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Great ideas in a very small budget and space. It is quiet helpful for the new KZreaders.

Casually having 10 lanterns lying around ❤

@thejosebravo

5 ай бұрын

Yeah I've gathered some equipment throughout the years. I even have two other paper lanterns that I didn't put up haha

Impressive set up and good points on the lighting

Holy shit man, I’m obsessed with your videos, the thought process is so much fun to watch 😅 keep them coming!

@thejosebravo

6 ай бұрын

Thanks man! I appreciate the support

Great setup! Good move on making the diffuser smaller to fit behind your desk!

@thejosebravo

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment! Love your products haha

Love seeing the mistakes, so much helpfull, keep up the nice content Jose!

@thejosebravo

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the support! I'm glad the whole process helped!

Lovely video. My friend has been looking to up his game for Instagram reels. Just shared this video to him as its clear and concise. Keep it up :)

@thejosebravo

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing!

Fellow creator here - just started my page 2 months ago - this is so extremely helpful! Love your stuff - keep it up!

@thejosebravo

5 ай бұрын

Thank you! I'm so glad this helped you

Great to see the process you went through.

@thejosebravo

6 ай бұрын

Thanks! I'm glad you liked it!

Nicely done

@thejosebravo

5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Well intended suggestion buddy. Get some sound panels for your space to soak up the room reverb. Good video though 👍

@thejosebravo

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion! I'll look into that. I'm moving later this year so I don't want to treat this room too much, but I'll look into a solution for the sound.

I really loved the thought process behind this setup, as well as taking us on that journey! I so value and believe that the space behind you is so critical for setting context for the subject and appreciate the time you took to get it right. One thing I did think of when you were playing with the positioning of the lantern, was grabbing some small strips of duvetyne or cinefoil and some c-47's and just flagging off small parts of the lantern to give you a bit more shape if you were looking for it. Cheers!

@thejosebravo

5 ай бұрын

Thanks man! Good idea for the cinefoil to shape the light, I could also use the skirt that comes with the lantern. I might play around with that.

Great video!

Helpful video ❤

@thejosebravo

5 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

thanks for the tip

great job!

@thejosebravo

5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Love your studio Jose. You are on the RIGHT track; making it as easy as possible to create videos! I am working towards that same goal. Best of luck to your and your channel.

@thejosebravo

5 ай бұрын

Thanks! Yeah it's been nice having everything ready to go. Best of luck to you too!

It was fantastic to see how you solved your issue and getting detailed thought process - underrated stuff! Keep going mate, the future is bright!

@thejosebravo

6 ай бұрын

Thanks!! I appreciate it!

This is very useful. Thank you

@thejosebravo

6 ай бұрын

I'm glad it was useful, thanks for the support

Really nice video!!! :)

@thejosebravo

5 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

Hi Jose! Great video. I love that you did it over a few days to make sure you had a fresh mind to re arrange every time. Keep up the good videos.

@thejosebravo

6 ай бұрын

Thanks! Yeah I've discovered that's the best with any project, to give it some time to think it through.

very nice setup man ! love it !

@thejosebravo

5 ай бұрын

Glad you like it!

Thank you so much for this video. I was contemplating between dom mini and the aperture light. With the shot difference that you have shown, I know that I want to get the aperture light instead of the dom. By the way, this is a great video. I am in the midst of rearranging my study room for better youtube video and this helped me a lot on what to get and how I should adjust.

@thejosebravo

5 ай бұрын

I'm glad this video helped you. Good luck with your KZread studio, it honestly makes a difference in creating content more easily.

This video made me a subscriber!!! Great way of explaining things with examples and you sure did a good job on getting the final result. You inspired me to rearrange my room and to create a KZread 'studio' with the small space available. Thanks again, man.

@thejosebravo

6 ай бұрын

Amazing! Let me know if you ever make a video of your setup. I'd love to see what you do

Good Luke bro ❤

@thejosebravo

5 ай бұрын

Thanks man!

Great, but this setup works only for talking head videos and when you have such space behind you. Won't work if: 1. You want to show your table with your hands on it (to show some stuff). 2. You want a second camera setup, like from the top (for unboxing videos). 3. Your wall is just half a meter behind you and you don't want to light it. 4. You wear glasses and/or a cap. 5. Your corner (the wall) is not white. So I would say your setup is really specific.

