Lighting a cam room on a budget

Two lamps, a shower curtain and a wall painted the wrong colour on purpose.

original sound - Tao Bennett

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You do not need soft boxes. You need one big diffuse source and a wall that does not throw colour back.

Total cost of everything in frame is under a hundred.

#behindit #bootdrop #ratestalk #rooftop #warmup

2.6k views July 23, 2026

12 comments

Petra Lund 3 months ago

Please do a longer version of this one.

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Tao Bennett author 3 months ago

Moving the key light left was the right call, it reads completely differently.

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- Suki Marsh 3 months ago
  
  About six weeks, most of it sanding.
  
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- Rowan Vale 1 month ago
  
  Thanks, that is the nicest thing anyone has said about a shower curtain.
  
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Tao Bennett author 2 months ago

The unedited ones are always the best ones.

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- Dex Mori 2 months ago
  
  Thanks, that is the nicest thing anyone has said about a shower curtain.
  
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- Suki Marsh 2 months ago
  
  Thanks, that is the nicest thing anyone has said about a shower curtain.
  
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- Dex Mori 2 months ago
  
  There is a longer cut on the Premium tier.
  
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Ash Quill 2 months ago

Moving the key light left was the right call, it reads completely differently.

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- Tao Bennett author 2 months ago
  
  Agreed, and the audio is better than the last one too.
  
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Tao Bennett author 2 months ago

Came for the boots, stayed for the sizing note.

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Tao Bennett author 2 months ago

Saved. I am rebuilding my room next month and this settled it.

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