Two of the things I really appreciate about your videos: 1) the content. great stuff. 2) Your puns. I find it so hard to do that on video. You inspire, sir.
@@tombuckSold it to purchase the FX3 to connect the MKH50 with. The moral of the story is if I start a business, I'll sponsor you. You poisoned me to purchase stuff I didn't know I need ._.
The amount of time you must have put into this video with the lighting setups blows my mind🤯….you are a machine! Sometimes I talk myself out of a video idea simply because I know how much time it would take to clean up after it’s over 🤣😂 Great video as always
Thank you Mike! This was definitely a lot of work, but it's fun. I definitely get a few weird looks from the neighbors when they see me spending hours hauling out all this gear and then talking to myself for 20 minutes before bringing it back in 😁
Hey Tom, couple of quick questions for you. If your key light is at 5600K, is there a certain color temperature that practical lights should be? Also, is it generally recommended to have all practical lights be the same color temp? Thanks!
The very general rule of thumb is that you usually want all of your lights to match. That being said, using mismatched temperatures can help to create some really cool moods and atmosphere, so in the end, if you like the way that it looks, that’s the way to go!
Tom, I want to say that I've been watching your videos for a long time and never commented, but they are fantastic!! I love your puns and personality. Also, every video is always visually beautiful and well lit. I am not a big fan of RGB lights because what people do with them always looks tacky and of bad taste. But you actually make them cool in every and each scenery. I wish I had you as a teacher when I was young :D
Wow, thank you! This is one of the nicest things I've ever heard, I really appreciate it. I definitely agree that it can be easy to overdo it with RGB lighting, but it's also really fun to try and walk that line 😁
3:43 IDK about "Privilege" But... I burnt my left hand on a 5K par once... 😥😥 Still have the scars to remind me. I was volunteering at a local theater then, I was manually running a spot.
Got really surprised to see just a shy 5k viewers on a top quality video like this one, I can't imagine how much time you spent on the production + editing + working in this description and etc... So kudos to you and wish your channel to skyrocket.👍
Dude… you have enough stuff for an actual film lighting company! I’ve been doing it here in NY and it is a really low stress job and you learn a lot of stuff. If anyone invites you to do lighting, do it! It’s fun and not being the camera person equals zero stress, your job is literally making scenes look cool lol
Thank you so much for all these videos. I found your channel a couple of weeks ago and have been watching every single video! You are helping me bring my channel to a more professional level!
Total pun attack on this video!!! You were very PUNctual for sure! Lighting is a great and fun. Good video as always. So many rgb tubes…..very jealous still lol 😂
I really appreciate you always going the extra mile, the extra step to make your videos crispy clean! The Edit, the Audio, the Broll shots 🙌! I really see your passion and the love you put in! It‘s the little things! Brilliant! keep it up Tom!
At what point, and with what verbiage, do “warm” and “cool” flip their meanings? Red is warm and blue is cool in terms of color, but what do you EXACTLY say when you want to express that a light is “hot” in terms of high kelvin. Do you say “hot light temperature” or “hot color temperature” to describe a crisp blue light?
This is a really good question! Maybe someone else will see this and chime in, but I've always just said "warmer" and "colder," as in, "Let's make these lights a little warmer" or "We need to correct this footage to be a bit colder."
That's a tough decision. I've used both and can say that they're each excellent, so you can't go wrong. If you've already got lights from one brand, then I'd probably stick with that for the sake of compatibility. Otherwise, it's a toss up.
Hey Tom, as usual incredible education and content. I know you’ve mentioned it before, but is that a Go Pro you are using for the low wide angle that shows the entire room?
Cool that you used the 60w for a key on the patio. I had been wondering if that could work. Do you think it would suffice as a key for a desktop setup?
it might just be me but it feels like the editing has gotten way better and being someone who has watched a lot of your videos i just love the camera work and all the new angles. very good job.
Thank you! I've really been trying to get a little better with each video. One thing that's helped is that whenever I see someone's video that I really like, to spend some time figuring out WHY I like it and try to look at what they did. A lot of great ideas have come from channels outside of the photo/video niche. There's always something cool to learn!
Thanks for the "enlightening" video! I tend to prefer the warmer tones but now I'm convinced I should try to go daylight balanced. Been using the Smallrig 120B. It's a great light, especially for the price. Thanks again
When first learning about lighting, I also preferred warmer tones. As time went on, I think I started to feel like daylight made it easier to get natural/accurate colors, and then I could add in adjustments or different lighting as needed. I actually now have two lighting setups in my office: this one for filming videos where everything is daylight balanced, and a couple of other lights set to warmer temperatures for when I'm just working or hanging out in there because it's a lot cozier. 😁
Thanks for the video! 🙏🏻 I was wondering how you did that amazing out of focus at 10:55. Is it your lens losing the focus of your face and hence fallback'ing to the background or some external help for a manual focus change? 🤔
Haha, that was just pure luck, honestly! I think I accidentally had my camera's autofocus shift sensitivity set high, so it switched to the background as soon as it lost my eye, but it really worked perfectly here!
It's ridiculous how far lighting technology has come. Even in 2012 when I officially started teaching digital media, halogen and tungsten lights were still the standard (and worrying about student safety around those was an absolute nightmare). I even remember an old broadcast setup where students' makeup would start melting and running during rehearsal because the lights were so hot 😁
Another amazingly helpful video Tom. White balance is a real challenge for me and I still haven’t nailed it. In my house I have warm lights in my lounge and much more bright lights in my hall and kitchen so filming my 2 year old running around just isn’t possible (well until I work out how to crack this) unless I have all lights similar. I then use a grey card for my A7S iii and stick with that Kelvin. This video is great and I’ll watch it a few times !! Thanks again.
