How To Look Your Best On A Webcam Video Call

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Learn the do's and don'ts of how to light your video Zoom, FaceTime or Skype calls. Jay P demonstrates how to improve your lighting so you can look professional and make a better impression in your video conference calls.
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Jay P. Morgan has been working as a Commercial Photographer and Film Director in the Los Angeles area for more than 20 years developing an impressive list of clients from Paramount to McDonald's. Jay P.'s experience with elaborate set design and extensive lighting are key to the success of his illustrative work.

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@margaretanderson5011 3 жыл бұрын

Best tips ever, especially working from home and to present to executives, good lighting and to have eye contact .Thanks.

@TheSlantedLens 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

@AngieTeaches Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for these practical tips!! I appreciate all your hard work in producing this.

@TheSlantedLens Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome! Thanks for your comment!

@doughowell3171 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. Very simple, and sometimes that is the hardest!

@TheSlantedLens 4 жыл бұрын

So true Doug. Sometimes fundamentals are the most important thing.

@VicJournalist 3 ай бұрын

TIL: A cardboard box (+mouse+keyboard) can turn your laptop into an ergonomically reasonable experience. Thank you for all the other tips also! Wonderful.

@TheSlantedLens 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing! And you are very welcome!

@HanieBCreations 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Always good useful information. 😊

@TheSlantedLens 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you found it useful. Thanks for watching!

@pbsalfen 4 жыл бұрын

Great tips Jay P! Thanks!

@TheSlantedLens 4 жыл бұрын

You are most welcome. Any Video topics you would like to see?

@aatapiap Жыл бұрын

Thank you! great input!

@TheSlantedLens Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it. Thanks for watching!

@jmichaelwest 4 жыл бұрын

great advice!! thanks

@TheSlantedLens 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Mike. Glad to hear from you. I hope life is good!

@doughowell3171 4 жыл бұрын

I must say, that does look like semi-professional equipment. And that is not an insult! Like i said before, excellent episode. With this advice, you will kick up visual presence.

@TheSlantedLens 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks again! It is a very reasonable set up for a reasonable price.

@abettencourtmusic 4 жыл бұрын

Always amazing and helpful content. Even for someone like me who has shelves full of gear, I’m ALWAYS looking for ideas and inspiration and trying to think outside the box and your videos help me do that. Happy to be a long time subscriber. Keep those videos coming and I’ll keep on watching ☺️

@TheSlantedLens 4 жыл бұрын

Great to hear! Thanks for your support. We appreciate it!

@jsullo22 3 жыл бұрын

I like the webcam positioning as an idea, might give that a go

@TheSlantedLens 3 жыл бұрын

Let us know how it goes!

@andhisband 4 жыл бұрын

Great tips!

@TheSlantedLens 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you think so! Thanks for watching!

@WakandaBabe 3 жыл бұрын

Very informative!

@TheSlantedLens 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

@heyjustj 4 жыл бұрын

Great tips! I have seen more poorly lit shots up peoples noses that I'd like to over the past few months haha. I tell all my clients and friends to get their camera up higher and blast a light at the wall behind their computer like you showed here. The laptop low also usually points the camera up at the ceiling to backlight them with ceiling lights too and looks awful. Just those two things fix 99% of the problems. Also that they get a mic as close to them as possible. A few other tips I tell people: Wipe off your camera lens! Often there are greasy finger prints on the lens of the laptop or cell phone which makes everything have super bad glare. Wiping the lens often solves a LOT of image quality problems. The other tip is don't pay outrageous prices for webcams right now. If you have a Canon DSLR or GH5 they have webcam utility apps. There is also a super cheap HDMI capture device (~$30) that is actually pretty good if you have a GoPro or other camera with HDMI out. And the option I really like for most people is to use your cell phone as your webcam with the NewTek NDI HX Camera app ($20 for iPhone). Then install the NDI tools from their website and you can use the virtual input (Mac or PC) and have a GREAT webcam since most smartphone cameras are WAAAYYY better than almost every webcam on the market right now. Then you get the convenience of zoom on your computer while using your phone for the video. (Whew... that comment was far too long haha)

@TheSlantedLens 4 жыл бұрын

You are so right. No more badly lit noses is my new goal in life. I don't want to see whats in peoples noses. Thanks for watching.

