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I have limited space in my home office. A pair of soft boxes aimed at the ceiling to bounce light into the room, a pair of photography light bulbs in holders behind a diffuser to side of the camcorder, and a reflector to back fill the light. I just recently changed this set up to remove the graininess from my videos. I got an RGB desk lamp coming in to light the background behind me.
It takes a great courage to create tutorials like this. Most of us are too scared to appear on screens and ofcourse reactions is the scary part. I hope someday I will be able to interact with people like this.
For webcam situations -- if you have multiple monitors, you can use them to provide lighting. For example, if you have a 3-monitor setup, you can put large windows or background color on the two outboard monitors using a flattering color, like amber-orange sunset. Even if the additional monitors are not attached to the computer you're using, you can attach them to some other computer to set their colors.
thank god somebody's talking about this!! i post covers on my channel and ALWAYS struggle with the reflections in my glasses so this was super helpful! x
It would have been nice to actually show the lights in relation to where you were sitting in the first segment. I’ll try out some of these tips, thanks!
I'm a visual learner so actually seeing that soft light method was very helpful. I saw the title about wearing glasses and had to see what you were going to share. :-)
This video is so helpful. I use light stands with LED bulbs and umbrellas that I got in a kit from Amazon. All I really needed was to know how to place them. Thanks!
This was so timely for me, as I discovered I can't really use a teleprompter without squinting and need to use my glasses for reading from a script. Thank you.
TWO PRO TIPS from an EYE DOC! 1. Buy glasses with THIN frames (less shadow on your face) and 2. Get a high quality anti-reflective coating on the lens ( best on the market right now is Crizal Saphire 360 as it reduces glare from more angles of light)
...or just stick a polarizing lens filter on the camera :) I'm not sure how it would work with the monitor in the background, but would definitely instantly eradicate the reflections...
As a Do It Yourselfer, I've got a couple of work lights with bright Xenon bulbs. My ceiling is white. I have excellent results hanging one from a shelf bracket and the other on a couch; both pointing up at the ceiling. Nice diffused natural lighting. Experiment with placement, and you'll have nice, diffused, natural lighting. Dunno why everyone doesn't do this...
Thanks! I use a ring light to do my live streams, and I've recently taken my glasses off to avoid the glare. Having a better ligthing setup is what I know I'll need to work on eventually, and this video was helpful for me to understand better how to do it. Then I'll be able to wear my glasses again during my live streams! :) I'm nearsighted, and I use my laptop + a flat screen tv to do my live stream presentations. I figured out a way using a chair and pillows to bring my flat screen tv closer to my face so that I could read the screen without glasses. It works, but I know my setup can be better.
Thanks for these tips 👊🏽 they helped me solve that problem for shooting todays batch of videos and I know they'll help me all the way into future videos 💥💯
I have a really small desk space to do my work, so I am using the house lighting, inset lighting in the ceiling on my right which is actually less than a foot in front of me. I added a desk lamp to my left to serve as a fill ight. I only have glare if I leave my monitors on while I record. I have a Panasonic HDC-TM700 video camera to film with.
Thx for the tips. I have struggled with this for a minute. I use a basic 3 soft box lighting set up (key, fill and hair/back) depending on the room I'm in, at this time.
literally been moving around so many times trying to film lol. I wanted natural light from window but that didn't work, moved further into the room but then the sun went away. tried with lights but the ones I have are not so good. But I think I finally get it now. No light from the front! Thank you for the video!
For my home studio I have a 10 inch ring light to my right and have a hand made rig with under cabinet lights to my left. I use a ton of ambient light to try and separate from my background.