It's definitely a tough thing to master. I've noticed that newer cameras are WAY more reliable when it comes to auto white balance, so use that a lot when I'm in constantly changing environments. Sony also has a "shockless WB shift," which creates a super smooth transition between temperatures when it needs to change. Other cameras might have that too. It's really handy!
@@tombuck thanks I think I have tried both those things but matching up video later there are always one or two clips that are way off using auto WB. I tried shooting RAW through the Atomos to be able to change it in post which is great but the Atomos brings in its own challenges we don’t have time to go into lol :-) thanks again !!
It depends on your needs. If you're working mainly in a home or office setup, then I think a 60 watt or maybe 120-ish watt light would be more than enough.
Warm light + warm cam is not the same as daylight + daylight cam. The desk looked about the same but your skin was warmer. How can that be? It's due to colour metamerism. Many combinations of wavelengths can equal the same rgb colour, and LEDs often lack a lot of red wavelengths (also called R10 value in one system), so your skin selectively gets warmer in warmer light even with the matching setting on the camera. This is also related to CRI. (Hard to explain colour science in a short comment).
@@tombuck give it a shot some time, RGB lights can't make brown - some interesting colour science behind it. If you really want to blow your mind look into why pink doesn't exist!
I have 3 Nanlite LumiPad 25's that I've been running for a couple years. Got a little foldable thingamabob (Amazon) to use to set my white balance on and I'm solid. Good video Tom, hopefully if anyone was in the Dark will see the Light (Ba Dum Tsss!! 🥁)after watching this vid. 😎💡
Very nice that Nanlite sponsors your channel, you nailed the presentation! And all the work with bringing the light out in the garden and setting up... jeez! You're the forza to be reconed with 🙂 This was such a great reminder that I'll need to work deeper with my own lighting. Also great to see how you illustrated with live examples while you were talking colors and all technical stuff. Excuse the "scanning eye" at 16:30, but what's that little cube on your desk beside the Røde mic on the table stand? It was also great to see the camera sliding over your RCPII on a boom arm, I'm working on it..
Haha, you caught the Easter egg. Last year Nanlite sent this little light decoration thing to commemorate their 30th anniversary. It's neat, but I never knew what to do with it. I decided it'd be fun in the background here, and maybe someone from Nanlite would recognize it 😁
Thanks man! That has now become a permanent part of the setup. I put the 60 watt RGB light over there though so I can play with colors if the mood strikes.
Another great video, Tom! It is very apparent that you have a lot of experience teaching/instructing/educating. Thank you for the clear visual examples of different lighting temperatures and how they react to the camera's WB settings.
Thanks Andy, this is really encouraging to hear! Maybe it's sometimes easier to try and explain things that you were once super confused by since you can remember how it felt? If so, that's great because everything confused me. 😁
I absolutely love your colourful set and your camera settings; mostly I don’t like blue colours, but u know how to well saturate the background and keep a realistic skin tone, the frame is close enough to see your face and movements but not to close and it feels well done.
I mostly use LED for lighting if I'd like to film something else like my reviews or some face cam shots. LEDs eat less power than the bulbs, But the only one downside of the bulbs is that it eats more power and if it gets used in a long period of time they would eventually get hot and WAY too hot. Meanwhile the LEDs are eat less, Provides the same brightness as the bulbs. And yeah, It lasts for long. And well, The LEDs are my best choice for a video lighting. 😊 I have 3 of them. A Godox, A mini Ulanzi LED and My table LED lamp. (I'm not gonna count the sunlight) But the most of the time I use my Table lamp and my mini Ulanzi LED to light things up and well that's it.
@@tombuck Oh, I forgot to count the LED fan. That one is really bright and it's bright enough to light the scene up and blind my eyes. (If I have it face to my face)
Hi Tom, could you kindly do a video on how you make your colours so rich and beautiful in all of your videos please? It doesn't greatly help my channel which is all shot outdoors in Africa, but I'd love to know anyway ;-)
You're too kind! I made a video that explains most of my process here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PbQakLZTWWE.html It's honestly really basic and I don't do much beyond playing withe the saturation. I do have a link to download a preset/LUT I made for free: himynameistom.com/downloads
13:24 It still amazes me how the eye (at least my eye) kept the reference from the previous frame and when you switched to normal 5100K, your skin tone looked quite cool… It took a few seconds for my eyes to re-adjust. No wonder why it can get really hard to color correct (or even grade) sometimes, especially in non-controlled environments 😅. That was a great video with really awesome explanations. ❤
Assume video! Question, for my first key light…Amaran 100 DS, or 100 XS? I will most likely only use in my office for steaming, maybe a few item reviews and possibly once in a while use at different locations indoor, non commercial use. Thank you!
You can probably get by with either one to be honest, but there's definitely something to be said for the versatility of a bi-color light. So I think I might lean towards the XS.
I was looking to get two 300B two weeks ago and noticing the original version got discontinued - glad the 2nd gen is coming out, especially that smaller power box lol
Any chance you could put the link for the magnets that you referred to and what stands you’re using for the Pavo tubes in the last shot where they are on the ground? Thanks in advance
I always have trouble getting good gopro results indoors, but outdoors I try to match my normal cameras as much as possible. I usually use auto white balance though, and then adjust exposure with the shutter speed if needed (still need some ND filters). Otherwise everything is 4K 24 with 10-bit turned on and the colors set to either natural or vivid if I'm feeling fancy.
@@tombuck Oh ok, I’m probably asking too much of the go pro 360 I’m trying to use for my indoor video podcast. I have it sitting in the middle of the setting so I can catch every individuals reaction then crop the 5.2K footage post production. All your videos have been really helpful with setting up, editing, tips and tricks but it’s the one thing that I can’t seem to nail. My footage is still very grainy.
