Lighting Issue

Hana

Hana

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Sometimes in London, it doesn't even seem like it's actually daytime. Like right now, I can hardly see the letters what's in front of me because THE SUN JUST DOESN'T come out. It's so darn cloudy!

How do you get good lighting in videos when it's cloudy pretty much 24/7?

I'm just editing a video I did earlier today and so disappointed with lighting : (
 
Are you shooting outside?

If so, people often use large reflectors. Theyre large metallic hoops with taught fabric between and they reflect a lot of light on to your scene. You can find them on just about anywhere and they aren't too pricy.
 
If you don't have lighting equipment which i'm guessing you don't lol (captain obvious hereee!)
maybe try a lamp or some kind of small table light that can focus on you while recording?

It's true you can only do so much in editing, but a little bit of help from any source of light goes a long way :)
 
Hana said:
Sometimes in London, it doesn't even seem like it's actually daytime. Like right now, I can hardly see the letters what's in front of me because THE SUN JUST DOESN'T come out. It's so darn cloudy!

How do you get good lighting in videos when it's cloudy pretty much 24/7?

I'm just editing a video I did earlier today and so disappointed with lighting : (
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We're actually shooting a video tonight, and it's supposed to be raining a bit. How we're going to deal with the lack of natural light is by using an LED light mounted on our camera - you can get cheap, portable and powerful LED lights for even around $20, so maybe considering investing in that? And of course, on top of this, you can also fix some brightness/contrast problems during editing, have you tried that?
 
The easiest way to overcome dim (and over bright) conditions with a digital camera is to manually adjust the exposure compensation setting - if that is available on the camera.

On my Nikon L820 this is a two second job.

You should always do/check this anyway, as auto light compensation on cameras is not perfect at best. Just stop it up or down until it looks good.

Lights are the final solution if compensation doesn't do the job.
 
If you are shooting outside I would agree with the above statement about using reflectors, if shooting inside you will need additional light, simple as that. There are usually two types of Bulbs you can use “soft” and “daylight” daylight is supposed to mimic daylight color factors. Soft lights cast that orange / tan glow that you see while people are inside. Either soft or daylight bulbs should work as long as you adjust your white balance before shooting (most decent cameras and camcorders should allow for this) I am always in favor of adjusting the White Balance in camera before rolling. Adjusting color balance in post production for me never seems to work out as well. I believe your settings should be as accurate as possible in camera to avoid as much post-production editing.
 
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