right now. 26 00:01:07,387 --> 00:01:10,469 So it's a little bit sunnier in here today than it was yesterday 27 00:01:10,469 --> 00:01:13,537 when we originally set it up It was way more overcast yesterday 28 00:01:13,537 --> 00:01:19,022 and that was giving us beautiful diffused soft light on my face and that's 29 00:01:19,022 --> 00:01:21,178 typically what I love about natural light 30 00:01:21,178 --> 00:01:24,069 is it is really flattering especially when it is an 31 00:01:24,069 --> 00:01:24,903 overcast day 32 00:01:24,903 --> 00:01:26,157 cause it's already adding 33 00:01:26,157 --> 00:01:27,279 that natural diffusion. 34 00:01:27,279 --> 00:01:30,026 But today, because it's much more harsh, and usually it is 35 00:01:30,026 --> 00:01:31,406 in this room in the morning; 36 00:01:31,406 --> 00:01:32,799 it's very very sunny so we've 37 00:01:32,799 --> 00:01:34,619 added a diffusion panel 38 00:01:34,727 --> 00:01:37,931 If you don't have something like this at home, you can repurpose 39 00:01:37,931 --> 00:01:41,976 a sheer curtain, you can use a sheet off of your bed. 40 00:01:41,976 --> 00:01:45,596 Anything white and sheer that's a little bit opaque 41 00:01:45,596 --> 00:01:49,216 that'll allow you to just nicely diffuse that light source on your face. 42 00:01:49,216 --> 00:01:51,775 So, you don't necessarily need to go to Amazon and buy 43 00:01:51,775 --> 00:01:54,054 your own diffusion panel if you don't want to. 44 00:01:54,054 --> 00:01:57,024 Next, behind me we've got some practicals lit. 45 00:01:57,024 --> 00:01:59,642 We have our own lamp that-- 46 00:01:59,642 --> 00:02:03,573 I love this lamp. It's from (Streptube?). I think it was only about $100 47 00:02:03,573 --> 00:02:07,248 and what I love about it is you can position the head of it 48 00:02:07,248 --> 00:02:09,984 to kind of shine in any direction you want. 49 00:02:09,984 --> 00:02:13,730 So we have it tilted at just the right angle to give a little bit 50 00:02:13,730 --> 00:02:16,509 of a glow and reflection on the cabinets over here which 51 00:02:16,509 --> 00:02:19,288 actually quite like 'cause it's a little bit golden 52 00:02:19,288 --> 00:02:23,726 and it's a little bit higher so that it's giving me sort of a low hair light 53 00:02:23,726 --> 00:02:27,425 on this side light which I like because it adds a little bit of depth 54 00:02:27,425 --> 00:02:29,380 to the frame. Then we just lit a candle. 55 00:02:29,380 --> 00:02:32,503 All of those little light sources in the back just add some depth 56 00:02:32,503 --> 00:02:35,346 and some interest to your overall shot. 57 00:02:35,346 --> 00:02:39,726 My favorite thing about how all of the lights are set up in this office 58 00:02:39,726 --> 00:02:41,999 and actually how all of the lights were set up 59 00:02:41,999 --> 00:02:45,712 in our previous office space as well is that they're all voice-controlled 60 00:02:45,712 --> 00:02:47,246 using a smart speaker. 61 00:02:47,246 --> 00:02:50,522 In this office, we have the echo dot setup. So, when we're 62 00:02:50,522 --> 00:02:53,236 lighting everything, I can just yell at [meow] to do 63 00:02:53,236 --> 00:02:56,233 whatever I want: to turn on lights, to change the color of them. 64 00:02:56,233 --> 00:02:57,963 So, allow me to demonstrate. 65 00:02:58,663 --> 00:03:02,943 [Meow] please change the light to blue. Echo: Okay 66 00:03:02,943 --> 00:03:06,243 I didn't even say lamp, I said light. She's so smart. 67 00:03:06,243 --> 00:03:09,528 So in the old office space, if you guys remember my setup, I had 68 00:03:09,528 --> 00:03:12,044 multiple pendant lights hanging in the background and 69 00:03:12,044 --> 00:03:13,834 I didn't always want to run around and 70 00:03:13,834 --> 00:03:15,246 turn on each of them at once. 71 00:03:15,246 --> 00:03:17,913 so I had those set up with a smart switch. 72 00:03:17,913 --> 00:03:22,708 And, with this lamp, I actually have a smart bulb. So that bulb connects 73 00:03:22,708 --> 00:03:26,443 directly to my smart speaker and it's really easy to pair. 74 00:03:26,443 --> 00:03:29,534 It honestly just saves me so much time from walking over, 75 00:03:29,534 --> 00:03:31,446 manually changing the color. 76 00:03:31,446 --> 00:03:34,680 You can do it on your phone too but it's always just easier to just 77 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:37,274 yell out a command and have it happen. 