# @rpnickson on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cwl1NznNQ99
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/8428910-rpnickson-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-08-31T01:50:23.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Roberto Nickson (@rpnickson) — https://gondola.cc/rpnickson

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Been getting a lot of questions about how I light my talking head setup. Here’s how I have it rigged right now:

(Also, I’m always experimenting and switching things up w/ lenses, lights, angles, intensities, white balance, etc. so things may change from video to video)

Main Key Light: Aputure 300X – I love this light because of how quiet it is, has temperature and brightness adjustment as well as several different pre-programmed FX. I keep this at an angle, and generally just above or at eye-level since I wear a lot of caps, I don’t want my eyes hidden by a shadow. I have this light at around a 7% brightness and temp at 6000K.

Venetian Blinds Effect in Background – This is an Aputure 120D with an Aputure spotlight attachment. The spotlight comes with “Gobos” which you can insert into the light which cast different shadows. Let me know if you want a video on this light.

Blue Fill Light: Nanlite Pavotube II 30X – This is SUCH a diverse light. For talking head shots, I generally keep it in the back to cast a blue hue that tends to contrast well with the red fill light that I have opposite to it. I may actually hang this on the ceiling as a hair light soon.

Red Fill Light: Neewer SL60W – Very cheap light and super flexible. You can buy films to overlay in front of the light. I have a red one on.

Practical Lights: I have a desk light on the Husky drawers that I got from Article, and the neon light is a prop from our Wedding! I may change this to a custom unsigned.app ‘UNSIGNED’ light in the near future however.

Behind my Husky Drawer, I also have an RGB lightstrip attached to the back of it.

And that’s it! Sometimes, I also use a glow from my computer monitors to cast some extra fill on the one side of my face.

Hope this was helpful. Look forward to experimenting with lighting a lot more, as again, I love experimenting and switching things up.

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#lighting #filmmaking #aputure #nanlite #pavotube #talkinghead #setup #isetups #setuptour #neewer

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## Tags

talkinghead, lighting, setuptour, filmmaking, pavotube, neewer, setup, nanlite, isetups, aputure

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