But who’s came first??🤣🤣 lol good stuff!

Thank you so much for this video. I was searching for videos to learn about lighting setup and KZfaq recommended your video to me. I've watched quite a few lighting tutorials but I have to say yours is the best! Keep those videos coming because you're great at this. I learned a lot and can't wait to have a go setting my equipment up in my small room this week. I'm going to sign up to your free course and I've subscribed. Looking forward to learning more from you, Julie 😊

Good looking composition with the angled piano.

You are awesome. This is the easiest channel to watch. So approachable and credible.

Really, really, so well presented.

Im the one who asked to do this video,just awsome!!!!!!😃😃😃😃

The little things in the shot make the difference in the final video. I would've gone with the first option but my second guessing self would've tried something else cause why not... This explained is so helpful. straight and to the point. Keep the videos coming!!

awesome video, please more of that ;-) thank you from austria

Your videos are so helpful without over complicating things. I’m a music producer who’s trying to figure out how to light my home studio properly so this helps a ton. Yourself and Gerald Undone are my favorite channels on KZfaq. Keep up the awesome work!

Aww…I was hoping to sign up for the piano lessons. 🙃 Thanks for the great setup and lighting details.

So good...all around...I will figure out a way to both utilize and support your work 👊🏼

You’re great on the piano! Those were some skills 🤙🏽

still testing for my 9x11 room office space... damn why i'm so picky ! Great video tho - loved the ladybugs!

Wow this video was great! You made things sound very easy to understand I appreciate it!

Nice job! I maybe would prefer to pull the audio from the piano directly to a pc or another recorder so in case there is noise from the room or outside you can use that one

Now you're teaching piano too! Nice!! 🤣👏🤪

A small room definitely creates some challenges no matter what you’re doing. I like how your videos are always informative and also lots of fun. Good job. 😊

Great breakdown

When you held the ND gel up in front of the window it was amazing how much it helped while you were pretty much just motioning with the gel. The slats of the blinds immediately became obvious and the view of the window was not so blown out. It was actually a really good demonstration of what ND gels can do for a window. I've been hesitating getting ND gels for windows but this video really displays the benefit of having them. Beats having to blast the room in competing light. Having the piano and talent on an angle to the camera, and angled in the room, definitely makes the shot composition much more interesting, as well as how you balanced the back wall dressing on either side of the talent to balance it out. Nice way to utilize a blown out window. Would be interesting to see the same shot with the window covered in appropriate ND gel (size/intensity) as well.

Great video, very informative. Thanks

Nice Video... Good walk through! That was a tough setup... Small room and not a lot of options.

Really good video! Reminds me of one of Parker's KZfaq guides! When it comes to blown out windows I shoot on RED cameras and use lots of lighting equipment so I don't usually have to worry about dynamic range haha.

Super helpful !

This was great. Thx

Love the first angle and how you made this small space work.

Hi there, can you do a video on your live set up. It was so slick the other day. Thanks

I call minimalist beautiful space

Great video! Really helps to understand your thought process and how you work through the challenges of the room to get great shots.

Heather, gotta say, you picked a tough nut to crack with that room. Impressed that you nailed a good solution first try. (Agreed, 2nd setup just didn't sit right). You're the expert and I'm the beginner who wasn't standing in the room evaluating, but as a 3rd try, I would have considered turning 90° and use the window as a fill light out of frame, create a-darkish-semi-interesting bkgd (I'm imagining a large musical scale slightly in bokeh-hey, maybe Gobo. No, I know: How about a hanging portrait of Beethoven at his piano-not the dog, the man). Besides, that window won't help for nighttime filming but a simple foam core board white reflector could sit in front of the window at night as a "stand-in" fill light. This is such a great video for the thinking process involved and I loved how you stepped through it. I'm trying to figure out how best to set up my first-ever studio 12'x12' space now, without any of the handicaps you faced in this room, and you really helped me with where to start. Thank you! P.S. On a safety note, a C-stand arm can be dangerous and care should be taken to set it up. I know this only by watching many YT C-stand videos. @4:51, as you stand on the same side of the arm as the grip head tightening-knob, notice the camera mount is on your left. In this position you will be turning the knob/handle clockwise to tighten the arm to the C-stand so the camera/light/heavy-thing needs to be on the right-hand end of the arm. This way, the weight of the object will be working to further tighten the grip head preventing it from loosening and crashing to the piano. Unlikely to happen with just your smartphone as the object on the wrong end but next week maybe someone decides to add a 10 lb light there and... So, granted, in this particular instance, small risk, but better to get in the safer habit for all instances. Sure don't want to see you injured and unable to make more videos! 😊

Hi Heather: Thanks for this great video. The results you were able to achieve were amazing. Thanks for the solid advice. Your channel is both informative and entertaining to watch. This video was very useful, as not everyone has unlimited space to use for lighting, and you demonstrated how to gain superior results even with substandard conditions. Thanks and Regards, Keith

It's a really nice space

Thanks, I'm struggling right now to turn my small space into a shooting area for 3 distinct looks that I can switch between quickly. Your tips are helpful (as always!)

Any advice on lighting and camera setup on a desk for streaming? How close can I actually keep my desk to the wall? What kind of mounts would you go with for cameras/ lights in that setting? Thanks! Really love the way you explain things :)

Ummm your amazing at explains and teaching❣️

Interesting video. I struggle with this. My room is tiny and it’s really hard to have that nice out of focus background. That room certainly looked challenging!

great thanks for the helping content ❤️

Great video. Would love to see more videos like this with different spaces. Great to hear the thought that goes on in your design. Appreciate the video. 🤙

Great video!! - Although this is not a small room... It is a big room, compared to my studio space!! No way that big softbox would fit in my space! Great tips though!!

"tame piano frustration" 😂😂😂

So surprised to see video about piano shooting here haha! Really inspiring, learned a lot, thanks! The real problem of shooting for many pianist is the overhead top-down angle, which is really not easy to setup. In this video you could see it’s not really cover all 88-keys, that’s one issue. And if u want this angle to have the same video quality with others, you wouldn’t wanna use smartphone. Especially for people who need to shoot constantly for long period, or even do livestream or online teaching, there’s also focus checking issues and battery problem with this angle. It’s really hard to solve all these problem in simple way 😔.

Verbatim…get rid of the “negative “ space! Hahaha

Nice job. However, it seems that the flower drawings are attracting more attention that the main subject.

Do you edit with DaVinci? I started now coming from Premiere and I love it, but I'm not sure yet if it can be better or not...

I was like, “she’s putting the c-stand arm in backward - it could unscrew and open accidentally under the weight” and then you put an iPhone at the end and I was all, “oh, never mind then..”

9:56 :P

did you use a lav mic to record this?

Hm...what if the person had a sustain pedal? we have to see legs then. 😆