@@hahahaha-nm6yu same rules apply. It's all about placement. Trial and error. Spend an hour having fun and trying new things. If you're using actual grandma lamps (incandescent light bulbs), and you're using many of these, expect the energy bill to be a little higher at the end of the month 😄. If the look is too yellow for you, you can experiment with the "temperature" in your post processing... Whatever software you use. Essentially making the entire video more blue to compensate for the very warm colored lights.
I always love it when I see people teaching other stuff like this. I have a degree in media production, so editing, photography, video and lighting. Lighting isn't always easy to set up, it takes time to get it right, but it's well worth the effort
I've said this in a different video before as well. I have no intention or burning desire to stream, but this is literally the most informative video on the subject of lighting that I could have hoped for and I am in awe at how simple such a complex beast can be made when explained by someone with expertise!
THANK YOU. We’re setting up my boyfriend’s gaming studio this week, and lighting plays such a huge part in it-but we’re both lighting noobs. Saving this!
Well sit further away from the camera then. Jokes aside it actually helps, narrower lens makes your face more slim and natural. The smaller the number the bigger the nose, so typical 35mm makes you look like a Troll. I would use for portraits lenses starting from 70mm. Smaller lenses are better for full figures so just sit further away if you have a typical webcam. If that also doesn't help then try washing your hair.
Finally! nobody ever shows videos like these on HOW to get the lighting they use or different examples and how to set them up, could you do one on camera angles as well?
I think out of a lot of lighting videos i have seen this actually woke up my creativity as i would like to go minimal as possible because getting all the necessary light accessory over here in Nigeria might be costly, the part where i liked the most was where you combined the red and blue lights. Liked and Subscribed.
Working with two desklights, trying to get a light setup, seeing the positions in pictures helped me make a couple small changes and now I dig the lighting better, thanks man! Always learing new things when I come to your channel!
I love the color edge lights. You could color coordinate with your logo/brand colors or change them depending on mood, etc. That with the key light lets you easily see your face but adds some playful edge lighting to the scene.
What interests me is whether certain setups hurt your eyes more as a streamer. I can't imagine streaming for several hours and having a big ring light right in front of you
I love my Elgato key light! I only have one and use it to the side of the camera without a fill or hair light and I like the way it looks. Sometimes the shadow on the other side bothers me a bit, so I might get a smaller hair/ edge light at some point - like your set-up. Thanks for this!
I have a small room and I don't really have enough space to work with. So what I did is I put a ring light off center to lit my face and give that cinematic look but I also bought rgb bulbs and I just put them as my main room lights (right behind me) and while recording or streaming I just give them a nice colour to fill up the space behind me.
What i liked the best is, that around a year ago Haris Heller switch from useless generall bla bla videos to actual (a bit mainstream) education and the channel is growing more and more in the educational direction. Thumbs up for that.
Instead of a lighting upgrade I upgraded from an f3.5 to an f1.8 lens this week. Made a huge difference and is now picking up all the lighting in my room
The first time I learned about lighting was while attending the Defense Information School for a basic broadcasting course. We learned about offsetting and key lights and side lights and rear lights and edge lights and fill lights, and ... did I miss any? .... but I feel as if I learned a ton more in this to-the-point nine-minute video. Your quick explanation of key lights was especially well done, but kudos also to the bit about the use of contrasting gels. Gels would have illustrated the effect better, but I love the innovation you applied to approximate the effect. Bravo Zulu, Mate!
Awesome video. Thanks for the tips. The multi-colours looks interesting. I use green screen for pretty much everything so covering some interesting new lighting for green screening might be really useful too.
This video is so incredibly informative and super easy to understand. I struggle with understanding some tutorials in trying to learn how to light things in a better way but this is very easy for me to understand.
I don't have any lights or lamps or anything like that in my office space. However, I do have 3 monitors, and I use my left and right (side) monitors for my lighting instead. Basically I just open up notepad on each of these monitors when I'm streaming, or just one, and that creates my lighting at no extra cost lol. It works, may not be the best, but it works.
I just made the jump to a mirrorless DSLR (this week) and new lights were the next purchase I made - a ring light for the camera, and two LED RGB flood lights. I have them currently set up in my background, but seeing #5 makes me REALLY want to play around with a few things.
I currently use a ring light around my camera with no key light but i have some rgb lights i put in the background to light up and seperate me from the background a bit. It's not all that great but it does the job for now. I plan on getting a el gato key light in the future and doing the 4th type of lighting you showed with the edge lighting and maybe rearranging my led lamps to attempt that last style to blast some color. Also looking to mess around with a green screen setup every once in a while. Great video, thank you for putting out so much quality content. Literally can't thank you enough.