Team glasses here and this was so helpful. As a new youtuber, I've struggled with this and sometimes just take them off . I'm going to try this out on my next video..yay😁
That popped up in my recommendations, thanks a lot. I am trying to get better lighting for my next batch of videos, your advices are really useful, thanks again 🙂
This is such a huge huge help. I'm filming more videos and my glasses are driving me nuts haha I have a soft box for a LED panel light, but the shadows of the frames are just still a little too strong. I will definitely try some more things! Thank you
I have a simple 3 light studio kit (usually just use the two) from Cowboy Studios. Daylight fluorescent balanced bulbs bounced off white umbrellas. I get them high enough to keep the glare off my glasses.
nice tips. instead of locating key light on your left side and have deep shadow on right, can't we use a softbox+speedlight 45 degrees over the head so reflexions go to the floor instead of to the camera so you don't need fill light ?
I'm using a big soft box bounced against the wall behind my monitor as you suggest. I have a Logitech web cam. Fortunately, I also have a bright studio, so the lighting overall is nice as well.
I found this trying to sort out lighting for Zoom video conferencing and none of the other videos addressed glare on glasses. Thanks very much for these tips. Fortunately, I have a three box lighting rig so I can play around with natural and fill lighting.
I'm quite proud since I figured out step 1 by myself when I was taking some professional photos and I was seeing the light in my glasses. Moved the light over to the side and boom! No glare! I'll definitely be using the webcam lighting tricks since I have a few interviews coming up for work!
I knew it was a matter of time before I heard someone using this song in the BG. It was the first song I fell in love with looking on epidemic sound lol
I work with an overabundance of natural light - windows on all four sides, and lots of tropical sunlight. It's always a challenge, so I usually take off my glasses.
@@SusanAyinkamiye Agreed, soften the light. But there isn't a lot you can do in a situation with no other option for lights. For you, better lighting is better than having no glare. Also, do some experiments! Sit down in a few different spots, try to get rid of the glare. But then look on a computer and see what shot looks the best!
I knew a photographer who used to keep a box of all sorts of styles of eye glass frames with no lenses. No lenses, no glare. Be claimed he didn't have any issues with customers posing with frames that weren't their own. A very expensive trick (that I can't afford to do) is to buy large sheets of polarizer material (edmond Optics may still sell that) and DIY cover all your lighting with it in the same polarization direction. The last thing to do is to put a polarizer on your lens and cross polarize it. Other than being way too expensive, the one downside is that you may lose the natural sheen most people have on their skin from their natural skin oils. Some people may not like this rendering.
Great tips! We use the Newer Lighting Kit Think Media reviewed a while back and we LOVE it. Will keep these tips in mind when setting up the next video!
Hi there. Thank you for your sharing and tips. It's really help. I just bought 1 rim light, and exploring ways to make my recorded video better in term of lighting quality.
Great tips! Recently got glasses and I can see but now I have that glare ... I was using a ring light but that’s out of the question now. I usually sit near a window and then have a second lamp on the other side of my face.
Might I suggest that reflections from glasses/sun-glasses is actually a good thing? What do I mean by that? I mean that there seems to be a direct correlation between eye-glass reflection and skin reflection (e.g. from the forehead, cheekbones or nose). So if you can minimize reflection from eyeglasses, you (by default) have also minimized unwanted skin reflections. Even if your "talent" normally does not wear glasses/sun-glasses, before actually shooting, have them put on glasses as a test. If you get no reflection from the glasses, you can be pretty sure you will also get a minimum amount of reflection from the skin. Remove the "test glasses" before actually shooting, of course. (Do I really need to say that?" 😅😂🤣)
Very helpful Nolan! Looks like I have the same lighting gear that you have. Confession time... I haven't used it year because I kept blowing (over exposing) my video quality! Lol... Now I have a better idea to play with. Thank you! 🤓
I literally never research stuff like this, until today because I'm getting started with doing yt videos properly.... and im a glasses user. So, I was half way through this video, when I looked at the views and was surprised to only see 728 views! ...Like, this video os pro and good advice... Then I saw that it's literally only just been released today! XD Top tips, thats all!
