Quick Interview Lighting with LED Panels - Part 1

See Part two of my Interview Lighting series over at https://youtu.be/CWl61-MFYJQ.

In this episode, I demo and explain how I approach two separate lighting designs for interview shots. When lighting corporate video - interviews - I often have to work quite quickly and set up the cameras, sound, and lighting within 20 minutes. Here are a couple of examples to give you some ideas you might incorporate into your interview lighting designs.

Thanks to Litepanels for providing the lighting instruments used to produce this video.

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Gear used or mentioned in this episode. The links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, DVEStore, Perfect Circuit, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases:

- Litepanels Gemini 1x1 Hard RGBWW LED Light - B&H, Amazon https://geni.us/ghsC
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Index:
00:00 Start
00:11 Summary
00:21 Setup 1 - Key light
01:28 Fill light
02:19 Rim/Hair Light
03:27 Background light
04:05 Coloring with different color lights
05:38 Watch out for windows
06:19 Setup 2
06:36 Key light
07:47 Hair light
08:31 Background lights
09:15 Exposure
10:32 Please buy my courses