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Using lighting and camera position to make people look great

Using lighting and camera position to make people look great

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Using lighting and camera position to make people look great

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However, that doesn't mean that we still can't take steps to make anybody, even ourselves, look a little bit better and correct some common video-appearance issues. Apart from makeup, there are few things we can do with the lighting and camera angles to show people in their best light, literally. One of the real keys to making people look good is knowing how not to make them look bad to begin with. Contrary to popular belief, the camera doesn't put on 10 pounds; bad camera people do. To make people look slimmer, or better yet, but to avoid making them look heavier to begin with, there are three simple things you can do. First, try raising the camera up a little so you can shoot them from a slightly higher angle than eye level. A slightly higher camera angle will show less of the area below the chin and psychologically make a subject appear less large and imposing. Similarly, to slim appearances, you also want to light your subject from a slightly higher angle and never from below. By…

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