In 1 hour, those views have already doubled lol (I only looked because I had the heart notification) ....I wish my review videos would get this much attention 🤣
Love your channel content is always amazing and helpful for us starting on youtube! I'm starting a tech channel just for reviewing best budget to high end products and this channel is my inspiration for it.
You could try offsetting the camera slightly. If your camera is slightly to one side it is less likely to pick up the glare. If its a built in webcam then you don't have many options.
Question of the Day ⚡ What kind of lights are you using on your RUclips videos?? Let us know! 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 * Check out our FREE Best Cheap Lighting Video Series here 👉 ruclips.net/video/bpm64Oj-LK8/видео.html
Think Media sunlight!
Limo Studio with soft boxes. Inexpensive but great for beginners.
I use a basic 3 soft box lighting set up (key, fill and hair/back) depending on the room I'm in, at this time.
I have limited space in my home office. A pair of soft boxes aimed at the ceiling to bounce light into the room, a pair of photography light bulbs in holders behind a diffuser to side of the camcorder, and a reflector to back fill the light. I just recently changed this set up to remove the graininess from my videos. I got an RGB desk lamp coming in to light the background behind me.
Natural light
It takes a great courage to create tutorials like this. Most of us are too scared to appear on screens and ofcourse reactions is the scary part. I hope someday I will be able to interact with people like this.
Just take a leap of faith! Don't let fear hold you back. You can do it!
For webcam situations -- if you have multiple monitors, you can use them to provide lighting. For example, if you have a 3-monitor setup, you can put large windows or background color on the two outboard monitors using a flattering color, like amber-orange sunset. Even if the additional monitors are not attached to the computer you're using, you can attach them to some other computer to set their colors.
Yesterday; I started recording with my glasses off 😂😂
lol I am doing the same!
Live out Loud with Moe Nicole THE STRUGGLE IS REAL
@@BrunaClaas Have you tried contact lenses? That is what I prefer.
I can’t do that. Sunken eyes, dark shadows, etc. It looks bad.
That's one of the benefits of scripting and memorizing. :)
thank god somebody's talking about this!!
i post covers on my channel and ALWAYS struggle with the reflections in my glasses so this was super helpful! x
Happy to help!
It would have been nice to actually show the lights in relation to where you were sitting in the first segment. I’ll try out some of these tips, thanks!
Great tips! I actually started wearing my contacts to avoid glare on my glasses! Thanks for this :)
Yes, me too!! If you have contacts, definitely makes lighting ALOT easier!
Wow! I didn’t know you could bypass the glare. I love wearing glasses but can’t on camera because of the glare. Thanks for the tips!
drop a polarizing lens filter on the camera lens and you're good to go... no more reflections. That's what they're for.
I wear glasses and have wanted to know how to remove the glare from my glasses these were great tips and insight for someone like me, thank you!😀
My ENTIRE business THANKS you. I depend on my glasses and they are a part of my character, and you just saved my brand with this video!!!!!
I'm a visual learner so actually seeing that soft light method was very helpful. I saw the title about wearing glasses and had to see what you were going to share. :-)
This video is so helpful. I use light stands with LED bulbs and umbrellas that I got in a kit from Amazon. All I really needed was to know how to place them. Thanks!
Nolan Malt this video is a such of so much help ,it made me more interested in create a youtube channel as i was always afraid of lighting thanks
Do it man! You got this!
thank you how but how does one catch attention for people to sub to your channel ,this got me stuck
This is very helpful. I do unboxing review videos and lots of times my closeups have lots of glare. I’m going to try this technique, thanks!
This was so timely for me, as I discovered I can't really use a teleprompter without squinting and need to use my glasses for reading from a script. Thank you.
Try contact lenses?
@@DoctorEyeHealth Thanks, but no.
@@DoctorEyeHealth I wear contacts now more than glasses and there the best thing!
