light sources

Hi guys whatsup! Hope you are all well. Just a quick question(mod feel free to move this if its in the wrong place): When shooting your actual videos (not recording gameplays) how do you get the lighting right? Do you just record in the morning when it's bright or do you situate some of those...

I'm working on getting my camera and lighting setup and am a total lighting noob. I asked a non-YouTube friend of mine about lighting and they said to use halogen lights because they wouldn't cast as many shadows or something like that lol. I guess I'm just wondering if that's true? And also...