From the course: Learning Video Lighting
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Lighting with DIY and store-bought equipment
From the course: Learning Video Lighting
Lighting with DIY and store-bought equipment
- You could easily spend 5 to 10,000 dollars or a whole lot more on a basic kit of professional lighting equipment and if you're setting up a professional studio, you absolutely should. But if you're just starting out with video production, there's a lot you can do on the cheap and still get great results. Like you could use some of these cheaper light fixtures like these clip lights. They lack a lot of the control of a professional light but they're nice and light, they're super cheap and you can clip them pretty much anywhere. You can even attach diffusion on the front here with clothes pins to soften the light. And you could use brighter bulbs as well. But always be aware of the wattage of a fixture before you put a new bulb into it. You can always check the label and see what the maximum wattage is. Like if you put a 250 watt bulb in a household fixture that's rated at 60 watts, it'll light up but it could overheat the fixture, it could melt the parts, it could cause a short and…
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