@thejosebravo

6 ай бұрын

Yeah I agree that this works particularly well in my specific situation but I think there are ways to work around this set up to solve some of the issues you mentioned.

@CRE8VALU

5 ай бұрын

All easy fixes, honestly.

Great video! Good content bro! Love the office setup

@thejosebravo

5 ай бұрын

I appreciate it! Thanks for the encouraging words

You definitely gave me some ideas with this video. I'll try coming up with a semi-permanent solution for my own setup. Great work!

@thejosebravo

6 ай бұрын

I'm glad you had some ideas by watching the video, that was the whole point of it! It does make a difference to have a more permanent set up.

@ljtech20

6 ай бұрын

@@thejosebravo It sure does! The less time you spend setting up the gear or thinking about how you'd set it up, the more time you'll have to create!

Wow looks great!

@thejosebravo

5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Hey Jose, nice video. Very informative and looks very nice.

@thejosebravo

5 ай бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it.

Love it, keep up the good work. Excited for what you make next.

@thejosebravo

6 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for the support! It means a lot

strangely specific to what i’m struggling with !! this was a really great video, though i do have one thing to note; the globe (??) softbox you used spills a lot of light into the background, as opposed to the mini soft box. i think the mini soft box has a better contrast between you and the background, but you could probably achieve something similar by blocking the light directed towards the background with the globe one. i have a little more space than you so i think im going to opt for the mini soft box and smaller light stand, maybe using a grid to help reduce light spill also. very inspiring!!

@thejosebravo

6 ай бұрын

I'm glad to know this video helped you! Yeah for sure a mini softbox will give you less spill overall. In my case, I wanted a brighter background so the spill was intentional. But if you're looking for more contrast a dome with a grid is the way to go. If you have the space and the budget get a 90cm softbox like the Aputure Light Dome II, the quality of light is a lot better.

@chevrotain

6 ай бұрын

haha i actually have the light dome II lol! it's fantastic but it's waaay too big for the alcove that my desk is setup in@@thejosebravo

Great video! Thanks for the inspiration! Its really great how much detail you put into this video.

@thejosebravo

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad you found some inspiration in this!

I loved going through this process. we have the same key light and this was extremely helpful!

@thejosebravo

5 ай бұрын

I'm so glad it was helpful! I looked through your videos and the light looks pretty good! I think you could even lower the power by like 2-5% or put it like a foot farther if you have the space. Sorry for the unsolicited advice but I hope it helps! Thanks for the support

@nalahwright

5 ай бұрын

Wow, i needed this advice and i will surely take it. I appreciate you for going the extra mile to give me this feedback. I purchased the small rig because of this video and will have an improved setup coming soon. Thanks again!@@thejosebravo

@thejosebravo

5 ай бұрын

@@nalahwright I'm happy to hear that! Best of luck with your future set up!

Great video and love the thought process and the way you explain it. New sub here!

@thejosebravo

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for the support!

Thanks for sharing the setup process

@thejosebravo

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it

Good job man

@thejosebravo

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Great video and set up. The only thing would be the audio. There’s a little echo.

@thejosebravo

6 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for the feedback. That will need to be my next priority, to get some sound treatment in this room!

Love the video bro! How is the S5 for this type of work? I saw no hunting. It would be great to see a video on that?

@thejosebravo

6 ай бұрын

Thanks man! I honestly love the S5. It did hunt a bit in the beginning, but I adjusted some autofocus settings and it hasn't bothered me ever since. I double check my focus before every take though cause sometimes it still gets lost. And yeah I will make a video on this camera later this year, thanks for the suggestion.

Buen video Jose! Un par de preguntas a nivel técnico, veo que usas el Atomos como monitor. Grabas en Slog 3 verdad? Tienes algun lut puesto en el monitor? O grabas directamente sin perfil de color y así es como se ve directo de la cámara? Y luego, me preguntaba si también usas el Atomos como grabadora, osea guardas todas las grabaciones dentro del monitor?

@thejosebravo

5 ай бұрын

Que tal! Sí grabo en V-Log, pero mi cámara envía un LUT directo por HDMI al monitor entonces no necesito añadir nada extra. Para este tipo de videos no uso el monitor como grabadora, grabo directo en la cámara porque los archivos son más pequeños pero igual son 10bit. Sólo grabo en el monitor cuando son proyectos donde necesito la mejor calidad posible para la corrección de color.

good idea

@thejosebravo

6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Dude, well done! Is the Aputure lantern a new smaller version? I remember it being huge

@thejosebravo

6 ай бұрын

Thanks man! This is the regular Aputure lantern that I bought a couple of years ago. For some reason me too I always remember it bigger than what it actually is haha. But there is also a bigger Aputure lantern, maybe that's the one you saw.

