Clever DIY Portable Video Lighting Rigs for Video and Photography
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.พ. 2025
- Attach lights to your camera for walking around, vlogging and street videos with these easy grip and dual handle suggestions for the best flattering lighting for faces using small battery powered portable LED lights with a minimum of hot spots and shiny spots on a face and portraits. Great for traveling, hiking, reporting, street interviews, location shots and product photography and video close ups of objects and faces.
Items featured in this video...
NEEWER Camera Video Cage Film Movie Making Kit, Aluminum Alloy with Top Handle, Dual Hand Grip, Two 15mm Rods $80 (finger imprint pistol grips) amzn.to/3I3d3MJ1
Zeadio Lightweight dual yellow handle $27 handles are detachable www.zeadio.com...
2 handle version Vello VB-2000 ActionPan Pro $30 Stabilizing Action Grip/Handle amzn.to/48qoNmY
or Vello ultralight single handle grip amzn.to/3uIs3fL
or at BH www.bhphotovid...
Ultralight single handle grip Zeadio Video Action Stabilizing Handle Grip Handheld Stabilizer with Hot-Shoe Mount $19 (same as Vello above) amzn.to/3wz0R3u
Richer-R anodized aluminum Dual Handle Gimbal,Aluminum Alloy Dual Handheld Grip $37
amzn.to/3V5AInx
DSLR shoulder rig AliExpress $12 www.aliexpress...
Walmart $57 www.walmart.co...
Flat Bracket (Big)
Neewer 11 inches 27.5 Centimeters Dual Flash Bracket Tripod Mount $14 amzn.to/3UI29U5
or EXMAX $12 amzn.to/3uwXlq1
Little Bracket Neewer 8" 20.3cm Dual Camera Mount Tripod Bracket for 3D Stereo Stereoscopic Photography $12 amzn.to/3uJSlOL
He is so excited. He loves the camera Lego set. Nice to see true enthusiasm.
“It’s wacky, but it’s works! “ You are the MacGyver of lighting! Some great tips and advice!!
Cool fun set up... 👍😀
I am actually glad I came accross this channel, I subscribed yesterday because I really like your attitude lol. You just don't give a crap about how much great wealth (photography things) you have acquired. Have a great day bud, yo are awesome!
Always a great day when I get a notice that you uploaded new video! This is so cool!
Never cease to be amazed by your tips and ideas. Your hat light is incredible. Time to patent and mass produce perhaps?
Marcus does this for free and gives away extremely useful equipment, he is an excellent human being. Not everything is about profit. Try and help people fren, be like Marcus. 📸
This AliExpress shoulder stabilizer thing is crazy cheap. I'm ordering one right now, thank you so much!
@@Mpactpics Yes, I already saw it and other similar alternativas are the same... I'll try to find it via some walkaround 😕
Always great entertainment with lots of professional value. Thank you and Cara for all you do.
Loving the hat light...
That last shoulder rig is an insane value for $11!
Always wondered about putting together a rig with light coming over your shoulders, to spread them out even more while maintaining that overhead angle.
@@Mpactpics I live in Asia, so that will be more like $5 in shipping for me!
Its not that much it weighs almost nothing
I bought one years ago; still have it. i want to upgrade the screws as it comes loose alot.
Markus you are VERY CREATIVE you rock BABY BABY BABY
Mr. Markus, who knew that there was a creative and 'illuminated' steampunk cameraperson hiding below the hat and goggles? Couldn't help but smile as I recalled some rather frankenstein-ish creations I slapped together, because failure is never a part of the solution when on a schedule. Great episode, thanks.
Wow Markus, you are not just crafty but so creative 😊!!!
I love these types of videos where you go through all the different interesting stuff you’ve accumulated over your career. 🤙🏽
I use something similar to this for up close cannabis shots. I'm finding photographing cannabis to be very challenging. Often under incredibly bright artificial lights but still get shadows up close for macro shots. Lights like this help a lot . I'll have to order that grip accessory that thing looks awesome.
Hi Markus, yet again a splendid video, well. They are always great to me; I learn so much do value your advice and try things out for myself applying your knowledge, which I am immensely grateful for. I just wanted to share this and thank you because you do so deserve it . Kind regards for you and Cara
Love the Steampunk Hat Light... and it actually works well...
This dual lighting look is very flattering indeed, great idea. It would be very interesting to see this compared to the "ring light around the lens" setup, which many videographers use whith very flattering results. It has this crisp highlighs look, without creating a hotspot. But those are quite more expensive than this cool solution here!