Was excited to see the ideas and whatnot, worried because I use RBG Floodlights that aren’t easy to position. Turns out I literally have them in the #3 orientation already! Just gotta lower the brightness on my side light, and move my camera a little more straight on. Excited to see how it looks!
I''ve currently got a lighting setup going that I'm pretty happy about. I have my Elgato Key Light Air pointed at the wall in front of me so that I get this really soft light that lights up my whole face (and even my hair). I also have these $60 light panels on the wall to my right, and they act as both a practical light and an edge light due to their distance from me. EDIT: I'm in a new room, and I have repositioned the lights I've already mentioned, and now it's more like #4.
From few years I am obsessed with rgb lights. Started in 2018 with small ones underneath my desk, last year bought those two popular garden lights to put one behind me and one in front. Some may say that this was too much colour, but I loved it. Now I bought a ring light so I am making changes to my lightning on camera again :) It's worth to try different stuff to see what you like. Once a year make an investment and try it out :) Obviously my favourite setup was the last one from your video :D
Thank you for the video and advice! I actually started using color lights as edge lights after watching your first video and it looks so good on my Twitch channel. Just wondering what brand are your bar lights are? I want to use these next! Thanks again!
Great video! I love the last one with the colours. I use some RGB flood lights that light my background really nicely but don't shine on my face like yours. What a great idea!
The classic key and backlight setup. That’s my go-to for sure. If you’re going to use colors though, definitely stick with color gels if you care about color accuracy, as an RGB light physically removes light information by switching to a color. This is evident especially in the red beam on the left where you see the center of it showing bright yellow with the red fringe on the outside. Since the camera isn’t receiving accurate light information, it can’t render the color accurately. However, when shooting a white light through a color gel, you’re getting a full light spectrum that’s just being shifted, so a camera reads that light information much more accurately.
I use something very similar to number 3, with the addition of a coloured light in the background (it changes colour). Right now, I don't have much in my background to make it look interesting and I don't have a green screen. That being said, might give 5 a try since I have the lights for that type of setup. I've also tried, 3 with a coloured hair light. One thing to note is that I wear a hat when I stream, so I try to position my lights in such a way that the beak of my hat doesn't create a big shadow.
Great video as always Harris. I came to this channel 6 months ago, maybe less, with a little knowledge of streaming on camera and now 6 months later I realise how little I knew. Big fan of Elgato products thanks to you and my first mirrorless camera was prompted by some awesome community support on your discord server. Well done on building an awesome community and channel.
I use a single ring light with RGB backlighting when I rarely use camera. I mean I mostly just go no camera, but moving forward I love the dynamic color option you showed. Really had great pop and contrast to it. So I'll kindly steal that once I do get a better set up... if you don't mind haha
AWESOME! wondering if you have any air conditioning for your ambient? do you have any suggestions? cause one of my problems with making content is the noisy environment. Close the doors and the windows after I feel like I'm in the oven!
Very cool ideas! I will probably use Hue Lights to mimic the colored lights in the background like the last frame. I've learned that you can use a simple tissue to help diffuse the hues effectively and safely because they are LEDs. Cant wait to try the colors!
I actually kinda liked that last one. I'm sure there are probably hundreds of other ways to do lighting. But the basics are very helpful and could allow for people to explore their lighting more.
I love your content, your videos helped me so much in getting started with my Twitch and RUclips. I will always be the thankful to you for providing these videos to help us out.
If auto does not give you grain - go with auto. If you have the possibility to cap iso on the top AND use auto - That's your best bet (set iso to a max where grain is not a problem) I personally have a very static setup - so I go with fixed iso.
Definitely never choose auto ISO. I recommend this very strongly because often a camera won’t be able to fully tell where you actually want your exposure at optimally. You also don’t want your camera changing any aspect of your image automatically as it can lead to things changing that you don’t want. The key tips for proper camera exposure are get your shutter speed set first, as it’s pretty straightforward where it should be depending on your framerate. Open your aperture as wide as possible (unless the lens loses too much sharpness all the way open, then stop down a bit). Then start your ISO at it’s lowest setting, usually 100, and increase it till your skin tone is properly exposed. Your skin tone takes the highest priority in what’s exposed unless there’s a stylistic reason not to. And usually skin tones render the best around 70 IRE, or at around 60-70% exposure.
dude... i've been looking for a video like this for ages! One that actually makes sense. I'm now using my ring light off to the side, didn't realise how much of a difference something as simple moving a light 40° to the right could make, only using a small one from amazon which i picked up for about £15 and a razor kiyo (don't hate xD), no i'm honestly really happy with the way it looks thanks to you! :D
Just the right content i am looking for. Been using two ring lights for a while using Logitech C270, been harding a hard time adjusting to the one i like.