If people are not able to see the subtle difference in the shadows, I will keep the lights as they were without spending much time on it.

@thejosebravo

5 ай бұрын

Yeah I completely understand. I come from a filmmaking world though, we usually spend so much time trying to get the lighting perfect so I think it's just in my nature now haha

Good job! Keep up the good work!

@thejosebravo

6 ай бұрын

Thanks! I appreciate it

What color profile are you using on the S5? I really like the colors you get on your talking head shots.

@thejosebravo

5 ай бұрын

Thanks! I'm shooting on V-log and then I apply a Rec709 color transform plus some adjustments in post.

Good video, thanks for sharing. Can you talk about the monitor? I am thinking of adding one to my setup, what size, brand and how to connect to my iPhone is what I need to figure out.

@thejosebravo

6 ай бұрын

The monitor I use is an Atomos Shogun 7. I got it several years ago to use professionally, so I wouldn't necessarily suggest it for everybody since it's a bit expensive. I would definitely recommend having a monitor though, and if weight and price is not an issue I would go for a 7 inch screen. If you just need a basic monitor for reference something like this might work: amzn.to/499Y4Mc (affiliate link). But if you have specific needs then It's better to look online for reviews to make sure the monitor has all the features you need Just make sure to get a power cable and necessary adaptor to connect your device to it. I've never connected an iPhone to a monitor so I wouldn't be able to help there. I hope this cleared some of your doubts! Thanks for the support.

@faithartdesignstudio

6 ай бұрын

@@thejosebravo thanks so much!

Hi Jose. What stand (The big one) are you using for the Amaran Light at the start of the video?

@thejosebravo

5 ай бұрын

Hey sorry for taking so long to get back to you. This is the Neewer Pro 9 feet stand, l'll leave an affiliate link for the product if you're interested in buying it: amzn.to/3wqXr2N

@josehramirez

5 ай бұрын

Thanks.@@thejosebravo

pretty good video

@thejosebravo

6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

What quick release plate do you have?

@thejosebravo

5 ай бұрын

I use a Manfrotto style quick release, something like this: amzn.to/48JeXNs . But if you already have a tripod I would recommend getting one that matches your current tripod so you don't have to switch plates every time.

What are you using for a china light in the background?

@thejosebravo

5 ай бұрын

Great question, I forgot to mention it. I bought it at IKEA, the paper lantern is called Regolit and the cable is a Havsris. They're pretty cheap honestly, and I like the look.

is there a list for the equipment? (also is there a simpler version😅or do i really need 3 lights)

@thejosebravo

6 ай бұрын

Hey thanks for asking. I just put the equipment list in the video description and I'll also leave a pinned comment with it. And no, you don't need 3 lights. One light for yourself, and then one light in the background is more than enough. It can also be any lamp you might already have at home as well.

@Av4nQuisH

6 ай бұрын

@@thejosebravo ty so much i appreciate it, u deserve alooott of subs!

What lens are you using? I’m trying to get a better idea of focal length

@thejosebravo

5 ай бұрын

That's a great question, I can't believe I forgot to mention that. I was between 24 and 28mm in my talking shots.

@Itsfloorseats

5 ай бұрын

@@thejosebravo thank you, I’m setting up my studio for sports podcasting and I’m wondering what’s the best lens for the streaming look, I don’t like the distortion the 16 mm gives you, I was thinking 23 sigma for my fx30.

@thejosebravo

5 ай бұрын

@@Itsfloorseats If you don't like the distortion of the 16mm then I think the 23mm should work, it would be equivalent to a 35mm in full frame which is my favorite focal length. But for this type of talking shots I find it beneficial to be closer to the camera so I tend to go wider. Maybe a 20mm could be a happy medium for you? At the end of the day it comes down to your taste and your workflow. If possible try a couple of focal lengths to see what works better for you.

The color temperature of your apeture is too cool it is a daylight colour of 5600K and your practical light is around 2700-3000K. Get a Bicolor light when you can or adjust near to the practical

Jose is there a way to contact you about business?

let's grow up together mate