This shot was done with a Sony pd-150/vx2000 camcorder and under $75 in lights that you can pick up at your local hardware store. The background was made for about $10. Digital Lighting Magic Videos show you step by step how to do this, and over 70 other setups, that you can do on a budget.

Shooting at midday with your camcorder (same one as above) can give an amateur look with a lot of harsh shadows. We show you how to improve the look drastically with just a few items that don't cost a lot.

The shot was a bit dull and we improved it by using a reflector and a few other tricks up our sleeve which you learn about in the videos.

The heavenly light streak was not hard to do at all,   you just can't get it using a regular open face light kit. Note the color on her white blouse that is not spilling over onto her face. The hairlight you can get locally for about $8. Three lights lit this whole shot.

Product shots don't have to be flat and boring. Here we used some cardboard from old boxes to get this effect that you can do in your home or studio without much effort.

Here is a close up of the shot above. None of the lights are over 150 watts and the Digital Lighting Magic Videos show you just how easy it is to get these great images.

Though it may look like it, those are not glass bricks behind our subject AND the entire lighting of this scene was under $80! You can do it too. No lights other than what you can get at the local hardware store.

Lighting dark skin can be tough - we reveal the lighting secrets that make these shots possible. This shot was done with only two lights and set up in 10 minutes.

You can create a stage look in a matter of minutes in your house or studio. Note the give-away of the fluorescent lights in the before shot.

You can create a stage look in a matter of minutes in your house or studio. Note the give-away of the fluorescent lights in the before shot.

The background behind our model was created with a $5 piece of gear and a 500 watt $20 lamp from the Home Depot.

Here you get a great pattern for you interviews for under $10 - No projection device needed.

If you learn the key to reflectors - you can go from what you see on the left to what you see on the right. Who cares if you don't have a digital camcorder (like this pd-150) - you can get a much better shot with the right reflectors. They make the shot look like a whole different camcorder, but it's not.

Positioning of your subjects and lighting, and focal length can make a big difference as you see here.

You will learn lots of creative backgrounds with The DIGITAL LIGHTING MAGIC VIDEOS. This one required some cardboard and "gels" you can make for a few cents each on your computer.

Black skin with a white wall can be improved with a black background cloth and lights on it, and the subject, that only take a few minutes to set up.

Products with moving lights (you loose the total effect in this still) can look dramatic - we used a flashlight and a homemade lighting "flag"  that you learn about in the videos.

Learn to get the look of film with not a lot of money. We reveal a special item that gets the background out of focus with a normal camcorder lens!

Here we had a building that was already lit to save us some work, then we light her with 2 lights and 5 minutes.

Note the shadow we cast by shining our light through a plant and then onto the back wall.

You can do interviews (as well of hundreds of lighting set ups) - that look amazing with very little effort when you get the Digital Lighting Magic Series on DVD - 3 dvds 80 minutes each.
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