How to Look Good on Zoom with GLASSES [ Day & Night Lighting Set up NO GLARE]

- Hey, love. Today is all about finding that beautiful light for your

glasses

. How do you go from this to this? Yes. There is no reason why you shouldn't have glorious, luminous, beautiful light, without all the

glare

. So I'm going to show you how to achieve this, both in daytime and

night

time scenarios. I, oh God, this is like the bane of my existence, (laughs) keeping the

glasses

clean. I have worn glasses since I was three years old. You can see it in this cute baby photo of me, but I had these big, sexy, beautiful glasses. And last year I left them in my rental car in Costa Rica.

So I haven't replaced them because, yes, it would be a big investment to have forgotten where they were in the first place. Meanwhile, I've been making that face a lot because I never say it, but for all you beautiful people with glasses, this video is for you. And if we just met, hello, I'm Gia. I'm a photographer living in Portland and I love teaching these things. I love that people feel confident that they can appear on camera, on video as themselves, and feel really authentic and

look

good

doing it. If you haven't seen this video here, this is today's manual.

Explains how to

look

good

on Zoom. We talk about angles, we talk about

lighting

. We talk about background. We talked about all those things to give them a firm foundation, I have to get this out of the way. Actually, these are not my glasses. I borrowed them from a friend and they had like two increases. So, I hurt my eyes a little at this point. Well, but we'll come back to this. Watch this video, if you haven't seen it already, which will give you a firm foundation on everything that's happened so far. But I got a lot of amazing feedback from a lot of you asking me: how do we do this with glasses?

Because the big problem we see is that if you have glasses, you're going to have to deal with

glare

. If you light the way I recommend, which is a nice big window. I'll show you how to achieve this and what you need to know to create the perfect light for you, whether day or

night

. And real quick, before we dive in, I just have to say that I'm so amazed and so grateful for the last week. Like this time last week, I had just over a thousand subscribers, I was 22% on my way to 4000 hours of streaming.

And I was just, you know, connecting with very few people who watched my stuff. And thanks to you I have received hundreds of comments. That video has 200,000 views and my subscribers have gone from 1,000 to over 6,000 and I just... Oh, and they monetized me, which is awesome. And I am very, very, very grateful. I mean, you can probably relate to this. It's weird talking to the camera. It's strange to put yourself out there and it's a strangely vulnerable thing to do. And it is very meaningful to receive feedback that this content really helps, resonates and is beneficial to you, the likes and the people who share.

If you don't know how YouTube works, really, all that engagement. So anything you can offer in this video would be amazing because all that engagement hosts the algorithm that this video is worth watching and then sends it to all these people. So it's been this incredible, mind-blowing journey that I'm very, very, very grateful to be able to participate in. And I'm excited to create more content. So comment below, if there's something you want me to make a video about. I'm happy to leave a comment to find out who you are. They really mean a lot to me and really help support the channel.

Okay, and the last thing, the last thing, the last thing is that I have to put my hair up because I'm too hot. And I was trying to be cute for you. (laughs) It's billions of degrees in this apartment and I can't have air or fans on, because it would make the sound horrible. So yes, we tried, we tried, problems with curly hair. And now my neck is sweating. Starting where we left off with the previous video, how to look good on Zoom, I'm in front of a large window. This is the problem, when I put on the glasses, as you may have noticed, we see all these reflective things and the closer I get to the window, the more we start to see all these things happening, which makes it so people can't see us. the eyes, they don't take us so seriously, all those good things.

The first thing you need to know is this thing called the angle of incidence. It's a technical photography term, but it's pretty easy to understand once you understand it. Basically, the angle of incidence is the angle at which something will be reflected. And with every surface, there is an angle that, if you see that light source, it will reflect off the lens of a mirror or your glasses. This is the future edition of Gia. And I just realized that, I kind of overlooked what angle of incidence means, family of angles. So I'm going to explain them now.

