Camming Tips – Get the Lighting Right by Conran
June 19, 2011
One of the biggest problems for web cams is the lighting in the room where the action is going on. Although most older cams are really bad at auto-adjusting to compensate for poor lighting, even the newest cams with the most hi-spec technical ability cannot cope with blackout conditions.
Get The Lighting Right
Watching a cam with only the closest features captured in the spooky glow of the PC screen is not sexy. You might not want viewers to see the rest of your room, but lets face it, we need to see a little more than your nose (and anything else sticking out further than your shoulders!) and eyes in the darkness. This isn’t WW2 in the Blitz, you can turn a light on!
You don’t need any specialized equipment or even a top of the line cam (although, it has to be said that you get what you pay for with that kind of tech). The starting point is getting an adequate light source and putting it in the right place. Test it out a little first, make sure you don’t look like you’re under interrogation or about to be abducted by aliens in a beam of energy. Then you can start to play with lighting temperatures and really get all “techy” on our asses.
It’s amazing how different a daylight bulb is from a standard strip light, and a spot from a halogen. It can be the difference between you looking hot and sexy, or deceased last week.
Check out this cam shot for how NOT to use lighting. I know, I’m helpful like that 
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