Employers: give good webcams to your remote workers! It makes a huge difference if your looking at dreadfully dark specters all day or recognizable human faces.
This is from a Logitech Brio (pretty much the best standalone webcam at the moment) you can have. Still, it’s substantially cheaper and simpler than using a “real” camera + HDMI capture device.
The lights and mounting fixtures are entirely optional.
The lights and mounting fixtures are entirely optional.
Here’s an unedited shot with just the ambient light in a pretty dim room and the light coming from the display. No extra lighting.
Especially for people in leadership positions who have to do a lot of 1:1 meetings, this really helps. It’s just easier to connect to a person you can actually see.
And the cost is probably insignificant compared to what you’re paying them already.
And the cost is probably insignificant compared to what you’re paying them already.
The lights I’m using are the Amaran MC from Apurture btw: https://products.aputure.com/mc-mobile/
Usually I use these for general photo/video lighting. But they come in very handy for giving my work setup a final touch. And I can do bi lighting
Usually I use these for general photo/video lighting. But they come in very handy for giving my work setup a final touch. And I can do bi lighting


The clamps, tripod heads and extension rods are from here: https://www.photecs.de/foto-studio-zubehoer/stative-stativzubehoer/
The horizontal bar is just a wooded rod painted black + curtain fixtures.
The horizontal bar is just a wooded rod painted black + curtain fixtures.