What about incorporating a natural light source as part of the equation? Where would you set your desk/camera if you had a window that gave pretty consistent natural lighting?
@@deathbunny8322 Yeah Ive done a few things, I wear glasses without they its not too bad! and I can fix it in post, but when I have glasses on it just looks a bit annoying, I have got a different smaller light since and am testing different things in videos, I think you can get a diffuser for the ring lights too so I may try that also.
Harris Heller: the Frank Doorhof of streaming. Really nice setups and reminded me so much of my time in photo studios. very well explained in a simple fashion!
The issue that I'm having is With ISO on 400 I have grain but when I increase the ISO I'm over-exposed. I'm watching your vids while editing a video on my DIY light setup, which just seems so fitting!
I have one, where should I place the lights or how high should they be for not getting headaches or healthy problems after a 2, 3 or 4 hours streaming. Thanks
I was just about to hop into the discord and ask about that haha. The one question that still remains for me: which of these work well with a green screen? I have a small room and an empty wall behind me for now, so even with this kind of lighting my background would be boring I think.
Thanks for doing this. I am really having trouble properly setting up my lights and this gave me a couple of ideas. If your camera is in the path of the light does that matter? I noticed your camera always seems to be behind or to the side of the lights.
REALLY helpful video! I'm new to this and had not thought of anything other than the 45 degree or ring light setup. I love the fill light from the side-back. The color gels are also pretty cool. Thanks!
I use a combination of options 3 and 4, but I don't have elgato brand lighting. I use a raleno camera panel that I mounted on a mic boom, and a 10 inch ring light. They weren't expensive at all and they make me stand out really well from my background, but I dig that last option and will prolly look into an alternative for trying it out. Thanks Harris for the great videos you've put out, they've been a great help to my channel... now if only I can get a streaming pc to add to the set up. I'd be set, for now 🤣
Hi thanks for making this extraordinary video by the way I don't use none of these lights I used to use some light that is around me but after watching your video I found that if I have professional light my videos looks better .
This helped me a lot. I love the look and feel of shadows, but I didn't know how to set up lighting to use those shadows correctly, and I ended up just losing detail. Now I have a better idea of lighting setups I want to try and experiment with.
If I wanted to use any of these, how would I properly light my Elgato green screen? I have 2 key lights (for reference shots check my recent Pokémon go videos)
As someone who loves the ring light look I always have issues with using one myself because of my glasses. My eyes are practically covered by the ring's reflection. Any tips, or lighting ideas for my situation? Or perhaps any content creators you think I should look into?
Great vid as always! I am curious though on how you would play with or utilize these or other techniques with a green screen and what your thoughts are in general about green screens.
I very much enjoy your contributions and insight; what about eye glasses? It’s one reason I haven’t placed a ring light anywhere other than on my sides. My glasses reflect terribly.
As i can't afford any lighting i'm using my Christmas LED lights on the wall behind my camera in a box formation. I've just kept wrapping the lights around a few screws to make a square and kept it going. It gives just enough light to remove the yellow tint from my normal light bulbs. Would love a panel light but until covid is done i'm broke and have to make do with what i've got.
I really loved the 2nd type of light (One from the front and one from the side) It's simple, looks good and it's cheap sooo I guess when I can invest in lights I would go for that
These are all awesome! Do they apply to content creators that don't use their camera directly head on? I like my camera off to the side instead of directly in front of my head.
I love your vids and appreciate the hard work that goes into making them. I have amedia and recording studio that I want to stream from and not a lot of room to place lights. I do have a ring light but no room in front of the mix position to place it. have you ever used a ring light for a distant fill? Also just curious if you use a LUT with OBS that you like that pops the foreground and still keeps some depth and detail on the background? Thanks!
Number 4 is unique I never saw that one will try it out later today. but there are a couple of pretty standard set ups missing from this video. I currently use a 4 point lighting setup. key light face level and fill light up higher on each side with a RBG on the background and a dim hair light. And I sometimes use the 3 point lighting with ring light as key and two fills either side.
I like the artistic lighting shown in the last tip number 5! Would love to know what gear you recommend to create that look for people on a budget. I bought light gels and taped them over a desk lamp but it's just not bright enough for the effect to be seen.
