Interview Lighting Part III - Book Lighting - Natural Look

Be sure to also check out the first two parts of our interview lighting series:
Quick lighting designs with LED Panels: https://youtu.be/nQ0eBkAX6xo
Soft Key Light: https://youtu.be/CWl61-MFYJQ
Block, Bounce, Diffuse: https://youtu.be/14vScg3kr_Q

In this episode, I demo book lighting - a way to make very natural looking light. This works well when you have existing light and you want to keep it looking natural while also making sure the existing light doesn’t change and ruin an interview half way through!

Thanks to Litepanels for providing the Gemini and Astra 1x1 panel lights for this demonstration.

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Index:
00:00 Start
00:13 Summary
00:23 Introduction
00:40 Why not use existing light?
01:10 Book Lighting
01:25 Bounce
01:33 Diffusion
01:45 Light or lights
02:14 Bounce materials & rigging
03:05 Diffusion materials & rigging
05:12 Light far side of face
05:36 Use a flag to prevent spill
06:11 Add hair/rim light
06:42 Add background light
06:56 Recap
08:21 Please buy my courses