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Shooting inside with artificial light

Shooting inside with artificial light

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Shooting inside with artificial light

- Alright we've covered a lot of basic lighting techniques in the studio, let's see how they apply to the real world or the simulated real world like this simulated interview we're about to shoot here with Courtney and Mariana. This is a real office, people are working out there, this is a conference room they've let us use to do this shoot. Now, shooting in an office is a lot like building a ship in a bottle. It gets filled up really fast with your equipment so it's important to leave a lot of it outside, which we have. We've only set up just the things we need in here to keep it workable. Okay, now as it is now, Courtney's in a spot I've picked because I think it's the best spot in the room. I like the depth of looking out the window a little bit, but not so much that it dominates the frame. I like the depth behind him on that side, gives us plenty of room to back light, and there enough room to get the camera in here and do everything without being too crowded. So this is a good…

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