If you wish to create a flattering portrait of someone, lighting is critical.  Often, that means soft, diffused, bright light with flattering, gentle shadows. Remember, we’re lighting faces here, that soft style of lighting is kind to a face. 🙂  Especially old faces. Arguably, gentle shadows from diffused lighting should be thought of as the

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Quality lighting is incredibly important if you want your videomaking to look professional. Here are tips, tricks and techniques to get good lighting when making video.

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Everything you need to know about easy lighting techniques for making video. This incredibly extensive post has a video tutorial plus a long article covering the basics of photographic lighting for video production.

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Easiest way to get professional 3-point lighting for your talking head video. Use simple home lighting fixtures to get professional 3-point lighting for your video head shot.

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If you are thinking about getting some lights to add to your video production equipment, you might want to consider getting compact fluorescent. They use less electricity and generate much less heat.

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Discover everything you need to know about lighting for video production in this free video tutorial for the Internet Video Gal.

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Direct light (sunny day) creates deep, harsh shadows that have distinct edges.

Diffused light, (cloudy day) can be very bright but completely shadow less.

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As a TV production professional, no matter where I was sent to shoot, (everywhere from the bottom of a cave to the governor’s office) the first thing I did was assess the light available to me. Windows, lamps, wall scones, anything already there.

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Inside, diffused light can be obtained either by using photographic equipment such as reflective umbrellas, diffusion gels and cloths, or the light can be bounced off something reflective.

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Creating a bright, cheerful looking atmosphere is the best strategy for about 85% of all video productions. Here are tips on how to get bright, diffused lighting.

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