Appropriate Lighting For Webcam?

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Other than professional lighting, would there be a difference on how others
would view me if i were to use fluorescent or incandescent indoor lighting?
My webcam
does have settings for either type of lighting.

Thank You

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When you don't have an adjustment for the camera, the incandescent lighting
will make you appear a warm yellowish shade, while the flouro will give a
green tinge to the colours shown on the screen. If you want to adjust your
lighting to get a standard daylight look, this can be done by using a
coloured filter at either the lens or the light. To correct the yellowish
shades you need a blue filter and to correct the flouro you need a "minus
green" or purple coloured filter.

If you need further info, you could research colour correction and
photography filters.

Those of us lucky enough to have a camera that allows a number of different
settings via software do the same sort of thing, by reducing the level of
various colours.

However, for most webcams that have been set up at home, the warm coloured
lighting can be quite nice to a lady's (or gent's) skin, and a softness of
lighting will add a degree of character that doesn't need to be corrected. A
lot of photographers take advantage of available light and the beauty that
this can add to a shot.

Personally, I find that flouro lights are hard on skin, even though the
light comes from a wide area and gives soft shadows, the coldness of the
light makes skin blemishes like acne show up much more than under warmer
light.

If you have the option of seeing the camera output on your screen, then you
can play with the lights to find something you like. The level of light will
also have an effect on the camera signal, this can be changed by using more
lights, or larger bulbs, or moving the lamp closer to the subject (you!).
The same image will then be sent out to whoever you may like....

Hope this helps,
Peter


"Bob Horvath" <bhorvath13@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:0h67i152snhg75al38of3hjki3b7g7hef2@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 00:08:49 GMT, Bob Horvath wrote:
>
> The settings do make a difference. What I do is switch them around
> while I'm talking to someone and ask them which look they prefer.
>
> >Other than professional lighting, would there be a difference on how
others
> >would view me if i were to use fluorescent or incandescent indoor
lighting?
> >My webcam
> >does have settings for either type of lighting.
> >
> > Thank You
> >
>