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Tips for lighting an interview subject

Tips for lighting an interview subject

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Tips for lighting an interview subject

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- So what I want to show you guys this week is basically a scenario that I find myself in all the time in corporate and documentary work, and that is having to work with what I've got. So you walk into a room with scenario. That's the only choice that you have to shoot in. I'm always starting with the room. The first thing I'm looking at when I'm setting up for interview or any other kind of scene like this is looking at one of the palette that I have to work with. When I say palette, I mean the things that are already existing in the room as far as the lighting color. Right in this room, I've got these green curtains which I like very much. Look great against this white wall. I've got this nice tan wood texture going on over here so it's definitely some want to incorporate into the setup right here but that's pretty much what I'm starting with. Everything else I do is going to be built around the light and the colors that I already have going on in there. I'm going to go ahead and…

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