Another interesting video. Bravo....You light up our world. Thanks!
Definitely gonna look into a two light set up now. Thanks for sharing.
I'm a big fan of the chanel. I just have to say though that the look you got with that rig was also due to the substantial hair/rim light on the subject before turning the key light on. It wouldn't look as good without that additional hair light. Pretty important detail IMO. But I'm just nitpicking. Thanks for always trying new stuff and bringing it to the rest of us.
I have a lot of fun with your videos and I see that you do too.
Thank you Markus!
Markus - what a perfect video at the right time. I've been looking for alternatives to SmallRig gear . Thank you so much.
Really useful info. I am in the process of setting up a "tabletop studio" for product photography. Dithering over lights, backgrounds, light boxes, etc. You've added some excellent suggestions. Thanks.
Great Channel Markus. Thank you
I'd love to see a video on how you manage to organize all your stuff! (Assuming you do organize it. I can't keep track of the stuff I have, and I've only got a fraction of what you have.)
He did a tour of his place, so that probably gives a general idea of the organization.
I love the hat idea. You seriously enrich my photography education more than any two other TH-camrs combined. You should copyright the hat idea and sell different styles of them, haha! Thanks Markus! I hope one day I can pay you back somehow.
Your videos are awesome 🥳 Thank you 🤘😎
I am learning allot from you. Very cool, TY sir.
Love your tips❤❤❤
Thanks for the ideas, guys!
Great Video!
This is pretty cool! I was looking for solutions for filming my pets in low light, I didn't know I could simply attach cheap LED lights to my camera!
So enlightening thank you Cara and Markus!!!♥️
You just taught me a lot. Thank you so much
Hello Markus. I enjoy your videos not only because of the knowledge I'm getting, but for the honesty and sincerity that comes through.
I'm going on vacation in a few months, and I was wondering if you have a review on WATERPROOF cameras! Hopefully on the inexpensive, pocket-size ones. We'll be mostly using it in the pool, river and probably rainy weather.
I have been reading about AKASO Brave 7 LE, Olympus TG, Ricoh WG-80, DJI Action 3, Kodak Sport Underwater Camera, and a bunch of other ones. I'm very curious to see what you think and recommend.
Thanks, Markus, for helping us learn!
Thank you so much for great video
Neat setups. Love the prices.
Love IT! 😀
really cool! Thanks for the tips and trick Markus B^)
I love these practical ideas, doing more with less!
Heey love your channel. Super thnx
Love these DIY videos. 👍👍
really helpful video!
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Always enjoy your content. Just got a small light and was nice to see the comparison of different setups. I'm going small and light travel kit right now so I'll be sticking with a single light setup, just to provide some fill lighting in indoor spaces, but it's on a QD system so I can pop it off and place it somewhere else if needed. I'm using some really tiny QD mounts from SmallRig, they are called HawkLock, great for lightweight gear.
Hey great video with some great options !! I have a Ronin-SC What would be your way to do the two light tactic with that sort of setup/situation? I shoot allot of on the move stuff so i really think it will help my setup.
Maniac from the off! T]Like that quote from I think it was a Schwarzenegger film 'Oi light head'
Hello Marcus, I discovered your channel during the pandemic, and you have really inspired me to get back into filmmaking, I took some film classes in high school, and even made a kung foo action film , so fast forward 48 years, I’m a pastry chef in Montana and I am currently in the process of filming a documentary about my coworkers and the restaurant lifestyle, so if I ma ask you a couple of questions, in the last few months I’ve purchased a Panasonic VX1 camcorder and more importantly a set of three Samsung cameras, two Nx minis and an Nx500, it was a great deal and I felt I couldn’t pass it up, so here are my questions, the best lens to use for indoor video on the Nx500 and are the lenses on the 500 interchangeable with the minis , with or without an adapter, and lastly is the editing using the H.265 codec(hevc)? . Thank you in advance for your inspirational content.
Marcus tips are the best ! Any recommendation for lighting during iPhone recording. I can’t afford to buy camera. And how about if I record myself since I am not as lucky as Cara 😊
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Would it be better to not only get the lights out to the side but also elevate them above the subjects eyeline? Looks like the shoulder rig does that.
Great video - hilarious and genius. Have you thought of adding an aluminium foil suit for added luminosity :) !!
Hmmmmm 🤔
Could you perhaps make a video about front projection? You have mentioned it before but I have not been able to find information on the level at which you generally present. Thank you greatly for your content.
Great idea, I support your suggestion.
