Interview Lighting Part III - Book Lighting - Natural Look
Be sure to also check out the first two parts of our interview lighting series:
Quick lighting designs with LED Panels:
Soft Key Light:
Block, Bounce, Diffuse:
In this episode, I demo book lighting - a way to make very natural looking light. This works well when you have existing light and you want to keep it looking natural while also making sure the existing light doesn’t change and ruin an interview half way through!
Thanks to Litepanels for providing the Gemini and Astra 1x1 panel lights for this demonstration.
If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F6, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders. Our latest course is Sound for Live Streaming with the ATEM Mini.
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Gear used or mentioned in this episode. The links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, DVEStore, Perfect Circuit, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases:
- Litepanels Gemini 1x1 Hard RGBWW LED Light - B&H, Amazon
- Litepanels Gemini 1x1 Soft RGBWW LED Light - B&H
- Grid for 60 degree beam - B&H, Amazon
- Litepanels Bluetooth dongle for Gemini - B&H
- Litepanels Astra series of panel lights, more affordable - B&H
- Rosco 1/2 soft frost - B&H
- Chimera 4x4 frame - B&H
- Chimera 4x4 full cloth - B&H
- 5-in-1 reflector - B&H, Amazon
- Sound Blanket Producer’s Choice - Vocal Booth To Go
- Spring Clips to hold bounce material on c-stand - Amazon
- C-stand - B&H, Amazon
- Foam core poster board - Amazon
- Sekonic Speedmaster L-858D-U Light Meter - B&H, Amazon
- Sennheiser MKH 8050 microphone - B&H, Amazon
- Sound Devices 888 audio recorder - B&H, Sweetwater
- Panasonic GH5 camera for b-roll - B&H, Amazon
- Panasonic 12-35 f/2.8 IOS Lens - B&H, Amazon
- Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 6K - B&H, DVE Store, Amazon
- Signa EF 24-70 f/2.8 DG OS ART lens - B&H, Amazon
- Schneider Radiant Soft Diffusion Filter - B&H
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