Another great video Harris. Quick question what type of lighting would you recommend for a small streaming space. Literally my space is about 1mtr or 3ft wide and I’m currently using a Logitech c920 webcam.
My wife and I are working on getting our channel up and were testing lighting last night. Our biggest issues were lighting color, and trying to light TWO people at once. This was made more difficult by us recording near a wall, so I couldn't put anything behind us. Do you have recommendations for when there is a wall behind you? Our best look was using a ring light, but it bounced off her glasses in an unflattering way.
Another great video. Simple and to the point. I enjoyed the key kicker lights idea. Right now I just use a ring light and key light in front at angles, but thinking of trying the key kicker lights.
Hey Harris just a doubt can I instead use 2 rgb floodlights at 50% brightness to acheive the 4 th style becos right now those sheets are unavailable in my country
I personally use your lighting and I had no idea I was even doing it right lol. I just remember you saying that you added a light behind you to separate yourself from the background. Who knew haha
Okay so the first question I have... Isnt the key light (elgato or not (unless its maybe a softbox type) that is off to the side and infront of you hurting or distracting your eyes???? Is feels like they are so bright and that they would suck if you have slightly sensitive eyes? Other than that... great video as always and eerily timely!!! Good job!
How much light should I use? I've got a 4 bulb 85 w (each for a total of 340 watts) softbox. It's quite a lot of light. It doesn't look like you use that much light. If I use too much light, won't the camera just compensate? For a typical RUclips setup with the lighting a couple foot away, roughly how many watts should the Keylight have?
At present I only use the ring light mainly due to lack of space. It works well, however occasionally I may offset one of those light to be higher than the other at an angle and it works ok
Thx! I like the glow of ringlights but I never undertstood the hype. The catchlight always made it look kind of cheap. On me it doesnt look soo good, now I know I am way more in contrast and shadows:)
Makes me think a little bit. I currently have 2 ring lights I picked up at Walmart for 20 bucks each. One is directly behind my camera and one is off to my left. Typically works pretty well I think but I may have to experiment some more after watching this.
Which lighting style do you use right now? Do you plan on trying any of these?
I use no lights😢
I love them all! Do you have any tips and tricks how to light up by using only home lamps? You know, these orange ones, that Grandmas have...
@@hahahaha-nm6yu same rules apply. It's all about placement. Trial and error. Spend an hour having fun and trying new things. If you're using actual grandma lamps (incandescent light bulbs), and you're using many of these, expect the energy bill to be a little higher at the end of the month 😄.
If the look is too yellow for you, you can experiment with the "temperature" in your post processing... Whatever software you use. Essentially making the entire video more blue to compensate for the very warm colored lights.
What about a greenscreen background setup 🤔
Classic atm, but I'm going to move my ring light (which was my key) to the side and try it out as an edge. Great tips!
I always love it when I see people teaching other stuff like this. I have a degree in media production, so editing, photography, video and lighting. Lighting isn't always easy to set up, it takes time to get it right, but it's well worth the effort
Good video. Gets the facts out quickly without boring everyone with steps we can easily figure out on our own.
Yeah I love that nowadays the important facts are shown petty quickly and related topics are discussed later on
Bruh you have so many views and subs with just 9 vids
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I've said this in a different video before as well. I have no intention or burning desire to stream, but this is literally the most informative video on the subject of lighting that I could have hoped for and I am in awe at how simple such a complex beast can be made when explained by someone with expertise!
this impressed me. especially when you showed your stream light setup and how different it is without the lights.
Not that much of a difference
@@i2Shea It really is actually a massive difference.
THANK YOU. We’re setting up my boyfriend’s gaming studio this week, and lighting plays such a huge part in it-but we’re both lighting noobs.
Saving this!
Tried all of these lightning techniques and I'm still ugly :(
You're beautiful on the inside...... Er something.
You're beautiful ❤
One can be attractive even if one´s not that handsome. It comes down to more than just physical appearance. ;)
Well sit further away from the camera then. Jokes aside it actually helps, narrower lens makes your face more slim and natural. The smaller the number the bigger the nose, so typical 35mm makes you look like a Troll. I would use for portraits lenses starting from 70mm. Smaller lenses are better for full figures so just sit further away if you have a typical webcam. If that also doesn't help then try washing your hair.
did you try the makeup contouring tho?
Finally! nobody ever shows videos like these on HOW to get the lighting they use or different examples and how to set them up, could you do one on camera angles as well?
Lots of people show these videos, but you can't find it because you're looking for streaming, and not videography or filmmaking.
I've watched a TON of lighting videos but this one takes the cake by far! I learned a lot and now it's time for action.. Thank you!
