From the course: Web Video: Lighting
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Setting up a home or office shooting environment
From the course: Web Video: Lighting
Setting up a home or office shooting environment
If you're producing your own content, creating your environment and preparing your background is just as important as the lightning. All too often, people pay no attention to the background when they do things like take pictures, shoot video, or appear on a webcam. So, what type of background is best, a paper or cloth photographer's background, plain white wall, green screen, a real room? To answer that, you must consider your end product and weigh the pros and cons of each. Let's take the real room first. When using a room in your house or your office, make sure you declutter. Unless you have a pristine space with nothing out of place, then tidy up a bit. You don't want the person on the other end wondering what all that stuff is and why it isn't put away. Look past your treasures you may have stacked everywhere and try to make the background area as sparse as possible. Also, try to use the largest or longest room, and be sure to step away from the wall. I don't know why people feel…
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