YouTube Lighting Tutorial: Complete Beginners Guide to Video Lighting

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📒 Show Notes 📒

1️⃣ Three Point Lighting Setup

2️⃣ GVM 560 LED Video Light, Dimmable Bi-Color, 3 Pack

3️⃣ GVM Softbox & Grid for 560AS Series LED Lights

4️⃣ Pro YouTuber COB LED Light:
Weeylite Ninja 400 Bi-Color LED Video Light

5️⃣ Neewer 55"/140cm Octagon Softbox

6️⃣ Neewer Adjustable C Stand

7️⃣ StudioFX SANDBAG Sand Bag

8️⃣ BEST LIGHT UNDER $200: GVM 80W Photography LED Studio Lighting Kit

Timecodes
0:00 The Ultimate YouTube Lighting Tutorial
0:39 Three Point Lighting Tutorial
4:33 What is Light Color Temperature?
13:28 Hard Lighting vs. Soft Lighting
18:15 How Pro YouTubers Light their Videos

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In this YouTube video lighting tutorial, Nolan from Think Media shows you how to light your YouTube videos like a pro. This complete lighting tutorial will take you from beginner to expert.

[.Koreans.American]

YouTube equipment priority:
1. Audio
2. Light
3. Camera
👇Agree?

[matts]

Great score on the Dollar Tree shower curtain use. They also have white satin pillow covers that can be cut open to be double their size in surface area for use around common lamps, etc. 🤗

[ThreeTwentyTech]

Lighting is such a crucial element of filming videos. It can make or break an entire video and first impressions are super important if you want to turn that viewer to a subscriber. Make sure you have adequate lighting in the right areas, then you'll make sure to impress anyone watches your videos! 👌🏻

[WhatchaGotSay]

I bought the COB light, C stand, soft box, and gray card with my $600.00 stimulus check. Thank you Uncle Sam 🤓

[JamesKerLindsay]

Great video. This is one of the elements of YouTube that I really struggled with when I started just over a year ago. I found it so difficult. It took me about nine months to finally get it right and consistent.

Two tips: 1) a slight shadow on the face is indeed good and gives a bit more of a natural look; 2) Daylight is actually your enemy. I loved having bright natural light but if a day was overcast the amount of light would be constantly changing. This would make editing really hard. One sequence would be underexposed then the next overexposed. It was horrible. I now shoot with blinds down using just artificial light set to 5500k on every video. The difference to the quality of my videos is amazing and I spend far less time having to mess with settings.

[blackberrybrandy]

thank you this is the only video that truly explains the lighting of day from night in detail. believe me I have searched.

[BeautifulLivingHome]

Lighting is everything and daylight is Queen🌺

[eie_for_you]

Awesome! Thank you. Making some changes as I learn lighting. I am going to add a hair light, clipping my hardware store clip light to the floor joist and choosing a lower power CFL bulb with a plastic shopping bag over it for diffusion. I have two challenges I face:
1. I have a white board (reflection!!!!) that I use.
2. I have a green-screen background.

[ALXSSA]

Can you do this video but for a smaller room? The issue I have with lighting videos is that the rooms are soo big while my room is very tiny. What are tips for rooms that are very small or if you have a small space to film or a more cluttered space? Thanks :)

[skyrhinomedia]

I got a bunch of lighting equipment for christmas because I knew that was an aspect I was missing in my videos. Lighting is such an underrated aspect for a lot of beginning creators, great stuff guys!

[blues]

Good tips for lighting will help me out

[joyce]

Thank you so much for the information I gonna have all this day I believe in investing in whatever project I have.already bought a ring light.👍👍👍

[Pukanecz]

You are number one men. I learn from you anything to build my vlog,

[ToddWhirley]

I've been using Godox SL150ii, Godox ML60, Aputure AL-MW (small "pocket" lights) and FlashPoint M1 (RGB pocket light; Adorama'branded Godox light). Super pleased with power and light quality of the SL150ii and ML60. Fans are super, super quiet. Can't imagine a better performing light for the prices I picked them up at before Christmas. The pocket lights are powerful, have great color rendering, and are handy for a variety of uses. Still getting up to speed on all things film and lighting without killing my budget. Overall, really happy with the return on investment I'm seeing with Godox. I appreciate all the content you guys crank out. Very helpful for us beginners

[cabro]

You are one of the most humble YouTuber sir, you motivated me

[NicoleHernandezzz]

Lighting completely changed my videos! I bought this led light strip for the back of my bed and I think it looks pretty cute in my videos! Thanks for all the tips 🤪

[abroadstateofmind]

Great video! I just started my page and after buying a ring light I saw a major difference in quality...it's so much to learn when it comes to this YT thing lol

[habibcooks]

This is a good tip, I make top-down cooking videos and I am thinking of investing into a light stand. If I shoot during afternoon or evening the light in the kitchen isn't enough.

[yogaisforeveryone]

I make a lot of yoga videos and live online teaching for companies (& chair yoga teacher training + yoga courses online) so this is useful info to help my lighting 💡 situation. Thx Stacie

[manihoopes]

One of your best videos so far! Thanks for all the tips and tricks! 😊