Hello videobloggers, I've been reading your posts and I feel so far behind in my knowledge :). But I hope I will catch up.
I just recently started to do small videoblogs for small business owners. I'm just stepping in to see if I really like doing it. I've been filming and editing my family videos for a number of years now, but I never did anything for other people up until a month ago. I thought to give it a try and see if this could be something I can do for a living. So..I have several questions, if you don't mind answering. 1. I was asked to film a short 1-2 min clip for one small company. The president does workshops for his clients and I'd like to get some shots of that. However, I checked out the room where he's doing the workshops and it's pretty dark, ceiling florescent lighting, dark sand color walls and kind or cramped. I figured out the angle from which I will film, but I'm afraid there won't be enough lighting. I do have lights that I use for studio type picture taking (2 of them) and I will bring those, but in order to get use of them, they'd have to be upclose to people I guess. However, then the lamps would be seen in the picture. How do you usually resolve the issue of lighting in small, having no windows rooms? I was thinking about increasing the exposure as well if I see that there's still not enough lighting with my both lamps that I have. But any other ideas would be helpful. 2. How do you film the details in such settings? Meaning, do you have to zoom into the leader of the workshop (in this case), to zoom into hands of people, their faces to capture their mood and experience at this workshop? I want to get as much footage as possible. I may not necessarily need to use it, I just want to be covered and not worry about it during the editing process. I have only one camera. 3. And lastly, is there any way to increase the light while editing? I'm using Sony Vegas Platinum 8 editing program. I haven't looked if it has this feature. I thought I'd ask here first to get some input and advice. I have one clip for another client that's a bit too dark, in my opinion, and it's too late to get it re-filmed, so I was wondering if there's any way that I can fix the light during editing. Thanks so much for reading this long email. I feel like an amateur among you all professionals :) I'm sure I'll learn a lot here. Thanks. Have a great weekend. Cheers! Loreta p.s. Steve, I'll look for your book on Amazon! How amazing to get published! Congrats!