I think out of a lot of lighting videos i have seen this actually woke up my creativity as i would like to go minimal as possible because getting all the necessary light accessory over here in Nigeria might be costly, the part where i liked the most was where you combined the red and blue lights. Liked and Subscribed.
Offset key light and a back edge light is exactly how I setup my lights for my stream. I think it's by far the best look. Great video!
Do you set them both to 100% brightness or are they different brightness?
@@arigm86 My key light is about 30% at 3400k and my back edge light is set to 10% at 3200k.
Working with two desklights, trying to get a light setup, seeing the positions in pictures helped me make a couple small changes and now I dig the lighting better, thanks man! Always learing new things when I come to your channel!
I love the color edge lights. You could color coordinate with your logo/brand colors or change them depending on mood, etc. That with the key light lets you easily see your face but adds some playful edge lighting to the scene.
What interests me is whether certain setups hurt your eyes more as a streamer. I can't imagine streaming for several hours and having a big ring light right in front of you
Oh yeah it sucks, but I've learner to compensate with video filters as to not blind my eyes with a giant ring light
I use and i have no problem, you just need to lower the brightness to a comfortable level
I've always wondered about that too...
I love my Elgato key light! I only have one and use it to the side of the camera without a fill or hair light and I like the way it looks. Sometimes the shadow on the other side bothers me a bit, so I might get a smaller hair/ edge light at some point - like your set-up. Thanks for this!
Love this breakdown! The lights in the back make all the difference!
I have a small room and I don't really have enough space to work with. So what I did is I put a ring light off center to lit my face and give that cinematic look but I also bought rgb bulbs and I just put them as my main room lights (right behind me) and while recording or streaming I just give them a nice colour to fill up the space behind me.
I'm suprised how good the lighting is for my PORTABLE ring light.
Literally able to clip on my phone
Aputure light storm 300d is even better
Do u mind linking the page where u bought it from? Really wanna see it. 😊
What i liked the best is, that around a year ago Haris Heller switch from useless generall bla bla videos to actual (a bit mainstream) education and the channel is growing more and more in the educational direction. Thumbs up for that.
Instead of a lighting upgrade I upgraded from an f3.5 to an f1.8 lens this week. Made a huge difference and is now picking up all the lighting in my room
A faster lens makes a huge difference - looks so much better without needing more light
The first time I learned about lighting was while attending the Defense Information School for a basic broadcasting course. We learned about offsetting and key lights and side lights and rear lights and edge lights and fill lights, and ... did I miss any? .... but I feel as if I learned a ton more in this to-the-point nine-minute video. Your quick explanation of key lights was especially well done, but kudos also to the bit about the use of contrasting gels. Gels would have illustrated the effect better, but I love the innovation you applied to approximate the effect. Bravo Zulu, Mate!
Awesome video. Thanks for the tips. The multi-colours looks interesting. I use green screen for pretty much everything so covering some interesting new lighting for green screening might be really useful too.
This video is so incredibly informative and super easy to understand.
I struggle with understanding some tutorials in trying to learn how to light things in a better way but this is very easy for me to understand.
I don't have any lights or lamps or anything like that in my office space. However, I do have 3 monitors, and I use my left and right (side) monitors for my lighting instead. Basically I just open up notepad on each of these monitors when I'm streaming, or just one, and that creates my lighting at no extra cost lol. It works, may not be the best, but it works.
I just made the jump to a mirrorless DSLR (this week) and new lights were the next purchase I made - a ring light for the camera, and two LED RGB flood lights. I have them currently set up in my background, but seeing #5 makes me REALLY want to play around with a few things.
I currently use a ring light around my camera with no key light but i have some rgb lights i put in the background to light up and seperate me from the background a bit. It's not all that great but it does the job for now. I plan on getting a el gato key light in the future and doing the 4th type of lighting you showed with the edge lighting and maybe rearranging my led lamps to attempt that last style to blast some color. Also looking to mess around with a green screen setup every once in a while. Great video, thank you for putting out so much quality content. Literally can't thank you enough.
I find the colored lighting style in general more intriguing will definitely give it a go
I like the High Key setup with the whole dark/light aspect. I, who takes astrology a bit seriously, am a Pisces who loves the dark/light concept.
Was excited to see the ideas and whatnot, worried because I use RBG Floodlights that aren’t easy to position. Turns out I literally have them in the #3 orientation already! Just gotta lower the brightness on my side light, and move my camera a little more straight on. Excited to see how it looks!
I''ve currently got a lighting setup going that I'm pretty happy about.
