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Finally got around to tweaking my webcam & key lights whilst the wee man was sleeping. Now I just need someone that is handy with lighting to tell me everywhere I’m going wrong. Feedback welcomed!

A few thoughts. 1. Overall it looks nice. 2. the lighting is a little flat. One way to fix that- try to get your key lights further off to the side. Then bump one side down to about 40-60% of the other, so that you have a key light on one side and use the second as a fill light..

This is what I’m working with. It’s tough to move the key lights any further to the side. I’m also in a box room, where there’s no sensible place to put a light behind me for a 3-point system I’ll try and reduce the full light to see if I can add some depth to my face

I’m also contending with the small box window for natural light. I don’t want to shut the blind everytime I’m on a call, and I don’t want to reconfigure the settings depending on the time of day, so I’m trying to land on a ‘good enough’ with auto settings and tweaks where I can

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This is definitely a workable setup. I’d use the lower (portrait oriented) key light as your fill (drop it to 30-40% brightness). The other light looks like you might be able to bump it out just a little, but it already has better horizontal separation if you can’t.

For A, in a talking head setup where you want more face dimension/contrast, you want your key ideally at 25-40 degrees off to the side to allow your face to cast some shadow. You then use your tighter fill light to control the depth/shadows.

For B, you’re absolutely right- you already have a bright source. The problem is you have no control over that source. Thus why your best option (if possible) is to block as much of the natural light as you can.