WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.950 Hello and welcome back to my channel! 00:00:02.950 --> 00:00:04.860 I'm very excited about today's video. 00:00:04.860 --> 00:00:06.667 It's a topic that I have wanted to do 00:00:06.667 --> 00:00:07.954 for a very long time. We're 00:00:07.954 --> 00:00:09.241 talking about lighting 00:00:09.241 --> 00:00:11.957 I'm going to give you ideas for different lighting setups. 00:00:11.957 --> 00:00:14.939 We're in a pretty small space right now So, keep that in mind. 00:00:14.939 --> 00:00:18.259 You are not limited by the size of room that you're in. 00:00:18.259 --> 00:00:21.710 But first, before, we get into the meat of this video 00:00:21.710 --> 00:00:25.274 I would like to take a moment to thank today's sponsor [meow] smart home. 00:00:25.274 --> 00:00:28.144 So, we'll be using their devices to help 00:00:28.144 --> 00:00:30.096 us make these lighting setups 00:00:30.096 --> 00:00:32.182 more convenient and intuitive. 00:00:32.182 --> 00:00:35.068 You'll see what I mean in just a second so let's get into it. 00:00:35.068 --> 00:00:38.170 We set everything up for this particular lighting setup yesterday 00:00:38.170 --> 00:00:40.157 because we just wanted to get ahead 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 00:00:44.183 --> 00:00:48.718 walk you through exactly what we're using to light this beautiful scene 00:00:48.718 --> 00:00:50.440 that you're seeing right now. 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, 00:00:54.633 --> 00:00:56.689 you probably already have at home. 00:00:56.689 --> 00:00:59.174 So our first light, our key light-- 00:01:00.326 --> 00:01:01.040 Thanks Luna. 00:01:01.040 --> 00:01:03.347 As I was saying, our first light, our key light, 00:01:03.347 --> 00:01:07.387 is actually the beautiful window that I am facing right now. 00:01:07.387 --> 00:01:10.469 So it's a little bit sunnier in here today than it was yesterday 00:01:10.469 --> 00:01:13.537 when we originally set it up It was way more overcast yesterday 00:01:13.537 --> 00:01:19.022 and that was giving us beautiful diffused soft light on my face and that's 00:01:19.022 --> 00:01:21.178 typically what I love about natural light 00:01:21.178 --> 00:01:24.069 is it is really flattering especially when it is an 00:01:24.069 --> 00:01:24.903 overcast day 00:01:24.903 --> 00:01:26.157 cause it's already adding 00:01:26.157 --> 00:01:27.279 that natural diffusion. 00:01:27.279 --> 00:01:30.026 But today, because it's much more harsh, and usually it is 00:01:30.026 --> 00:01:31.406 in this room in the morning; 00:01:31.406 --> 00:01:32.799 it's very very sunny so we've 00:01:32.799 --> 00:01:34.619 added a diffusion panel 00:01:34.727 --> 00:01:37.931 If you don't have something like this at home, you can repurpose 00:01:37.931 --> 00:01:41.976 a sheer curtain, you can use a sheet off of your bed. 00:01:41.976 --> 00:01:45.596 Anything white and sheer that's a little bit opaque 00:01:45.596 --> 00:01:49.216 that'll allow you to just nicely diffuse that light source on your face. 00:01:49.216 --> 00:01:51.775 So, you don't necessarily need to go to Amazon and buy 00:01:51.775 --> 00:01:54.054 your own diffusion panel if you don't want to. 00:01:54.054 --> 00:01:57.024 Next, behind me we've got some practicals lit. 00:01:57.024 --> 00:01:59.642 We have our own lamp that-- 00:01:59.642 --> 00:02:03.573 I love this lamp. It's from (Streptube?). I think it was only about $100 00:02:03.573 --> 00:02:07.248 and what I love about it is you can position the head of it 00:02:07.248 --> 00:02:09.984 to kind of shine in any direction you want. 00:02:09.984 --> 00:02:13.730 So we have it tilted at just the right angle to give a little bit 00:02:13.730 --> 00:02:16.509 of a glow and reflection on the cabinets over here which 00:02:16.509 --> 00:02:19.288 actually quite like 'cause it's a little bit golden 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 00:02:23.726 --> 00:02:27.425 on this side light which I like because it adds a little bit of depth 00:02:27.425 --> 00:02:29.380 to the frame. Then we just lit a candle. 