Really Cheap Video Lighting

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With the inexpensive shop lights you can buy from Home Depot, Lowes, or any other hardware store, you can dramatically improve your video quality. In this video we review a simple three light setup that cost somewhere around $35 - $40 and putting some of my existing photographic equipment to work.

Shot on the Canon 60D and Sanyo Xacti HD1010, audio with the Rode NTG-2, Focusrite TrakMaster Pro.

Here are some examples of the products used to produce this video. These are just examples, lots of other options are available, of course.

Clamp Light:


Photo Umbrella:


Umbrella Adapter to hold the umbrella on a light stand:


Light Stand:


CFL Bulbs:


Or if you have a little more to spend and want an all-in-one solution, here is a lighting kit that I use in most of my videos now:



Music copyright Curtis Judd

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