As video calls steadily replace face-to-face meetings and our professional lives move into the digital sphere, how do we keep up with our rapidly changing working world? While our conference rooms are exchanged for Zoom meetings in our living rooms (or even bedrooms!), our responsibilities stay the same, and we have to adapt to a whole new world of remote working while sustaining the levels of communication and professionalism expected of us.Whether you're hoping to impress your boss or pitching your next big project, you need to look the part; even if you've just rolled out of bed for your 9am meeting. The first step to this? Good lighting!
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Our virtual first impression is just as important as our physical one, and good Zoom lighting is going to ensure you look and feel your best. While a lasting good impression is priceless, you don't have to break the bank, either.
Why is lighting important?You can have the best webcam in the world but it won't save you from bad Zoom lighting; after all your webcam needs lighting to do its job in the first place. What use is a great webcam if you can't see your face?
Beyond that, good Zoom lighting flatters; it makes you look professional. Other members of the call should be able to clearly see your face and features in the same way they would if you were in person. Not everyone has the luxury of wide open windows that let in plenty of natural light and even then that's not going to suffice at all hours of the day. It's times like this when we have to turn to the versatility of artificial lighting and I don't mean your standard light fixtures either.
Zoom themselves confess the importance of good video call lighting: As we move into the future of video, we need to realize that the video experience will be defined by the environment and lighting of that environment, they say. External daylight influence will have a large impact on the camera's perception of that room depending on the time of day if the space is not shaded well. Ideally, natural light is shaded, and only controlled or non-natural lighting is being used within the room to maintain some ownership over the experience.
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What do you need?Well, it goes without saying that you're going to need a light. Zoom lighting needs to be lightweight and compact that can be ready at a moment's notice; quick to set up but without compromising on quality.
Popular among streamers, content creators and influencers alike, ring lights are the perfect beginner-friendly tool that will elevate your image. They can come in a multitude of different sizes from desktop lights that can fit in the palm of your hand to larger units for studio use.
No matter their size, they all have one thing in common: their soft light is bound to fill those horrible shadows on your face. What is soft light? Simply put, soft light is well soft. You can tell a light's softness by looking at the shadows it casts. Hard light will cast stronger shadows whereas a soft light will wrap' around you.
The Rotolight Video Conferencing Kit provides a compact NEO 2 ring light just the right size for your desktop alongside an adjustable stand,
