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Video Lighting

We spend a great deal of time talking about setting up lighting for interviews and single camera work. While this is very helpful, it...

Lighting

Light Source: Lighting Your Backgrounds

Videomaker

We spend a great deal of time talking about three-point lighting, lighting your talent's face and other general lighting techniques. However, we rarely talk...

Lighting

Lens Accessories for Your Camcorder

Videomaker

There's nothing more satisfying than finding just the right thing to give your videos a fresh new look. Three types of camcorder lens accessories...

Lighting

Light Source: The Color of Light

Videomaker

We all know that if you mix red, blue and green paint together, you get a nasty, ugly brown. However, did you ever consider...

Audio

Shooting an Interview TV-Style

Videomaker

Interviews are the most common form of nonfiction television; and with just a little practice, you can adapt this cheap and versatile format to...

Directing

Light Source: Lighting for Chromakey

Videomaker

Eureka! You just had a great idea for your video, but how are you going to place your talent inside a lavish landscape when...

Lighting

Light Source: Using a Camera-Mounted Light

Videomaker

You've seen it, the glaring spotlight shining into the face of a reporter as he talks about the latest accident or weather phenomenon. You...

Lighting

Guide to Different Types of Light Reflectors

Videomaker

The ocean in the Caribbean is a beautiful aqua-blue. Its shores are a glistening white. It is a great place to shoot a video,...

Lighting

Lighting Faces with Better Video Results

Videomaker

One of your most important jobs as a videographer is to make your talent look as good as possible. While this may seem like...

Lighting

Casting Shadows with Cookies: A Recipe for Success

Videomaker

In the video world, cookies aren't tasty baked treats to eat with a glass of cold milk. To video pros, cookies are lighting accessories...