What if you want to read what's on your computer while recording (ideally, recording from the computer's built-in camera)?
use anti glare glasses
TWO PRO TIPS from an EYE DOC! 1. Buy glasses with THIN frames (less shadow on your face) and 2. Get a high quality anti-reflective coating on the lens ( best on the market right now is Crizal Saphire 360 as it reduces glare from more angles of light)
EXTRA PRO TIP! Consider Contact lenses!
Nice tips! Never knew my crizal lenses would come in handy for my videos. Thank you
Thanks for the tips. I really like the way I look in glasses, I can't stand the glare.
...or just stick a polarizing lens filter on the camera :) I'm not sure how it would work with the monitor in the background, but would definitely instantly eradicate the reflections...
Thanks! I need to get new glasses soon and I was going to ask if there was something of this nature.
Great tips. This is a perennial issue for me. I use 2 soft boxes and a couple clamp lamps for fill.
THANK YOU!!! This helped me out a lot!! Angled the lights outward worked great! As well as the soft boxes!
Cheers, Nolan! I tilt my head & adjust lights, but adjusting the brightness of the screen was an A-Ha! moment.
The lighting pointed to the wall saved my life!!! thank you so much!
As a Do It Yourselfer, I've got a couple of work lights with bright Xenon bulbs. My ceiling is white. I have excellent results hanging one from a shelf bracket and the other on a couch; both pointing up at the ceiling. Nice diffused natural lighting. Experiment with placement, and you'll have nice, diffused, natural lighting. Dunno why everyone doesn't do this...
Thanks! I use a ring light to do my live streams, and I've recently taken my glasses off to avoid the glare. Having a better ligthing setup is what I know I'll need to work on eventually, and this video was helpful for me to understand better how to do it. Then I'll be able to wear my glasses again during my live streams! :)
I'm nearsighted, and I use my laptop + a flat screen tv to do my live stream presentations. I figured out a way using a chair and pillows to bring my flat screen tv closer to my face so that I could read the screen without glasses. It works, but I know my setup can be better.
even as a music producer, these tips helped for my beat making videos. thanks guys!! been watching the channel for a few years now.
Thanks for these tips 👊🏽 they helped me solve that problem for shooting todays batch of videos and I know they'll help me all the way into future videos 💥💯
Great tips, I needed this video! And I laughed at your joke lol
Glad someone thinks Im funny!! Thank you, haha
😂
Useful share
Useful share
Hi! Glasses wearer since the 3rd grade. This is so helpful! Im finally about to purchase some lighting gear. Thank you guys! 😊
Awesome!
Yes. Lighting angles have worked well for me in getting that glare away. But would polarizing filters possibly work? Curious.
I have a really small desk space to do my work, so I am using the house lighting, inset lighting in the ceiling on my right which is actually less than a foot in front of me. I added a desk lamp to my left to serve as a fill ight. I only have glare if I leave my monitors on while I record. I have a Panasonic HDC-TM700 video camera to film with.
This is a great video but what about gamers? If they need the brightness up in order to see/play well, how do you adjust lighting for this?
Thx for the tips. I have struggled with this for a minute. I use a basic 3 soft box lighting set up (key, fill and hair/back) depending on the room I'm in, at this time.
3 point lighting is a great way to light!
Thank you so much Think Media for all the tips! I’m up by 620 subscribers barely a month on RUclips🥳
Keep crushing, that's awesome!
Just tried something similar to this tonight and it helped a lot
I am using a Neewer Ring light center up - but I have some soft box lights coming. So upgrades underway!
So I've started recording my RUclips videos using the tips you've given
literally been moving around so many times trying to film lol. I wanted natural light from window but that didn't work, moved further into the room but then the sun went away. tried with lights but the ones I have are not so good. But I think I finally get it now. No light from the front! Thank you for the video!
I have been asking for this video for so long, thanks think media, sean
Very underrated problem
For my home studio I have a 10 inch ring light to my right and have a hand made rig with under cabinet lights to my left. I use a ton of ambient light to try and separate from my background.
