Video: How do I achieve good lighting on Zoom?

The most important thing that I see on zoom is lighting. It's the first thing everybody notices. You notice when people are in the light, you notice when people are in the dark, and you notice when people have light on only half their face and the other side is dark. We want to make it feel like we're sitting in the same room to open up the rapport and have better engagement. So ideally, depending upon your room and how much lighting you have coming in, you want to have the lighting even on your face, left and right. I have two lights on one side and two lights on the other side. That’s the way I do it. You can have one on one. You also want to have the lights at 10 o'clock and 2 o'clock, especially if you wear glasses. By having them at 10 o'clock and 2 o'clock, you're avoiding all the glare on your glasses. Unlike if you had a light that's straight in front of you, you don't have the glare in your eyes. If you have a ring light, you don't have the ring around your eyes. You also want to have the lights a little bit above your eyes shining down on your face. It softens the light on your face. It doesn't feel like you have a spotlight on your face. So 10 o'clock and 2 o'clock and angled down. It really creates a much softer look. One of the cheapest, easiest hacks I have is to take a fuchsia post-it and a bright yellow post-it and put them over your lights. If you make one light fuchsia and one yellow, you get kind of a peachy color, and that counterbalances the blue light coming off your monitor, screen, or laptop and it gives you a more natural look.