78 00:03:37,274 --> 00:03:39,960 so lets show you a couple more lighting setup and 79 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:42,920 they'll increase with complexity as we go 80 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:46,700 I could have sworn I heard footsteps coming from the second floor. 81 00:03:47,453 --> 00:03:53,753 they got louder and louder and I knew they were something that was out of this world 82 00:03:54,314 --> 00:03:57,044 do not use camexa if you have certain medical conditions. 83 00:03:57,265 --> 00:04:00,405 Camexa may cause new or worsening your urinary retention problems. 84 00:04:01,904 --> 00:04:05,684 some people are just here for the wrong reason 85 00:04:05,808 --> 00:04:08,737 and I am just trying to find love. okey 86 00:04:12,252 --> 00:04:15,061 this is really hard for me to make. 87 00:04:15,061 --> 00:04:18,750 but I recognize that I've made a mistake 88 00:04:19,465 --> 00:04:23,465 and I want to apologize to every single one of you 89 00:04:23,564 --> 00:04:25,564 and thank you from the bottom of my heart 90 00:04:25,704 --> 00:04:27,624 for supporting this channel 91 00:04:27,782 --> 00:04:31,012 right now join planet fitness for only one dollar 92 00:04:31,105 --> 00:04:32,775 only 10 dollars a month 93 00:04:32,775 --> 00:04:33,763 no commitment. 94 00:04:35,985 --> 00:04:40,275 hey turn on the ring light. - ok 95 00:04:40,275 --> 00:04:44,235 oh yeah.so as you can see this is a very versatile setup 96 00:04:44,235 --> 00:04:45,654 yet very very simple. 97 00:04:45,654 --> 00:04:49,900 all we have behind us is an RGB ring light that we got off Amazone. 98 00:04:49,900 --> 00:04:54,069 then we hooked it up to a smart plug so now I can tell to turn it on and off 99 00:04:54,069 --> 00:04:55,446 and do whatever I'd like; 100 00:04:55,446 --> 00:04:58,933 however, this isn't a lifx bulb so I do have to... 101 00:04:59,273 --> 00:05:03,605 the control please. I do have to change the colors with this handy dandy remote. 102 00:05:03,605 --> 00:05:05,658 but I can do that all by sitting here. 103 00:05:05,658 --> 00:05:10,101 it's so easy. I set this up completely on my own. well shone helped a little bit 104 00:05:10,101 --> 00:05:13,655 thanks shone. just cause I am weak like a pelican. as our key light we have 105 00:05:13,655 --> 00:05:18,408 the aperture 120 d2 with the mini light dome on it. 106 00:05:18,408 --> 00:05:20,841 and that's all we need in a small space like this. 107 00:05:20,841 --> 00:05:24,461 we're just doing some really simple.. that was my shoulder what the hell. 108 00:05:24,461 --> 00:05:28,000 we're just doing some really simple split lighting. 109 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:31,296 you could go ahead and add a hair light to this. you could add a fill 110 00:05:31,296 --> 00:05:34,586 you can really dress it up, but again we are still doing this simple 111 00:05:34,586 --> 00:05:38,104 lighting setup right now.so I want to keep it nice and simple for you guys 112 00:05:38,104 --> 00:05:42,564 as you saw with my very fun characters and acting demonstrations I just did. 113 00:05:42,564 --> 00:05:46,635 this lighting setup can literally be anything you want it to be. 114 00:05:46,635 --> 00:05:49,858 it can really set the mood for whatever you're shooting, 115 00:05:49,858 --> 00:05:54,441 so whether you're shooting something for the bachelor, or you're having 116 00:05:54,441 --> 00:06:00,313 a very sad moment, or I don't knew, maybe want to have a dance party. 117 00:06:01,260 --> 00:06:05,650 you can really set the mood for your interview setup. I would say 118 00:06:05,650 --> 00:06:09,811 this is a very good, like one-on-one moment if you want to do like a 119 00:06:09,811 --> 00:06:12,283 cameo for a Reality show 120 00:06:12,283 --> 00:06:14,700 even just a really simple like interview setup. 