I have my Elgato Key Light Air pointed at the wall in front of me so that I get this really soft light that lights up my whole face (and even my hair).
I also have these $60 light panels on the wall to my right, and they act as both a practical light and an edge light due to their distance from me.
EDIT: I'm in a new room, and I have repositioned the lights I've already mentioned, and now it's more like #4.
From few years I am obsessed with rgb lights. Started in 2018 with small ones underneath my desk, last year bought those two popular garden lights to put one behind me and one in front. Some may say that this was too much colour, but I loved it. Now I bought a ring light so I am making changes to my lightning on camera again :)
It's worth to try different stuff to see what you like. Once a year make an investment and try it out :)
Obviously my favourite setup was the last one from your video :D
Great video! Got a question.. i got the LIFX Beam also.. how do you do that where you only light up one bar? i cant quite find it in the app :D
Thank you for the video and advice! I actually started using color lights as edge lights after watching your first video and it looks so good on my Twitch channel. Just wondering what brand are your bar lights are? I want to use these next! Thanks again!
Great video! I love the last one with the colours. I use some RGB flood lights that light my background really nicely but don't shine on my face like yours. What a great idea!
The classic key and backlight setup. That’s my go-to for sure. If you’re going to use colors though, definitely stick with color gels if you care about color accuracy, as an RGB light physically removes light information by switching to a color. This is evident especially in the red beam on the left where you see the center of it showing bright yellow with the red fringe on the outside. Since the camera isn’t receiving accurate light information, it can’t render the color accurately. However, when shooting a white light through a color gel, you’re getting a full light spectrum that’s just being shifted, so a camera reads that light information much more accurately.
I use something very similar to number 3, with the addition of a coloured light in the background (it changes colour). Right now, I don't have much in my background to make it look interesting and I don't have a green screen. That being said, might give 5 a try since I have the lights for that type of setup. I've also tried, 3 with a coloured hair light. One thing to note is that I wear a hat when I stream, so I try to position my lights in such a way that the beak of my hat doesn't create a big shadow.
Great video as always Harris. I came to this channel 6 months ago, maybe less, with a little knowledge of streaming on camera and now 6 months later I realise how little I knew. Big fan of Elgato products thanks to you and my first mirrorless camera was prompted by some awesome community support on your discord server. Well done on building an awesome community and channel.
Can't get enough of your content Harris. Always great and straight to the point, with a dash of that Harris humor. Keep it coming man.
The last one is actually the first one I went for without any prior knowledge. Cool lol
I use a single ring light with RGB backlighting when I rarely use camera. I mean I mostly just go no camera, but moving forward I love the dynamic color option you showed. Really had great pop and contrast to it. So I'll kindly steal that once I do get a better set up... if you don't mind haha
I love them all! Do you have any tips and tricks how to light up by using only home lamps? You know, these orange ones, that Grandmas have...
AWESOME! wondering if you have any air conditioning for your ambient? do you have any suggestions? cause one of my problems with making content is the noisy environment. Close the doors and the windows after I feel like I'm in the oven!
Very cool ideas! I will probably use Hue Lights to mimic the colored lights in the background like the last frame. I've learned that you can use a simple tissue to help diffuse the hues effectively and safely because they are LEDs. Cant wait to try the colors!
I actually kinda liked that last one. I'm sure there are probably hundreds of other ways to do lighting. But the basics are very helpful and could allow for people to explore their lighting more.
This was super helpful, never even gave my lighting a second thought until now. And thank you for the free music! You're the king!
I love your content, your videos helped me so much in getting started with my Twitch and RUclips. I will always be the thankful to you for providing these videos to help us out.
When playing with the lighting, would you set your camera to a fixed ISO, or just let it auto it's way through? And why?
If the lighting doesn't change, auto is probably fine. Otherwise manual iso, manual shutter speed, and manual white balance would be a good idea
Auto is a good start but manual will give you full control if you want a darker or brighter image than auto gives you for artistic purposes
If auto does not give you grain - go with auto.
If you have the possibility to cap iso on the top AND use auto - That's your best bet (set iso to a max where grain is not a problem)
I personally have a very static setup - so I go with fixed iso.
