Category
Lighting.
Key lights, LED panels and portable kits that make home footage look intentional.
Guides
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What Is a Light Tent? A Beginner's Guide to Light Boxes
What a light tent does, unlit tents vs LED light boxes, which size you need, and what to check (CRI, flicker, backdrops) for product video.
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Budget Softbox Lighting Kit: The One I Chose
The budget softbox lighting kits I compared for a beginner YouTube channel, their sourced pros and cons, and why I chose the RALENO 2-pack.
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What Is a Softbox? A Beginner's Guide to Soft Light
What a softbox is, why it makes light softer, the main shapes and mounts, and what matters when choosing one for YouTube and product video.
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One Light Setup for YouTube: Where to Put a Single Light
A one light setup for YouTube: where to place a single soft light, how to fill shadows for free, and which single lights suit a desk or a room.
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Budget Lighting for Product Videos: The Kit I Bought
Budget lighting for product videos: softbox kits, light tents and LED boxes compared on CRI, watts and flicker, and the £92 setup I bought.
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Colour Temperature and CRI: Why Mixed Light Ruins Video
Why your footage looks amateur: two light sources at different colour temperatures, and a CRI number on the box that hides the one value that matters.
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Portable Lighting Kit for Reels and Short-Form Video
How to light Reels and TikToks anywhere: panel vs ring light vs COB, the specs that matter, placement, flicker fixes and three portable kits.
Products
- Elgato Key Light Air Freestanding 1400-lumen Wi-Fi key light with 2900-7000K colour range, app and Stream Deck control, sized for desks rather than studios.
- Elgato Key Light Air MK.2 15-inch edge-lit desk key light with up to 2100 lumens, USB-C power, touch controls, a desk clamp and Wi-Fi, USB and Stream Deck control.