Outdoor Lighting Tips for Video Production

Video Transcript

"Now I'll give you a couple of tips for shooting outside. One thing you do is you want to use the sun as your key light. Basically, if I were standing right here if it was a sunny day, I would position myself so the sun was out here shining on one side of my face or the other, either out there or out there. This is your three point lighting. Key light's the most important light. It's creating a little bit of contrast on my face. That would be how I set myself up. I would definitely not want to put the sun so it's on the camera man, because my face would be in the shadows. Another thing is that you can use a bounce as a fill light. So if I've got the sun shining right here as my key, and this side of my face looks really dark just because it's a very sunny day or something like that, I can use a piece of white poster board or foam board as a bounce. Basically, you would need somebody else to take that bounce. If the sun was out there, that bounce would be down here and it would be reflecting light on this side of my face acting as your fill light. A bounce is a great thing to use. You can even use a white wall as a bounce. If you position your subject next to a white wall - say there's a wall right here and the sun's out there acting as my key light, this wall's going to bounce some light off and act as my fill, just like our white poster board would. So definitely pick yourself out a bounce. Its part of your do-it-yourself light kit, but it's a lot more for the outside. You can use it inside as well, and we will be doing that a little bit later."