00:02:29.380 --> 00:02:32.503 All of those little light sources in the back just add some depth 00:02:32.503 --> 00:02:35.346 and some interest to your overall shot. 00:02:35.346 --> 00:02:39.726 My favorite thing about how all of the lights are set up in this office 00:02:39.726 --> 00:02:41.999 and actually how all of the lights were set up 00:02:41.999 --> 00:02:45.712 in our previous office space as well is that they're all voice-controlled 00:02:45.712 --> 00:02:47.246 using a smart speaker. 00:02:47.246 --> 00:02:50.522 In this office, we have the echo dot setup. So, when we're 00:02:50.522 --> 00:02:53.236 lighting everything, I can just yell at [meow] to do 00:02:53.236 --> 00:02:56.233 whatever I want: to turn on lights, to change the color of them. 00:02:56.233 --> 00:02:57.963 So, allow me to demonstrate. 00:02:58.663 --> 00:03:02.943 [Meow] please change the light to blue. Echo: Okay 00:03:02.943 --> 00:03:06.243 I didn't even say lamp, I said light. She's so smart. 00:03:06.243 --> 00:03:09.528 So in the old office space, if you guys remember my setup, I had 00:03:09.528 --> 00:03:12.044 multiple pendant lights hanging in the background and 00:03:12.044 --> 00:03:13.834 I didn't always want to run around and 00:03:13.834 --> 00:03:15.246 turn on each of them at once. 00:03:15.246 --> 00:03:17.913 so I had those set up with a smart switch. 00:03:17.913 --> 00:03:22.708 And, with this lamp, I actually have a smart bulb. So that bulb connects 00:03:22.708 --> 00:03:26.443 directly to my smart speaker and it's really easy to pair. 00:03:26.443 --> 00:03:29.534 It honestly just saves me so much time from walking over, 00:03:29.534 --> 00:03:31.446 manually changing the color. 00:03:31.446 --> 00:03:34.680 You can do it on your phone too but it's always just easier to just 00:03:34.680 --> 00:03:37.274 yell out a command and have it happen. 00:03:37.274 --> 00:03:39.960 so lets show you a couple more lighting setup and 00:03:39.960 --> 00:03:42.920 they'll increase with complexity as we go 00:03:42.920 --> 00:03:46.700 I could have sworn I heard footsteps coming from the second floor. 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 00:03:54.314 --> 00:03:57.044 do not use camexa if you have certain medical conditions. 00:03:57.265 --> 00:04:00.405 Camexa may cause new or worsening your urinary retention problems. 00:04:01.904 --> 00:04:05.684 some people are just here for the wrong reason 00:04:05.808 --> 00:04:08.737 and I am just trying to find love. okey 00:04:12.252 --> 00:04:15.061 this is really hard for me to make. 00:04:15.061 --> 00:04:18.750 but I recognize that I've made a mistake 00:04:19.465 --> 00:04:23.465 and I want to apologize to every single one of you 00:04:23.564 --> 00:04:25.564 and thank you from the bottom of my heart 00:04:25.704 --> 00:04:27.624 for supporting this channel 00:04:27.782 --> 00:04:31.012 right now join planet fitness for only one dollar 00:04:31.105 --> 00:04:32.775 only 10 dollars a month 00:04:32.775 --> 00:04:33.763 no commitment. 00:04:35.985 --> 00:04:40.275 hey turn on the ring light. - ok 00:04:40.275 --> 00:04:44.235 oh yeah.so as you can see this is a very versatile setup 00:04:44.235 --> 00:04:45.654 yet very very simple. 00:04:45.654 --> 00:04:49.900 all we have behind us is an RGB ring light that we got off Amazone. 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 00:04:54.069 --> 00:04:55.446 and do whatever I'd like; 00:04:55.446 --> 00:04:58.933 however, this isn't a lifx bulb so I do have to... 00:04:59.273 --> 00:05:03.605 the control please. I do have to change the colors with this handy dandy remote. 00:05:03.605 --> 00:05:05.658 but I can do that all by sitting here. 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 00:05:10.101 --> 00:05:13.655 thanks shone. just cause I am weak like a pelican. as our key light we have 00:05:13.655 --> 00:05:18.408 the aperture 120 d2 with the mini light dome on it. 00:05:18.408 --> 00:05:20.841 and that's all we need in a small space like this. 00:05:20.841 --> 00:05:24.461 we're just doing some really simple.. that was my shoulder what the hell. 00:05:24.461 --> 00:05:28.000 we're just doing some really simple split lighting. 