{"id":4513,"date":"2010-03-08T21:12:57","date_gmt":"2010-03-09T02:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/?p=4513"},"modified":"2023-11-21T19:47:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T00:47:17","slug":"lighting-basics-for-video-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/lighting-basics-for-video-making\/","title":{"rendered":"Lighting Basics for Video Making"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pretty lighting, like the sunset picture above, is always appreciated.\u00a0 Video making is highly dependent on quality lighting.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 Lighting for video is an art unto itself.\u00a0 If you want your videos to be considered high-quality, you need to pay close attention to lighting when you are filming.\u00a0 Quality lighting will make your finished video look MUCH better, no matter what kind of video you are making or what kind of camera you are using.<\/p>\n

LIGHTING FOR VIDEO: THE KEYS TO GOOD LIGHTING<\/h3>\n

The two biggest things that matter are the placement of the light relative to your subject and the amount of diffusion.\u00a0 <\/strong>In a nutshell, that one sentence sums up lighting basics for video.<\/p>\n

If you are able to learn these basic principles of lighting, then you can adapt whatever equipment and supplies you have and make it all work.<\/p>\n

This post will tell you the basics of what you need to know to achieve quality, professional-looking lighting for your video production.<\/p>\n

First, here are two video tutorial showing you the basics of lighting that I just mentioned. Below the video is a second tutorial more info on video lighting basics. Every beginner video maker should watch these two videos.<\/p>\n