One of the best quick tutorials I’ve seen on some lighting basics for video whether you want to do a video for a blog or want to do a quick down and dirty video introduction for your website. Or maybe you want to do a product demo or two. Check it out (includes equipment list): http://wistia.com/blog/your-first-lighting-kit/
My new lighting setup using the Cowboystudio lighting kit is shown below.
Roughly the same price to the kit they make in the above video but it folds down and stores nicely in a small bag:
Other great tutorials from Wistia to get you started with video on your website:
- Why You Don’t Always Need A Fancy Camera : aka shoot with your iphone (or android)
- Quick tips to make your webcam videos better looking (more lighting)
- Prepping for & achieving a no edit video
- Tips for tutorial videos & supper simple camera lighting (free skillshare video)
NEW Wistia Learning Center: http://www.wistia.com/learning