Better Lighting for Your Videos On Any Budget

Couch to $500K

#98 - In my opinion, lighting is one of the most underrated skills and underspent categories of gear when making high quality videos.

If you understand how to light a video well and have the proper gear, your videos can even look better than someone that has a camera that costs 5 or 10 times as much as yours.

In this podcast episode I chat with Tommy Callaway about how to improve lighting in your videos. We discuss common mistakes people make with lighting, what you can do to improve your lighting setup for under $100, what specs you should pay attention to when researching a light to purchase, and what lighting gear we would recommend at low-end, mid-range, and professional level budgets.

Whether you're looking to invest money into new lights or just modify your current lighting setup with a few DIY solutions to improve how it looks, this episode is full of helpful tips.

Chapters / Timestamps

• 0:00 - Introduction
• 0:40 - Tommy's Background
• 04:12 - Choosing to Focus on Lighting
• 07:25 - Working with Big Brands
• 08:09 - Common Lighting Mistakes on YouTube
• 11:40 - Lighting Upgrades Under $100
• 24:35 - What Matters When Buying Lights
• 32:40 - Gear Recommendations for Any Budgets
• 50:56 - Learning How to Shape Light

Items Mentioned

• Tommy's YouTube Channel
• Tommy's Twitter Feed
• Bebob MICRO V-Mount Battery
• Intellytech Pocket-V 98Wh Li-Ion Battery
• Godox SL-60 LED Video Light
• Neewer Soft Box
• Aputure 120D
• Aputure MC
• FalconEyes F7
• Aputure Nova p300c
• Lupo Superpanel Soft Full Color 30 1x1
• Velvet Light Evo 2
• Intellytech Fast Frames