Small White Natural Light
 

Hello Guys

I am new here, so go easy on me :D

I want to start a YouTube Channel, and I'm mostly home at night; thus I will be doing my video recording at night. I would like a Small / Portable Natural white Light which I could put on my desk and have it light up my face for good lighting for the videos.

Can someone please recommend me one ?

I would greatly appreciate any help.

Thank You.

If your video camera is capable of 'white balance' it shouldn't matter what type of light you use, but think of either one strong and one weaker, or one strong-ish and some good white reflection. Just like in a photo studio, a bit of "modelling light".

If your camera doesn't do white balance you would end up with orangey warm lighting with some lamps, but you could get 'proper' daylight bulbs from photographic lighting suppliers and put them in a suitable lamp.

a 20/100 watt energy saving bulb in a lamp with a white diffuser ( old sheet ) would do or even 2 to minimize shadows
it would have to be reasonably close hence the energy saver type bulb so it won't melt your face off

thats the cheap method...

or you could get something along these lines
[url]http://www.stevesphotoshop.co.uk/daylight_fluorescent_lighting_set_triple_bulb_T75P.html[/url]

good luck...

Maplin are doing a bright white LED strip for £10 which is very bright and natural for this sort of fill-in. Check your white balance though.