How To Light For Youtube Blog Video

My team is doing some videos to show off some features in Visual Studio. Virtually of my videos or YouTubes are screencasts so the video quality of the people parts aren't a huge bargain. I Actually try to make my audio sound good simply I've been somewhat lax on the video side, usually just using a webcam. While the Logitech 930e is amazing as webcams go, it'due south not really "pro." It looks skilful but information technology still looks and feels similar a webcam in both field of view and depth of field.

I went looking for videos that had the look and experience I wanted and asked those folks that I admired how they did information technology.

I always beloved the way my friend Chescaleigh's YouTube videos look. They are articulate and in focus, with amazing lighting and the groundwork is "blown." That means there is a shallow depth of field with just Franchesca in focus and the background is a somewhat blurry.

Franchesca's videos are very professional

Franchesca pointed me to the Canon T3i DSLR Hard disk camera. This is non just a squeamish still camera but also a very competent HD Video Camera that puts out fantastic 1080p video straight to an SD Bill of fare along with the power to use alternate lenses. It also has options you can add on after like a remote command for focusing and starting/stopping recording.

The trick with the T3i is that information technology's a lilliputian older and you can observe them for equally trivial as $200-$250 on Craigslist. I've seen them inexpensive on Amazon besides. That makes them reasonable for a budget but over again, the results look Amazing.

I also love this video past Rachel Weil doing an overview Visual Studio Code. She steps information technology up with an interesting groundwork and razor sharp focus. Her sound is also fantastic.

Rachel adds this Canon EF 50mm lens to her Canon DSLR to get a really tight focus. I oasis't bought this lens yet but information technology's on my Amazon wishlist for the future.

Rachel's video is top notch

Practiced audio is and then important. I tried inexpensive lavaliere microphones simply I find I go the best results with a condenser mic held just out of frame. I similar the Samson C01U but you can get decent USB Mics for <$50. Record your video and audio in separate files, and earlier you showtime talking *CLAP* very loud to brand a spike in your audio, then you can line upwards your audio and video/audio files in your editor similar iMovie or Picture show Maker. And so mute the sound in your main audio/video file so you'll be hearing the high quality audio from your good mic and the loftier quality video from your camera.

Lining up video and audio

Finally, you demand GOOD LIGHTING. ZOMG it matters then much. Even if you ignore all these tips and just utilize a webcam, get a nice light. Maria from my team recommended this CowboyStudio Dual Mount Brackets to let me mountain a mic and lights to my camera, then I picked upward this FANTASTIC 160 LED Power Panel. It'due south perfect considering information technology's dimmable and includes color filters for getting dissimilar colour temperatures or a diffuse upshot.

I feel similar the result is very close to the look I wanted and looks much more professional given a reasonable budget. Again, if you keep your equipment module (mic, photographic camera, lenses, stands, lights, etc) you tin improve your setup, every bit I have, equally yous accept the cash.

How exercise You make videos that look sharp? Allow me know in the comments.

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Nigh Scott

Scott Hanselman is a sometime professor, former Main Architect in finance, now speaker, consultant, father, diabetic, and Microsoft employee. He is a failed stand-upwardly comic, a cornrower, and a volume author.

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