That angle of incidence and angle of reflectance are like technical terms that worked together to create what is called the family of angles. Once you understand the family of angles, you'll be able to control glare and make sure nothing is reflected, no matter what size glasses you have or wherever you are. What we're talking about is something called the angle family. And this is for any reflective surface, like let's say these are your glasses, there's an angle. And all these internal angles, which are going to reflect if there is light out here, which are going to reflect on the surface, creating what is called a direct reflection.

Let's assume these are your glasses. And this is the big window, in front of which I suggest you sit. What normally happens is, with this window, light comes in from all these different directions. But because that's sitting solidly within this family of angles, all of this light that's hitting there is going to be reflected here and we're going to get that intense glow that we see. What we have to do then is take into account the family of angles and make sure that no light comes in here. So what we do is we put a cutter card or a flag here.

And what that does is block the light. So the only thing that would be reflected here is darkness, which means nothing is reflected here, so we can see his eyes. Then we make sure there's enough light coming in from above so that the face here still gets that light. You could even do it from below with the reflector. And then nothing is reflected here, but you're still evenly illuminated. That's what we're going to try to achieve today. But this is the fundamental reason why they dazzle you: the glasses are here, where is your computer screen? Well, it's usually here.

And when your computer screen emits light, it's right within the angle family. And many times that glow from the computer, it's like a bluish color, right? So let's talk about how to get rid of this and how to light so you can get that beautiful window light without that glare. We want to keep that big, beautiful front light. We just want to bring the light outside the angle of incidence, outside the angle that will be reflected in our glasses. How do we do that? Well, we need to get what are called flags, which basically means something that cuts off the light.

What you want to know is you want them to be dark because anything that is light will reflect, anything that is dark will show what's behind the glass, which is your big beautiful face, you know what I mean? If you're new to me, you may not know that I think you should really work with what you have. There is no reason to try to spend a lot of money and invest in all this, when many times there are viable solutions all around us and it is just a matter of a little creativity. Me, when I was looking through my messy space, which one should I show you?

I'll show you, because I'm feeling that little pang of not wanting to be judged, which to me tells me that I just need to be brave. But I'll show you. I have a big mess right now. What's behind me is just a mess, yeah. And then we go to the kitchen area, these are all the things that I moved to try to create this clean moment, like I have my life together. And then this is all it's just, yeah, yeah. I'm trying to become an adult, I'm trying to get my life together, but I had a photo shoot this week and I had a lot of things to do and it's just not my superpower.

So when I get stressed, the first thing that gets lost is order. But sometimes clutter is really useful and I recently deconstructed a desk I had had for a long time and I still haven't gotten rid of these big panels that were part of the desk. And I thought, hey, this is dark, this is big, let's use this to cut the light. I'm going to slide them back here and make sure they go all the way to the edge. And I have one more, I have two more. Because having a wide window is definitely what you want, which means you have to be able to cover everything, to reduce the light enough.

So I have these two big pieces, which is perfect. But I have a small area here that we still need to take care of. And I found this little one (incomprehensible), which is not big enough, but could take us almost there. If we look at what we have, if I lower my lenses, you can see that I've cut off all the light, that's exactly in front of me so I can move my face all the way down here, all the way down and you just see my face. Now, if I look up, we'll still see this light at the top of the window.

Because that is actually the light that illuminates my face. But if I keep my head in this area, you're really seeing, you're really seeing my eyes without seeing all of them, which actually look bigger because of this magnification, right? If I wanted to do it so I could lift my head even higher, I could, all I would have to do, is develop a little more. And you could make hardboard, you could use anything that just cuts the light. I really don't have anything now. And I feel good about this, because I can stay in this range, if I lift my head a little bit, I know the glare will be there and I know I can eliminate it if I want.

But otherwise, for most of the time I talk, you won't see that look on my face. The important thing you should know is that you should make sure to reduce the light throughout its entire length. That will give you this whole angle here, without any reflection. Many of you asked, what about computer glare? If you're using this great natural light, your computer light, you're not going to get that green or blue glow directly. Because even if it is at the angle of incidence, it is not bright enough compared to all the light shining on you. So this would be my go-to if you're teaching during the day.