Oh yeah. You'd be surprised at the footage I got with those round closet lights you tap in the center to turn on. Even holding one in my hand and a Canon Elph 310 for a night fight by a fence. (My short film noir, Bum Rap) Great crazy freedom.
Great (fun) video. What are you using to trigger the cameras when you have both hands on the grips?
Its a video, I push record
@@MarkusPix Yes, I understood that it was a video. But you still need to hit record/stop. Do you have to take your hand off one handle to hit push "record."
(In your best Jean Luc Picard) “There are three lights!!”
i finally found my mentor
What were the camera settings iso,fstop with those big flat panels?
I’m going to use that for Real Estate
I was just playing with lighting today and thought, I hate making eye contact with the camera when the light is right there on the cameras shoe. Of to the side might help with making eye contact with the camera.
The overhead rig is a regular thought for me becuse it shadowlesly can fill in the outer 2. Although the 'pair' have to have some ratio greater < than 1:1; choose a side- and higher or lower height if needed. The hat is cheaper than any extended spine/shoulders mount. I have used a 'backpack frame' that looks kind of less nerdy and more tactical robo tech. But the hat is so simple to a point.
ut th backpack hold so much 'extras- batt and audio boom' You are so ambitious to keep at the channel. Do you actually do mainstream commercial work?
how do you keep coming up wtith all that, legend
Question: I only have one working arm and hand. And due to a stroke I limp quite pronounced. I need to buy a light. Can I put the double light rig on a single tripod? I need a light (when out and about),. Any suggestions? 🌴🌴Aloha
of course as long as its pretty balanced
Waiting for the Hat and light giveaway.
Your Blinding that Pretty Doe!!! Ha ha ha!!!
you have steampunk and cyber punk aesthetics. then you have Markus. Camera-Punk
you put your lav mic in your Hair??? it's like theater !!!
I video abandoned mines and need a rig of at least 3000 Lumen's ,lightweight , ext battery plug in , 2-3 hrs run time and affordable , I find certain dark colored rock mines literally eat up light.
The brightest most portable light is the Stella Reflex. th-cam.com/video/k3jlWb87i54/w-d-xo.html You'd need a powerful battery to run it for 2-3 hours though. It requires 100w USB-C
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Which one of these would be best for documentary style videos, if you need a lot of stabilization and lighting.
the side lights kill the contour of the face. I would suggest raising them up if people want to maintain a little contour shadow.
For young 20 year olds yes, but for people approaching 60 like us, you DONT want o show the winkles and sagging skin, especially on the lower half of the face
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What's your next project? Do you have anything in the works?
**Markus Pix** I'm Daniel Martin the Canon winner. I live in Covington, Ga, not covington AL. I looked, but there is no Covington, AL.. Not only am I a photographer, but I'm also a moron who doesn't know where he lives!
He said it's on its way, so I assume he meant that he was planning to mail it before the video was uploaded. I think as long as your zip code is correct it should get to you, just with some slight delay. If you typed the full 9 digits zip code instead of the traditional 5 digit one there may not even be a delay.
@@DanielCrist Thanks! I hope I get it. It's very cool he gives stuff away. If I don't it's my own stupid fault, LOL..
@@danielmartinphotography I mean, from your name it seems you're a professional photographer and this is a pretty basic camera. A great starter, but I'm surprised someone like you was interested in it.
But yeah, it is amazing of him that he gives so much stuff away, in addition to giving so much of his time to share his brilliance with us. I'm still waiting to win something, but I feel grateful just to be given the chance (and I only put my name in occasionally). Markus is a great guy.
@@DanielCrist Can you use a Canon 70D?
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I have a secret wish I am working to realize, one day not very soon yet also not very late, wish to make you proud, my goal is to make a small video to show you the result of your lessons.
That's OK but when spreading out to far you can't go around hiding people in the head if you are in a small area of filming 📹 hitting people in the head at weddings and blindsided in people's eyes knocking in the head LOL LOL 😮just joking.
ok... i just stepped into ur world ..hehehe i don't know y i didn't discovered ur channel bfr.. but here I'm .. crazy crazy or maybe not.. my name is like urs similar age & i spend 3 years of my life in köln...hehehe r all the marks crazy like that .. bcs now im everyday younger & see the life like u... through glass of my used to be dslr now more through cellphone lens... i was long time ago also considering moving to lv have been there many times.. r all marcuses a fantasy dreamers..hehehe the guy who wrote the bible (amazing script) was marcus too.. hehehe just saying many thx awesome channel ..hehehe God is great & life is beautiful..thx