#1 Tool for Lighting YouTube Videos (Softbox Lantern)

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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
01:22 - Overhead Lighting
02:26 - Webcam Lighting
03:30 - Talking Head Lighting
05:42 - Thumbnail Lighting
07:50 - B-Roll Lighting
08:42 - CONS
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[@misterwhyte]

Great video as always. I was thinking about spill and you addressed that at the end, perfect haha.

[@cxxx54]

love your content

[@kaihschroeder]

Amazing video. I highly appreciate the effort you put into this video, Ben. Amazing. Really nice to follow along! I'm using different sizes of Lanterns for a long time now and i can only agree with you: the Lanterns are NICE. Just a quick tip for smaller rooms: Godox just released the CS-50T and i'm a happy owner already. Small, compact, great.

[@benjohnsoncreative]

I’ll have to check that one out!

[@Calvin.The.Unfindable]

super interesting - ive a lot to learn what i like from lighting. but yeah the major con for me is the sheer size of the beast! ain't no way thats fitting in my tiny space! but awesome bit of kit none the less. thank you for your continued awesome lighting and inspirational content :) have a great weekend

[@ditisjerome]

such a good video, thank you!

[@benjohnsoncreative]

Glad you liked it!

[@noormuhamed17]

Hi ben awesome video. How do you fix the glare on your glasses?

[@benjohnsoncreative]

Here you go: th-cam.com/video/IQbdQfRY1Ss/w-d-xo.htmlsi=HsSBhYwpV6MGuKUi

[@WeiseGuy91]

I light myself with a key light that’s slightly above me and off to my side so I get that natural shadow on my opposite side. When I wear a hat, the light being raised and pointed down just makes a bad shadow.
Can you give tips on lighting when wearing hats?

[@anina_net]

Hi. I have that puffy light, and when I put it up at a 45 degree down at me like you show in this video - I get circles under my eyes (from my eye sockets cuz I have black under eyes). It doesn’t look good. I guess you don’t have sunken in eyes therefore you don’t get that effect?

[@sharon6981]

Can you please let me know where you get those back lights from?

[@benjohnsoncreative]

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