3 yrs ago & it is still funny! Love it Nolan
Team glasses here and this was so helpful. As a new youtuber, I've struggled with this and sometimes just take them off . I'm going to try this out on my next video..yay😁
Have you considered contact lenses?
I use natural light coming in from windows and sometimes supplement with canned ceiling lights. I need to up my game. Thanks!
I’ve been taking my glasses off for videos because of this problem. Thank you!
That popped up in my recommendations, thanks a lot. I am trying to get better lighting for my next batch of videos, your advices are really useful, thanks again 🙂
SO helpful! Yes to puns all the way!! Thank you!
This is such a huge huge help. I'm filming more videos and my glasses are driving me nuts haha I have a soft box for a LED panel light, but the shadows of the frames are just still a little too strong. I will definitely try some more things! Thank you
I have a simple 3 light studio kit (usually just use the two) from Cowboy Studios. Daylight fluorescent balanced bulbs bounced off white umbrellas. I get them high enough to keep the glare off my glasses.
Thanks for the tips to avoid glare while wearing glasses.
nice tips. instead of locating key light on your left side and have deep shadow on right, can't we use a softbox+speedlight 45 degrees over the head so reflexions go to the floor instead of to the camera so you don't need fill light ?
I really like the wall idea.
Yes, super easy way to get soft lighting.
The glare and frame line was a bar. I see you bro!
I'm using a big soft box bounced against the wall behind my monitor as you suggest. I have a Logitech web cam. Fortunately, I also have a bright studio, so the lighting overall is nice as well.
Hi...S.C I'm from pakistan...
I really like the way you convey your information to us...
It was really really helpful..
I found this trying to sort out lighting for Zoom video conferencing and none of the other videos addressed glare on glasses. Thanks very much for these tips.
Fortunately, I have a three box lighting rig so I can play around with natural and fill lighting.
Very helpful tip! Tried it and it actually works
When I got my new glasses , that fixed my issue haha. The struggle is real!
I'm quite proud since I figured out step 1 by myself when I was taking some professional photos and I was seeing the light in my glasses. Moved the light over to the side and boom! No glare! I'll definitely be using the webcam lighting tricks since I have a few interviews coming up for work!
Great tips 👌
I knew it was a matter of time before I heard someone using this song in the BG. It was the first song I fell in love with looking on epidemic sound lol
Intresting video 🔥👍👍
I work with an overabundance of natural light - windows on all four sides, and lots of tropical sunlight. It's always a challenge, so I usually take off my glasses.
What would you recommend if I use natural light and dont have a lighting equipment? have to sit opposite the window when using natural light
Block the harsh light from the window with a white transparent curtain or bedsheet if you have one. This will soften the light.
@@SusanAyinkamiye Agreed, soften the light. But there isn't a lot you can do in a situation with no other option for lights. For you, better lighting is better than having no glare. Also, do some experiments! Sit down in a few different spots, try to get rid of the glare. But then look on a computer and see what shot looks the best!
@@nolanmolt Btw your joke was so unexpectedly funny to me. Great video.
That fill light worked fantastic! Did not know that!
Nice idea... Thanks for the tips... Without my glasses I would be blind, so this will help greatly... Cheers!!!
Thanks for sharing this!!!
I knew a photographer who used to keep a box of all sorts of styles of eye glass frames with no lenses. No lenses, no glare. Be claimed he didn't have any issues with customers posing with frames that weren't their own.
A very expensive trick (that I can't afford to do) is to buy large sheets of polarizer material (edmond Optics may still sell that) and DIY cover all your lighting with it in the same polarization direction. The last thing to do is to put a polarizer on your lens and cross polarize it. Other than being way too expensive, the one downside is that you may lose the natural sheen most people have on their skin from their natural skin oils. Some people may not like this rendering.
Something I constantly struggle with as someone who always wears glasses shoots. Do you have any recommendations for lighting in a small space?
