I Love Lamp! Part 2
Mar. 5th, 2021 08:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerSeveral weeks ago I tried using a small ring lamp on my desktop to improve my teleconferencing. The result was both surprising and unsurprising. The unsurprising part was that my camera video looked way better with the fill light in my face. The surprising part was that having the lamp in my face bothered me way less than I expected. "I love lamp!" I declared.
What's the difference? Here's a side-by-side comparison with and without a fill light:
Both pics are screen grabs from one of the videoconferencing tools I use regularly. On the left I'm using the ring lamp on my desk in addition to room lighting and natural daylight; on the right, room lighting and natural daylight only.
The left pic above is with my new ring light. The experiment I wrote about back in January was with a task lamp I borrowed from Hawk. She wanted it back for her crafting workbench. So I bought one for myself on Amazon. Here's what the setup looks like now at my work desk:
This lamp uses LED lighting, which is nice because it's very adjustable compared to fluorescent lighting. It offers 4 brightness settings and 3 color temperatures. In the webcam pic I've got it at max brightness, which is pretty bright but not painfully so, and a medium color temperature, which I estimate is about 4,000° K. Oh, and the lamp has a gooseneck stem so the height and angle are very adjustable. It cost me only $25.
What's the difference? Here's a side-by-side comparison with and without a fill light:
Both pics are screen grabs from one of the videoconferencing tools I use regularly. On the left I'm using the ring lamp on my desk in addition to room lighting and natural daylight; on the right, room lighting and natural daylight only.
The left pic above is with my new ring light. The experiment I wrote about back in January was with a task lamp I borrowed from Hawk. She wanted it back for her crafting workbench. So I bought one for myself on Amazon. Here's what the setup looks like now at my work desk:
This lamp uses LED lighting, which is nice because it's very adjustable compared to fluorescent lighting. It offers 4 brightness settings and 3 color temperatures. In the webcam pic I've got it at max brightness, which is pretty bright but not painfully so, and a medium color temperature, which I estimate is about 4,000° K. Oh, and the lamp has a gooseneck stem so the height and angle are very adjustable. It cost me only $25.
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Date: 2021-03-07 03:12 am (UTC)