Definitely never choose auto ISO. I recommend this very strongly because often a camera won’t be able to fully tell where you actually want your exposure at optimally. You also don’t want your camera changing any aspect of your image automatically as it can lead to things changing that you don’t want. The key tips for proper camera exposure are get your shutter speed set first, as it’s pretty straightforward where it should be depending on your framerate. Open your aperture as wide as possible (unless the lens loses too much sharpness all the way open, then stop down a bit). Then start your ISO at it’s lowest setting, usually 100, and increase it till your skin tone is properly exposed. Your skin tone takes the highest priority in what’s exposed unless there’s a stylistic reason not to. And usually skin tones render the best around 70 IRE, or at around 60-70% exposure.
dude... i've been looking for a video like this for ages! One that actually makes sense. I'm now using my ring light off to the side, didn't realise how much of a difference something as simple moving a light 40° to the right could make, only using a small one from amazon which i picked up for about £15 and a razor kiyo (don't hate xD), no i'm honestly really happy with the way it looks thanks to you! :D
Just the right content i am looking for. Been using two ring lights for a while using Logitech C270, been harding a hard time adjusting to the one i like.
What about incorporating a natural light source as part of the equation? Where would you set your desk/camera if you had a window that gave pretty consistent natural lighting?
The light in front of the camera I like it the most and the easiest to setup it. That`s why I choose the first light style in this video.
Excited for this one. My ring light is way to bright* haha
Do you mean its too bright or am i missing something?
Angle it away from your face slightly, helps a lot
@@hedgehogloverone ahahah lol just checked yeah a typo!
@@deathbunny8322 Yeah Ive done a few things, I wear glasses without they its not too bad! and I can fix it in post, but when I have glasses on it just looks a bit annoying, I have got a different smaller light since and am testing different things in videos, I think you can get a diffuser for the ring lights too so I may try that also.
Pillow case or something over your light does wonders. Don't kill your eyes!
Harris Heller: the Frank Doorhof of streaming. Really nice setups and reminded me so much of my time in photo studios. very well explained in a simple fashion!
Lol now imagine if the camera was in focus
Cam was in focus. Harris was not ;-)
A problem often happens when someone uses a narrow DoF and moves around. We all have been there :-)
Could also be because he's using his wider aperture, which isn't always the sharpest settings for a lens.
@@Volati20 he had it on manual focus and it’s hard to see through the camera viewfinder to adjust it perfectly. It happens all the time
I think the camera is a blackmagic with manual focus. the core message on how to light was conveyed however. :)
I litterally bought two keylight airs yesterday and then this video drops. Such good timing
The issue that I'm having is With ISO on 400 I have grain but when I increase the ISO I'm over-exposed. I'm watching your vids while editing a video on my DIY light setup, which just seems so fitting!
I have one, where should I place the lights or how high should they be for not getting headaches or healthy problems after a 2, 3 or 4 hours streaming. Thanks
Just setup lighting for my streams as part of my new year re-do. Amazing how much it changes the look of everything, even with a simple ring light
I was just about to hop into the discord and ask about that haha.
The one question that still remains for me: which of these work well with a green screen?
I have a small room and an empty wall behind me for now, so even with this kind of lighting my background would be boring I think.
Enjoyed watching the dialogues and thanks for all the clean links. Lot of new things learned.
Thanks a bunch. You have helped me tons. Not only to learn what to do effectively. But to not waste money. I appreciate your hard work.
Thanks for doing this. I am really having trouble properly setting up my lights and this gave me a couple of ideas. If your camera is in the path of the light does that matter? I noticed your camera always seems to be behind or to the side of the lights.
Great way to explain and show the light differences that people might want or avoid
REALLY helpful video! I'm new to this and had not thought of anything other than the 45 degree or ring light setup. I love the fill light from the side-back. The color gels are also pretty cool. Thanks!
awesome video you killed it, I am playing round with lighting, is that coloured strips in background ? I think your style is refreshing cheers.
I use a combination of options 3 and 4, but I don't have elgato brand lighting. I use a raleno camera panel that I mounted on a mic boom, and a 10 inch ring light. They weren't expensive at all and they make me stand out really well from my background, but I dig that last option and will prolly look into an alternative for trying it out. Thanks Harris for the great videos you've put out, they've been a great help to my channel... now if only I can get a streaming pc to add to the set up. I'd be set, for now 🤣
Hi thanks for making this extraordinary video by the way I don't use none of these lights I used to use some light that is around me but after watching your video I found that if I have professional light my videos looks better .
Awesome Video!
I´m really curious how those different lighting techniques would work and look with a greenscreen.
This helped me a lot. I love the look and feel of shadows, but I didn't know how to set up lighting to use those shadows correctly, and I ended up just losing detail. Now I have a better idea of lighting setups I want to try and experiment with.
If I wanted to use any of these, how would I properly light my Elgato green screen? I have 2 key lights (for reference shots check my recent Pokémon go videos)
As someone who loves the ring light look I always have issues with using one myself because of my glasses. My eyes are practically covered by the ring's reflection. Any tips, or lighting ideas for my situation? Or perhaps any content creators you think I should look into?
