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.
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.
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 💜💙
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.
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