Eliminates "dark face at online conference".Just writing a good impression

While the new colon virus infection continues, the online conference is indispensable for home work.I think many people have started using online conferences in the wake of this turmoil, but I can hear the confusion that the camera reflection is not as beautiful as I want.So, I mainly searched from a lighting perspective on how to send a good appearance in an online conference.

This time, we use the online conference system "ZOOM", which will have many users.For cameras, do not use external cameras, but use cameras with built -in laptops.All images with only the face are the Zoom screen.

* The notation of "right" and "left" in the article is the direction from the people who are heading to the PC.

I want to avoid "backlight" that is the background of the window

Before talking about lighting, one NG point about the camera reflection of the online conference.That is to make the window backlight on the back.

As was the case with the online conference system I tried this time, the brightness of the screen is automatically adjusted, so if there is a window in the background, the system will judge that the image is too bright, and it will automatically reduce the brightness.It is.As a result, the person becomes extremely dark.

If you have to make the window back due to space or the like, you may want to adjust the light amount with a curtain.For the same reason, if you do not enter a bright light source in the background, your face will look brighter.If you can't make any adjustments due to your home layout, use the lighting to solve it.

Even one small desk light has an effect

And it is a lighting that illuminates the person, but even if it is not an expensive shooting light, it is often better to use some light.I started using a common clip -type desk light (LED type).

First of all, in this environment, there was a window only on the right side, so when there was no light, the left side of the face was shaded.

So, illuminate the clip light from the left side toward the face.Then, the shadows on the left side of the face relieved, and the appearance became much better.We recommend that you try this first.

Be careful about the color of the light

There are various types of lighting, such as "day white" system close to sunlight and reddish "light bulb color" system.The color of the laptop PC also adjusts the color to some extent, but when I tried it this time, the face turned red even in the image of the light bulb -colored light, and it was negative in terms of appearance.

That's why it's a natural color to use the light of "whitish light that looks white" as much as possible.

Try a cheap LED light for shooting

Next, the position of the light was verified.When I made this article, I was looking for a light that could change the height, and found an interesting thing on Amazon.

It is a desktop LED light for shooting by a manufacturer (see link at the end of the article), but it was cheap at 4,249 yen for a two -light set with a stand, so I decided to purchase it.

The point of this light has a tripod and a pole, and the height can be adjusted at a maximum of about 1m.I will verify it later, but it is important to be able to match the height of the face.Furthermore, since the tripod is a so -called mini tripod, it is convenient to put it on a desk.The power supply is also a USB type, so it is easy to use.The color of the light is almost lunch.

It is NG to illuminate from the bottom

First of all, if you illuminate from a lower position than your face, it will be a "haunted light" and the reflection will be very bad, so you want to avoid it.

In order to prevent a ghost light, it seems good to illuminate from almost the same height as the face.I tried to illuminate from a higher position than the face, but this time it was not so different.

Next is the position where the light is placed, but it is good to illuminate from those who can shade the face with windows and room lighting.As I wrote earlier, this time there is a window on the right side, so I irradiated from the front left.Since the light of NEEWER has a larger light than the previous cliplight, the shadow of the face can be erased quite beautifully, and the contours of the face are clearly reflected.

It is easy to reflect on glasses when illuminated from the front

If you're wearing glasses, you don't want to reflect the lights on the glasses.In particular, reflections are likely to occur when a light is placed in front, and the light shape comes out clearly on both lenses on the glasses, and the appearance is still unusual.

As a countermeasure, you can eliminate reflection by illuminating yourself diagonally.Still, depending on the glasses, it may be reflected, but it can be avoided by fine -tuning the light position.

Is the best "sandwich" with two lights?

Next, two lights were illuminated so that the person was sandwiched from the center, about 30 degrees each from the center, about 30 degrees.As you can see from the Zoom screen, it looks very natural on the face and very natural.

It is also a big effect that the laugh line is less noticeable compared to one light.That's why I felt that the person in the subject looked a little younger.In a modern style, it's "it's thriving."It is the best setting in the trial this time.

In fact, the method of sandwiching the subject with two lights is one of the classic lighting by professional photographers in studios.It's natural to look good because it looks like that.

A step -by -step online conference

Even if the new Corona ends, it seems that the specific gravity of the online conference will continue to increase in the future.In that case, in addition to online meetings, improving your video prosperity in terms of presentations and sales may be a new business skill depending on your way of thinking.

As introduced this time, the reflection of the video chat will be better with a small budget (if you have a light on hand) and simple ingenuity.If you think "the screen is too much ...", try this kind of writing.