121 00:06:14,700 --> 00:06:17,878 yes we are using the one 20d2 as our key light which is a little 122 00:06:17,878 --> 00:06:18,990 on the privier side, 123 00:06:18,990 --> 00:06:23,137 but you can buy other constant video lights on amazon that are at a lower 124 00:06:23,137 --> 00:06:24,557 price point for you so 125 00:06:24,557 --> 00:06:28,557 all together this setup could run you for maybe a couple hundred bucks max. 126 00:06:29,672 --> 00:06:33,852 welcome to the second most complex lighting setup we are going 127 00:06:33,852 --> 00:06:37,752 to be featuring in today's video. so we've got our key light again 128 00:06:37,752 --> 00:06:44,332 it's the apeture 120d2 I've got a bounce here just to fill the left side 129 00:06:44,332 --> 00:06:49,771 of my face just a touch. and we have.. look at this little crown light going on 130 00:06:49,771 --> 00:06:55,761 behind me. these are called nano leaf. nano leaf lights, and you can attach them 131 00:06:55,761 --> 00:06:59,761 and build like all kind of different designs with them. they'll actually have 132 00:06:59,761 --> 00:07:02,797 different like lighting modes to different songs if you like 133 00:07:02,797 --> 00:07:06,457 that kind of thing, but for the purpose of this video we're just using it has 134 00:07:06,457 --> 00:07:08,217 little accent light in the background 135 00:07:08,217 --> 00:07:10,516 and actually little pieces of it fade on and off 136 00:07:10,516 --> 00:07:12,544 which is a very cool, practical to have on 137 00:07:12,564 --> 00:07:15,564 in the back. and on the bottom of the shelf right here, we have 138 00:07:15,564 --> 00:07:19,932 a nan tube light; you could also use strip lights that you can find on Amazon. 139 00:07:19,932 --> 00:07:25,268 but we have this and I didn't feel like sticking anything to my disk area yet. 140 00:07:25,268 --> 00:07:30,328 so just to give you a sense of what a little bit of either surface lighting 141 00:07:30,328 --> 00:07:35,652 or under shelf lighting can do to just level up that shot, also I've small pair 142 00:07:35,652 --> 00:07:40,228 of peeking, can you show her. can you stop distracting me miss; over here we have 143 00:07:40,228 --> 00:07:43,672 a little Himalayan salt lamp. that's just another practical that I had 144 00:07:43,672 --> 00:07:47,292 around the house that I like to add into my shots cause it's a nice orangey, 145 00:07:47,292 --> 00:07:51,963 warm light. this guy over here is actually a lifx bulb it's the same lifx bulb 146 00:07:51,963 --> 00:07:56,261 that we had in the lamp in our previous lighting setup, and the cool thing about 147 00:07:56,261 --> 00:08:00,261 them is that you can change the color of them, they connect straight to the[maw] 148 00:08:00,261 --> 00:08:04,671 and you can turn it on and off that way, change the color with voice control 149 00:08:04,671 --> 00:08:08,461 all of that cool stuff. these are actually the bulbs that I used in the that 150 00:08:08,461 --> 00:08:11,941 previous backdrop. they just Edison style bulbs. they do look really cool 151 00:08:11,941 --> 00:08:15,671 and vintage, and give of a nice warm light however, you can't change the color 152 00:08:15,671 --> 00:08:18,746 of these necessarily, and that's what I love about the lifx light 153 00:08:18,746 --> 00:08:21,292 if I just wanted to go ahead and add a lampshade, then 154 00:08:21,292 --> 00:08:24,992 the whole look of the bulb itself when bother me so much in this type of shot 155 00:08:24,992 --> 00:08:27,384 then I could change it to whatever color I want. so 156 00:08:27,384 --> 00:08:31,234 for example: hey change the pendant to blue. 157 00:08:31,234 --> 00:08:36,144 that's one easy way just by changing the color that you can change up the whole 158 00:08:36,144 --> 00:08:39,190 lighting setup or mood or vibe of your shot. 159 00:08:39,190 --> 00:08:40,654 the other thing you can do 160 00:08:40,654 --> 00:08:44,654 with all of these different smart bulbs and smart plugs is you can add them 161 00:08:44,654 --> 00:08:48,374 to a group in the app. you can give it a name, and then you can turn them 162 00:08:48,374 --> 00:08:52,404 on and off with the simple voice command. Hey turn off the studio. 163 00:08:54,804 --> 00:08:55,684 ok 164 00:08:55,684 --> 00:08:59,684 and obviously our key light which is the aputure 120d stayed on because you 165 00:08:59,684 --> 00:09:03,684 can't use that with a smart plug, but that's ok. it comes with its own remote. 166 00:09:03,684 --> 00:09:08,538 And last but not least, one of my favorite features is that you can set this group 167 00:09:08,538 --> 00:09:12,538 to a timer so if I want to come into my office and have everything be on at 9am 168 00:09:12,538 --> 00:09:17,469 I can set everything to turn on at 9am and off again at 5pm. so just another way 169 00:09:17,469 --> 00:09:21,549 that all of these smart accessories are making my life that much easier and can 170 00:09:21,549 --> 00:09:26,293 help you create a beautiful, cool lighting setup. This isn't 100% my taste, 171 00:09:26,293 --> 00:09:30,293 but it just give you a sample of all the different cool things that you could 172 00:09:30,293 --> 00:09:35,873 add to your beautiful home office background ​the thing. 