00:05:28.000 --> 00:05:31.296 you could go ahead and add a hair light to this. you could add a fill 00:05:31.296 --> 00:05:34.586 you can really dress it up, but again we are still doing this simple 00:05:34.586 --> 00:05:38.104 lighting setup right now.so I want to keep it nice and simple for you guys 00:05:38.104 --> 00:05:42.564 as you saw with my very fun characters and acting demonstrations I just did. 00:05:42.564 --> 00:05:46.635 this lighting setup can literally be anything you want it to be. 00:05:46.635 --> 00:05:49.858 it can really set the mood for whatever you're shooting, 00:05:49.858 --> 00:05:54.441 so whether you're shooting something for the bachelor, or you're having 00:05:54.441 --> 00:06:00.313 a very sad moment, or I don't knew, maybe want to have a dance party. 00:06:01.260 --> 00:06:05.650 you can really set the mood for your interview setup. I would say 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 00:06:09.811 --> 00:06:12.283 cameo for a Reality show 00:06:12.283 --> 00:06:14.700 even just a really simple like interview setup. 00:06:14.700 --> 00:06:17.878 yes we are using the one 20d2 as our key light which is a little 00:06:17.878 --> 00:06:18.990 on the privier side, 00:06:18.990 --> 00:06:23.137 but you can buy other constant video lights on amazon that are at a lower 00:06:23.137 --> 00:06:24.557 price point for you so 00:06:24.557 --> 00:06:28.557 all together this setup could run you for maybe a couple hundred bucks max. 00:06:29.672 --> 00:06:33.852 welcome to the second most complex lighting setup we are going 00:06:33.852 --> 00:06:37.752 to be featuring in today's video. so we've got our key light again 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 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 00:06:49.771 --> 00:06:55.761 behind me. these are called nano leaf. nano leaf lights, and you can attach them 00:06:55.761 --> 00:06:59.761 and build like all kind of different designs with them. they'll actually have 00:06:59.761 --> 00:07:02.797 different like lighting modes to different songs if you like 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 00:07:06.457 --> 00:07:08.217 little accent light in the background 00:07:08.217 --> 00:07:10.516 and actually little pieces of it fade on and off 00:07:10.516 --> 00:07:12.544 which is a very cool, practical to have on 00:07:12.564 --> 00:07:15.564 in the back. and on the bottom of the shelf right here, we have 00:07:15.564 --> 00:07:19.932 a nan tube light; you could also use strip lights that you can find on Amazon. 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. 00:07:25.268 --> 00:07:30.328 so just to give you a sense of what a little bit of either surface lighting 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 00:07:35.652 --> 00:07:40.228 of peeking, can you show her. can you stop distracting me miss; over here we have 00:07:40.228 --> 00:07:43.672 a little Himalayan salt lamp. that's just another practical that I had 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, 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 00:07:51.963 --> 00:07:56.261 that we had in the lamp in our previous lighting setup, and the cool thing about 00:07:56.261 --> 00:08:00.261 them is that you can change the color of them, they connect straight to the[maw] 00:08:00.261 --> 00:08:04.671 and you can turn it on and off that way, change the color with voice control 00:08:04.671 --> 00:08:08.461 all of that cool stuff. these are actually the bulbs that I used in the that 00:08:08.461 --> 00:08:11.941 previous backdrop. they just Edison style bulbs. they do look really cool 00:08:11.941 --> 00:08:15.671 and vintage, and give of a nice warm light however, you can't change the color 00:08:15.671 --> 00:08:18.746 of these necessarily, and that's what I love about the lifx light 00:08:18.746 --> 00:08:21.292 if I just wanted to go ahead and add a lampshade, then 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 00:08:24.992 --> 00:08:27.384 then I could change it to whatever color I want. so 00:08:27.384 --> 00:08:31.234 for example: hey change the pendant to blue. 