{"id":1180,"date":"2020-02-24T01:42:33","date_gmt":"2020-02-23T20:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flintzy.com\/blog\/?p=1180"},"modified":"2025-04-01T12:17:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T06:47:17","slug":"how-to-use-natural-window-lighting-in-your-youtube-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flintzy.com\/blog\/how-to-use-natural-window-lighting-in-your-youtube-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Use Natural Window Lighting In Your YouTube Videos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s so cost-effective and simple to use natural lighting that\u2019s easily available around your house to shoot videos. Windows are a great way to capture light and create a beautiful effect on your videos. Here are four main ways you can use window lighting to shoot videos.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Face towards the window<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stand in front of the window with your head facing towards the light. Place your camera right in front of the window, maybe even on the window sill. Don\u2019t go too close to the window as the light may be too harsh. The further away you move from the window, the softer the light will be. A good rule of thumb is to keep 1 foot-5 feet away from the window depending on how bright it is.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How To Use Window Light\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l6GHC9F2_H4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Face towards the window\u2019s side<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stand towards the side of your window and let the light fall on one side of your face. This adds dimension to your face. If you want to fill in the shadows on the other side of your face, just hold a reflector on the opposite side of the window so that the light can bounce evenly. You can buy a reflector on Amazon or just hold a white blanket.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1183\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1183\" style=\"width: 815px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1183 \" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.flintzy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/24013947\/woman-3202165_1280-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"815\" height=\"1227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.flintzy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/24013947\/woman-3202165_1280-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/cdn.flintzy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/24013947\/woman-3202165_1280-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/cdn.flintzy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/24013947\/woman-3202165_1280-768x1157.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.flintzy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/24013947\/woman-3202165_1280.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 815px) 100vw, 815px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image credits:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.needpix.com\/photo\/download\/1265029\/woman-fashion-glamour-beautiful-portrait-natural-light-window-beauty\"> <i class=\"fab fa-creative-commons-by\"><\/i>Deedee86 via Pixabay\/Needpix\u00a0<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>3. Face against the light<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now if you want to create a silhouette for a dramatic video or music video, just stand with your back against the window and point your camera lens towards the window. Decrease the brightness on your camera until your silhouette is dark enough. Hold different objects or play around with different poses for a more creative effect.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/43Ovhf19WTWeI\/giphy.gif\" width=\"811\" height=\"356\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Mirror lighting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Place plenty of mirrors, especially at an angle to your window to amplify the light in the room. The extra light will make your room look more spacious and your video more bright and natural. Play around with the mirrors and angles until you get the lighting right.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/5kFJkcWHZzprdwvatP\/giphy.gif\" width=\"804\" height=\"452\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are plenty of ways you can creatively use window lighting to shoot videos. Just keep experimenting and stick with what works best!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Interested in getting your YouTube channel seen by a huge audience? Get started here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flintzy.com\/\">www.flintzy.com<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s so cost-effective and simple to use natural lighting that\u2019s easily available around your house to shoot videos. Windows are a great way to capture&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[664,666,665],"class_list":["post-1180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-tos","tag-window-lighting","tag-window-lighting-for-video","tag-window-lighting-youtube-video"],"modified_by":"Flintzy","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flintzy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1180"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flintzy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flintzy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flintzy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flintzy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1180"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.flintzy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7847,"href":"https:\/\/www.flintzy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1180\/revisions\/7847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flintzy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flintzy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flintzy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flintzy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}