173 00:09:35,873 --> 00:09:38,093 and lets move on to the final lighting setup. 174 00:09:41,946 --> 00:09:46,656 this is our final and most complex and also expensive lighting setup. 175 00:09:47,021 --> 00:09:52,966 we have two aputure 120d. behind me we have a godox light panel as our key. 176 00:09:52,966 --> 00:09:57,700 and we have a fill on this side. now this took a lot of finagling. you might think 177 00:09:57,700 --> 00:10:02,170 oh you just stick up both lights, stick up your key light , it's super easy.NO 178 00:10:02,170 --> 00:10:06,170 you have to play a lot with the depth, how close these backlight are to you, 179 00:10:06,170 --> 00:10:07,720 how bright they are, 180 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:11,410 your over all exposure in camera, there is a lot of tweaks that have 181 00:10:11,410 --> 00:10:14,130 to be made for this setup to be perfect. 182 00:10:14,130 --> 00:10:18,130 this lighting setup would be perfect for any kind of interview especially 183 00:10:18,130 --> 00:10:22,860 documentary interview maybe if you wanted to do like a behind-the-scenes interview 184 00:10:22,860 --> 00:10:27,634 with an actor from a show or something like that. I love it it's very dramatic ah 185 00:10:27,634 --> 00:10:31,444 I stole this lighting setup from becky and chrisand they used it in a very 186 00:10:31,444 --> 00:10:33,724 serious and dramatic video. 187 00:10:33,724 --> 00:10:36,032 you'll notice in becky and chris's video that 188 00:10:36,032 --> 00:10:38,000 the background is even darker in thiers. 189 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:41,850 because I believe they were shooting in an even bigger room, and so there will be 190 00:10:41,850 --> 00:10:45,260 even more fall off behind these two apertures lights behind me, and that 191 00:10:45,260 --> 00:10:47,940 will give the impression of an even darker background,but 192 00:10:47,940 --> 00:10:49,766 we're shooting in a fairly small space 193 00:10:49,766 --> 00:10:51,248 as you can see from this angel, 194 00:10:51,248 --> 00:10:52,730 and the wall behind me is white 195 00:10:52,730 --> 00:10:56,080 so it's naturally going to look a little bit brighter. 196 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:58,930 this one was a really fun setup. I'm very happy with it. 197 00:10:58,930 --> 00:11:01,120 thank you guys so much for watching this video. 198 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:03,970 we had a lot of fun creating these different lighting setups 199 00:11:03,970 --> 00:11:08,980 and using he Amazone Echo Dot, the smart plug, the lifx bulbs, 200 00:11:08,980 --> 00:11:11,160 all the fun little lights 201 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:16,340 we had going on, and I actually have some smart switches here in the office for our 202 00:11:16,340 --> 00:11:20,650 just house lights that I can't wait to actually hook up to it as well 203 00:11:20,650 --> 00:11:24,950 and get this whole office perfectly synced up with my smart speakers 204 00:11:24,950 --> 00:11:28,950 so I never have to move. I just can turn everything on with my voice and we are 205 00:11:28,950 --> 00:11:34,170 in the middle of our office renovation so I've definitely got a few new ideas for 206 00:11:34,170 --> 00:11:35,828 our lighting set up going forward. 207 00:11:35,828 --> 00:11:38,528 so if you like this video pleas give it a like down below 208 00:11:38,528 --> 00:11:40,026 subscribe if you're not already 209 00:11:40,026 --> 00:11:43,790 and make sure to hit the bell. so you're notified for all future videos and I'm 210 00:11:43,790 --> 00:11:47,380 I'm just going to look at myself in the viewfinder now because this lighting 211 00:11:47,380 --> 00:11:49,679 is really cool. you also enjoy my very tiny purse 212 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:51,577 these are my most dramatic sunglasses. 213 00:11:51,577 --> 00:11:55,577 I took three acting classes. I'm sure you can tell.