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 00:08:36.144 --> 00:08:39.190 lighting setup or mood or vibe of your shot. 00:08:39.190 --> 00:08:40.654 the other thing you can do 00:08:40.654 --> 00:08:44.654 with all of these different smart bulbs and smart plugs is you can add them 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 00:08:48.374 --> 00:08:52.404 on and off with the simple voice command. Hey turn off the studio. 00:08:54.804 --> 00:08:55.684 ok 00:08:55.684 --> 00:08:59.684 and obviously our key light which is the aputure 120d stayed on because you 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. 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 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 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 00:09:17.469 --> 00:09:21.549 that all of these smart accessories are making my life that much easier and can 00:09:21.549 --> 00:09:26.293 help you create a beautiful, cool lighting setup. This isn't 100% my taste, 00:09:26.293 --> 00:09:30.293 but it just give you a sample of all the different cool things that you could 00:09:30.293 --> 00:09:35.873 add to your beautiful home office background ​the thing. 00:09:35.873 --> 00:09:38.093 and lets move on to the final lighting setup. 00:09:41.946 --> 00:09:46.656 this is our final and most complex and also expensive lighting setup. 00:09:47.021 --> 00:09:52.966 we have two aputure 120d. behind me we have a godox light panel as our key. 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 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 00:10:02.170 --> 00:10:06.170 you have to play a lot with the depth, how close these backlight are to you, 00:10:06.170 --> 00:10:07.720 how bright they are, 00:10:07.720 --> 00:10:11.410 your over all exposure in camera, there is a lot of tweaks that have 00:10:11.410 --> 00:10:14.130 to be made for this setup to be perfect. 00:10:14.130 --> 00:10:18.130 this lighting setup would be perfect for any kind of interview especially 00:10:18.130 --> 00:10:22.860 documentary interview maybe if you wanted to do like a behind-the-scenes interview 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 00:10:27.634 --> 00:10:31.444 I stole this lighting setup from becky and chrisand they used it in a very 00:10:31.444 --> 00:10:33.724 serious and dramatic video. 00:10:33.724 --> 00:10:36.032 you'll notice in becky and chris's video that 00:10:36.032 --> 00:10:38.000 the background is even darker in thiers. 00:10:38.000 --> 00:10:41.850 because I believe they were shooting in an even bigger room, and so there will be 00:10:41.850 --> 00:10:45.260 even more fall off behind these two apertures lights behind me, and that 00:10:45.260 --> 00:10:47.940 will give the impression of an even darker background,but 00:10:47.940 --> 00:10:49.766 we're shooting in a fairly small space 00:10:49.766 --> 00:10:51.248 as you can see from this angel, 00:10:51.248 --> 00:10:52.730 and the wall behind me is white 00:10:52.730 --> 00:10:56.080 so it's naturally going to look a little bit brighter. 00:10:56.080 --> 00:10:58.930 this one was a really fun setup. I'm very happy with it. 00:10:58.930 --> 00:11:01.120 thank you guys so much for watching this video. 00:11:01.120 --> 00:11:03.970 we had a lot of fun creating these different lighting setups 00:11:03.970 --> 00:11:08.980 and using he Amazone Echo Dot, the smart plug, the lifx bulbs, 00:11:08.980 --> 00:11:11.160 all the fun little lights 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 00:11:16.340 --> 00:11:20.650 just house lights that I can't wait to actually hook up to it as well 00:11:20.650 --> 00:11:24.950 and get this whole office perfectly synced up with my smart speakers 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 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 00:11:34.170 --> 00:11:35.828 our lighting set up going forward. 00:11:35.828 --> 00:11:38.528 so if you like this video pleas give it a like down below 00:11:38.528 --> 00:11:40.026 subscribe if you're not already 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 00:11:43.790 --> 00:11:47.380 I'm just going to look at myself in the viewfinder now because this lighting 00:11:47.380 --> 00:11:49.679 is really cool. you also enjoy my very tiny purse 00:11:49.679 --> 00:11:51.577 these are my most dramatic sunglasses. 00:11:51.577 --> 00:11:55.577 I took three acting classes. I'm sure you can tell.