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I know you posted this three months ago, and may not ever see this. But when I'm doing my daytime/afternoon cam times on Stripchat...if there's natural sunlight coming in through that window, and it's looking great on me, I absolutely will use that instead of my painfully bright Inkeltech softbox lighting. Then when it's beginning to get cloudy outside...or starts to go into evening time, and the natural sunlight is looking less lovely, that's when the party's over (Lol) and I've gotta plug in and turn on my softbox lighting.

True, natural light can look absolutely amazing 🥰 plus so much easier on the eyes IMO. I love it myself but I sometimes struggle with how variable it is where I need to change my settings around when clouds are out or the sun is hitting the window straight on etc. Or it goes behind a tree etc. Which can be a bit bothersome at times.

Original comment really has a point too. It really depends on what type of vibe/stream you want to do what kind of lighting fits that best. Full on amateur with shitty lighting (while still adequately visible) and quality can definitely be a strategy that pays off. But the vibe needs to match the stream content. It's always good to figure out who you're catering to and how you're catering to them & make those 2 things match.

I think lighting can be a very powerful tool to set a mood or make a statement about what kind of model you are/want to portray yourself as. Pretty fun to experiment with 😊
 
I come into this forum very late. I wish I saw this before. I always tell models that what they are doing is theater and they are the producer, director, writer, lighting coordinator. It is very hard to get all these factors to work together. And, if you work in a studio, Jesus, you are so limited. Some models even have to be the janitor and cleaning lady. But, as far as lighting goes, I believe it to be the single most important thing to set the mood. That is why all productions have a lighting specialist. There are so many factors to think about. The room decor, the skin tone of the model, the direction of the lighting. I don't envy the things the models have to consider. Just wanted to share these thoughts.
 
I was pretty happy with my lightning situation (I use a ring light), but this thread gave me so much information that in the future I will def work on improving it.
 
Free alternative to adding better lighting to your broadcast... I use an old cell phone as my streaming 1080 hd cam on a simple cellphone holder along with the free app Iriun which uses the back camera and optionally the cellphone flash to improve lighting. Depending upon your cell phone you may have a back camera option that zooms in. I use this camera as my camera source in obs. Then I pull obs into the lovenese camera. In Stripchat, I choose the lovenese cam as my 1080 HD source. A bit complicated setup, but free and cam quality is excellent! You can use the cellphone wireless as long as on the same network as your pc or connected which keeps it charged and allows automatic debugging. I hope this helps!
 
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i downloaded some random for pc. Ca you give link?

 
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I've tried the paid version of Droid cam but it was buggy. Iriun works very well and is 1080 quality.
 
I've tried the paid version of Droid cam but it was buggy. Iriun works very well and is 1080 quality.
Whatever works for you, I just tested it with USB cable and phone, WiFi part I believe was only issue I had, but didn't actually live stream with it.
Webcams worked easier for me.
Just thought droidcam would work better as rating in app store is better, but can also be phone specific with issues 🤷🏼🤷🏼🤷🏼
 
Whatever works for you, I just tested it with USB cable and phone, WiFi part I believe was only issue I had, but didn't actually live stream with it.
Webcams worked easier for me.
Just thought droidcam would work better as rating in app store is better, but can also be phone specific with issu
I've tried the paid version of Droid cam but it was buggy. Iriun works very well and is 1080 quality.
Iriun was also buggy for me. I find that Droidcam currently works better for me. But when either starts getting buggy, I temporarily switch to the other.
 
I have been browsing thrift stores and you wouldn't believe the amount of good lighting options they have. If you have a smart charger and rechargables, even some battery powered lights are strong enough. I picked one up but have yet to use it. It's fun to test with slowmo to see if there is any flicker. I saw a new cammer who couldn't afford lighting, but the options are plentiful if you know where to look. Philips hue bulbs went on sale for twelve bucks a two pack and I really like them.
 
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