Great video. Straight to the point and very helpful. Thank you!
Thanks, Nolan! I usually wear contacts so I didn't have any experience trying to light with glasses. This was helpful!
Thank you so much for this video! This has been killer for me trying to stop the glare in my glasses.
Great tips! We use the Newer Lighting Kit Think Media reviewed a while back and we LOVE it. Will keep these tips in mind when setting up the next video!
Great. Thanks so much!
Hi there. Thank you for your sharing and tips. It's really help. I just bought 1 rim light, and exploring ways to make my recorded video better in term of lighting quality.
This is a fantastic tutorial! I have a couple different LED lights, but have always been bothered by the glare! Thank you!
Hi Nolan. Thanks for sharing. Great information on lighting!
Great tips! Recently got glasses and I can see but now I have that glare ... I was using a ring light but that’s out of the question now. I usually sit near a window and then have a second lamp on the other side of my face.
You can actually still use a ring light to film! Just raise it up above eye level and use your window as a fill light :)
I am so happy you guys created this!
Highly informative video!!
Might I suggest that reflections from glasses/sun-glasses is actually a good thing?
What do I mean by that?
I mean that there seems to be a direct correlation between eye-glass reflection and skin reflection (e.g. from the forehead, cheekbones or nose). So if you can minimize reflection from eyeglasses, you (by default) have also minimized unwanted skin reflections. Even if your "talent" normally does not wear glasses/sun-glasses, before actually shooting, have them put on glasses as a test. If you get no reflection from the glasses, you can be pretty sure you will also get a minimum amount of reflection from the skin.
Remove the "test glasses" before actually shooting, of course. (Do I really need to say that?" 😅😂🤣)
Yep glares on glasses is something I battle every video. I'm still trying to learn about lighting
Awesome video... Thank you! I am now convinced that RUclips algorithm can read my mind.
Great info! For so long I’ve left that glare on my glasses 🤦♂️ No more! Thank you 🙏
Very helpful Nolan! Looks like I have the same lighting gear that you have. Confession time... I haven't used it year because I kept blowing (over exposing) my video quality! Lol... Now I have a better idea to play with. Thank you! 🤓
I'm starting my channel and i need to learn a ton about video quality and lighting.
Great tip, I needed this video
I think it was a great video and I learned a lot! Thanks
Good tips. Especially the computer screen and bouncing light off wall
Very helpful! Thanks.
Very help full . Thats great Iam using home Energy savour . just simple LED is good
Okay. I have to try this.
Bringing your light out at more of an angle is also good if your subject is bald. You can eliminate head shine by doing this.
I literally never research stuff like this, until today because I'm getting started with doing yt videos properly.... and im a glasses user.
So, I was half way through this video, when I looked at the views and was surprised to only see 728 views! ...Like, this video os pro and good advice...
Then I saw that it's literally only just been released today! XD
Top tips, thats all!
In 1 hour, those views have already doubled lol
(I only looked because I had the heart notification)
....I wish my review videos would get this much attention 🤣
@@djtyros This video just came out this morning. Think Media has hustled and been around for 10 years on RUclips as well.
This is awesome thank you!! I hate seeing the light glare, Nolan you ROCK!! Thank you Think Media
Love your channel content is always amazing and helpful for us starting on youtube! I'm starting a tech channel just for reviewing best budget to high end products and this channel is my inspiration for it.
Nice quick TIP! saved me some time and money!
SUPER AWESOME. THANK YOU!!!
Thanks so much! Very helpful
... You can't use a polarising filter? I guess on an iPhone it would be tricky, but for any dslr... Oh dear, outdoors vs. studio experience.
thank you!
what about lighting from monitors i have lowered my pc monitor as much as i can and im still getting a lot of glare
You could try offsetting the camera slightly. If your camera is slightly to one side it is less likely to pick up the glare. If its a built in webcam then you don't have many options.
Good video bro it contains good information thanks for all this