@amynewman1973 4 жыл бұрын

Terrific video! Can i ask why you're using on Torch and one Pro, and not the two Torches that come with the bundle?

@TheSlantedLens 4 жыл бұрын

Just to show different options. Two torches work out great!

@onsenguy 5 ай бұрын

remember folks, sound is more important than video. make sure you're using a high quality external mic.

@TheSlantedLens 5 ай бұрын

Great advice. Thanks for sharing!

@duesno 4 жыл бұрын

LOVED the pointers. Thanks! Now what about SOUND??? While it was not covered in the video I see a link posted under GEAR USED...Sennheiser G4 Wireless Lav

@TheSlantedLens 4 жыл бұрын

I use a lav with a workaround for plugging into the headphone jack. It works great.

@duesno 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheSlantedLens "WORKAROUND"??? and into what headphone jack? Please and thank you...

@sonicspring6448 Жыл бұрын

@@duesno a lot of headphone jacks have a microphone connection in them too

@jennycarter9541 2 ай бұрын

Is there a reason to not just use a tripod to place a videocam at the right height and then skip the box and extra keyboard?

@manojkumar-sn6ck 4 жыл бұрын

Good

@TheSlantedLens 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Hope you learned some good pointers.

@FredSwenson 5 ай бұрын

Great lighting suggestions. But you are missing one big distracting thing: the window! Early in the video, what's with the abominable snowman outdoors? If you don't draw the shades, you run the risk of passersby/ disruptors/ funny cats/ whatever -- completely breaking up your audience. Speaking of the window, what's that red bottle thing hanging there? A parrot feeder? An IV bottle? Clean up the background. You should also experiment with digital backgrounds; many of them cause moving blobs of brain matter; the "blur" function usually works best. But if you have a simple office background, that's fine.

@TheSlantedLens 5 ай бұрын

That was put in there for humor. And that red thing is a hummingbird feeder.

@hzleyes7087 Жыл бұрын

I have a problem with glass reflection. Most KZfaqrs say u should tilt glasses down, but up seems more natural

@TheSlantedLens Жыл бұрын

When you tilt your glasses up it reflects more into the light. When you tilt them down it reflects below the light. You can also raise your light higher. But the best thing you can do is get non glare lenses.

@frosky9497 Жыл бұрын

this guy looks so much like cars 2 antagonist

@TheSlantedLens Жыл бұрын

Never heard that one before. Thanks for watching!

@hayleynewman8951 3 жыл бұрын

Can you please let me know how to buy these torches living in England

@TheSlantedLens 3 жыл бұрын

Check out the Litra website: litra.com/pages/litratorch-2-0

@Evliveoyuncu 4 жыл бұрын

Who’s the guy behind 😂

@TheSlantedLens 4 жыл бұрын

What strange creature outside the window? I'm not sure what you're talking about.

@HanieBCreations 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheSlantedLens 🤣I noticed the creature too!

@paulberlinguette5712 4 жыл бұрын

Any idea how to green screen the background

@TheSlantedLens 4 жыл бұрын

Green screen has become so easy these days. It's a build in feature on Zoom without using a green screen at all. It does work better if you have a green screen. Just set up a small green screen and get 2 lights on it. One on each side and make it 1/2 to 1 stop darker than your face. It will separate just fine. Good luck!

@robertgrenader858 4 жыл бұрын

I am doing the same with Zoom lighting, but putting warming filters on one light (Lume Cube) and the Mini Panel at 3200K. Oh yeah, whose genius idea was it to put laptop webcams on the BOTTOM of the screen?

@TheSlantedLens 4 жыл бұрын

This gives you a tungsten based color balance that will match your room better if your room has tungsten lights. Great idea.