Great vid as always! I am curious though on how you would play with or utilize these or other techniques with a green screen and what your thoughts are in general about green screens.
This video helped greatly! Will note them all when I need em! Thanks,Harris!
I very much enjoy your contributions and insight; what about eye glasses? It’s one reason I haven’t placed a ring light anywhere other than on my sides. My glasses reflect terribly.
As i can't afford any lighting i'm using my Christmas LED lights on the wall behind my camera in a box formation. I've just kept wrapping the lights around a few screws to make a square and kept it going. It gives just enough light to remove the yellow tint from my normal light bulbs.
Would love a panel light but until covid is done i'm broke and have to make do with what i've got.
I really loved the 2nd type of light (One from the front and one from the side) It's simple, looks good and it's cheap sooo I guess when I can invest in lights I would go for that
I want to try the light gels like you suggested. I’m starting my RUclips and Twitch
channel this year and I’m really excited
When are you going to start??
@@gluble2199 before this year is over 😊
These are all awesome! Do they apply to content creators that don't use their camera directly head on? I like my camera off to the side instead of directly in front of my head.
I love your vids and appreciate the hard work that goes into making them. I have amedia and recording studio that I want to stream from and not a lot of room to place lights. I do have a ring light but no room in front of the mix position to place it. have you ever used a ring light for a distant fill? Also just curious if you use a LUT with OBS that you like that pops the foreground and still keeps some depth and detail on the background? Thanks!
Number 4 is unique I never saw that one will try it out later today. but there are a couple of pretty standard set ups missing from this video. I currently use a 4 point lighting setup. key light face level and fill light up higher on each side with a RBG on the background and a dim hair light. And I sometimes use the 3 point lighting with ring light as key and two fills either side.
love the key kicker🔥🔥🔥 , gonna try it for myself
Great video my dude, trawled through a lot of others that had too much fluff but this was so informative in a fraction of the time 👍
I like the artistic lighting shown in the last tip number 5! Would love to know what gear you recommend to create that look for people on a budget. I bought light gels and taped them over a desk lamp but it's just not bright enough for the effect to be seen.
Another great video Harris. Quick question what type of lighting would you recommend for a small streaming space. Literally my space is about 1mtr or 3ft wide and I’m currently using a Logitech c920 webcam.
My wife and I are working on getting our channel up and were testing lighting last night. Our biggest issues were lighting color, and trying to light TWO people at once. This was made more difficult by us recording near a wall, so I couldn't put anything behind us. Do you have recommendations for when there is a wall behind you? Our best look was using a ring light, but it bounced off her glasses in an unflattering way.
Another great video. Simple and to the point. I enjoyed the key kicker lights idea. Right now I just use a ring light and key light in front at angles, but thinking of trying the key kicker lights.
I like the lighting aspect of how quality can change
very helpful for new streamers. great video, i've learned a lot from your vids harris.
Hey Harris just a doubt can I instead use 2 rgb floodlights at 50% brightness to acheive the 4 th style becos right now those sheets are unavailable in my country
These videos are the best. Thanks for all the information Alpha!
I personally use your lighting and I had no idea I was even doing it right lol. I just remember you saying that you added a light behind you to separate yourself from the background. Who knew haha
I like the last one with the colored lights on you. That looks really cool.
Okay so the first question I have... Isnt the key light (elgato or not (unless its maybe a softbox type) that is off to the side and infront of you hurting or distracting your eyes???? Is feels like they are so bright and that they would suck if you have slightly sensitive eyes? Other than that... great video as always and eerily timely!!! Good job!
How much light should I use? I've got a 4 bulb 85 w (each for a total of 340 watts) softbox. It's quite a lot of light. It doesn't look like you use that much light. If I use too much light, won't the camera just compensate? For a typical RUclips setup with the lighting a couple foot away, roughly how many watts should the Keylight have?
Very helpful. Now I see that I should get a second light to work as an edge light, which is the best look imo.
At present I only use the ring light mainly due to lack of space. It works well, however occasionally I may offset one of those light to be higher than the other at an angle and it works ok
Thx! I like the glow of ringlights but I never undertstood the hype. The catchlight always made it look kind of cheap. On me it doesnt look soo good, now I know I am way more in contrast and shadows:)
Makes me think a little bit. I currently have 2 ring lights I picked up at Walmart for 20 bucks each. One is directly behind my camera and one is off to my left. Typically works pretty well I think but I may have to experiment some more after watching this.