Now let's move on to what happens at night. We are back. Five hours have passed. And now let's take a look at the night settings. This is that kind of classic reflection that we get from the screen. Now you'll notice, sometimes people have a shade of blue, a shade of green. It really depends on what you're actually looking at. The way to overcome computer glare is to have the key lights turn on, the key lights that hit you are bright enough to adjust the exposure on the webcam so you don't see the light coming from the screen.

How do we go about that? Let's add these two key lights that will give us that glow? I'm sitting here. And then I did, and these are honestly really cheap Amazon lights. I have one, two in a soft box right in front of me. And you can see that they're creating that big window shape that leaves my face evenly. Again and again, ignore the disaster. I have this little lamp with a daylight balanced bulb and it just shines on this background, so we have a little bit of light on that page. It's definitely optimal unless you have glasses, so we're back to this unattractive glasses situation.

Now you can't really see the glow of the computer. If you notice that the part where it's actually obscured and darker, where you can actually see my eye, is where the computer blocks the light from behind. Although I haven't adjusted the brightness of the computer, because these lights that are shining on me now are much brighter. The exposure has totally changed and now the computer screen is dark and you can see my eyes through it. However, we ended up with a different problem, where you can now see the actual lights in the background. The question you may be asking yourself now is: how do we get rid of that glare?

Well, it's the same principle, although it's actually a little easier at night, because these lights have supports and angles. All we have to do is take them outside the angle of incidence. So let's do it now. (bright, happy music) Now if we look, I'm sitting here, the screen is there and it's pretty high up. Oh yeah, look, you can see my face, you can see my eyes. But you'll notice again, if I look up, that's where you start to see them. If one of the lights I have is really legit, then I could go even higher.

Unfortunately the other one came with the kit and really doesn't have much extension. I'm going to try to tilt it so it points further back, give me a little more. Now you can see my big, beautiful face. You'll notice that if I get closer, there's a little bit of glare. I can reduce that by lowering my screen brightness a bit. And then that little glow coming off the screen disappears and we're left breathless, but in business. The last thing I want to show you is a ring light, because many people have asked for a ring light,thinking it will work and look great for them.

And if you have glasses, let's see what we get. (bright, happy music) Ring of light. Everyone loves the idea of ​​a ring light. And I understand it in theory. I think you can use it in a way that looks really cool, but in general that's not how people use it. I think our ring light is great if you have a lot of fill because a curl can create really weird unnatural shadows that show up completely. Oh, actually one of the photos I took, yeah, I'm going to put that photo here. You can see these ghostly shadows, right?

This is why I'm not a big fan of the ring light, unless it just adds that glow to your face and you have a lot of padding behind it. It broke down and now they put this ring light on it, and I'll show you that it's placed right in front of my computer screen. You can see I put it right where you imagine, it's not that bad, but look how there's some weird ghosting behind me. Normally a shadow would come from one side, it wouldn't be so orbital and weird, but that's what you get with the ring light.

Honestly, they're not my favorite, but this is what happens if you have glasses. And I've actually seen people on YouTube channels and things just having conversations like this. And I keep thinking to myself, we can't see your eyes, I don't know what's going on, it feels weird and strange and if that's his cool vibe, I'm totally fine with it, but otherwise it's really distracting. That said, if you have a ring light and glasses, fear not, we'll use the exact same principle to make a ring light work. The first thing I'm going to do is lift it up, as high as I can.

Yes, oh yes, this will be good. So it's outside the angle of incidence. And because it's up high right now, the nice thing about this ring light, although there are other reasons why I don't love it, is that it has this angle adjustment. So I can tilt it down because there's a little bit more of a tilt or dip towards me, but it'll be high enough that it won't pick up any reflections. As you can see, now as my computer screen, you can't see the ring light until you tilt it a little bit and you can't really notice it, but I'll show you the side, look how it's tilted.

The benefit of that angle is that instead of just the bottom having the most intensity, creating that angle creates the same distance between the top and the bottom, so it gives me more even light. Now, if we leave the glasses off, we are improving a lot. However, this ring light is not bright enough to reduce computer glare. So if I were using this as a real setup, what I would have to do is reduce the brightness until I get rid of that reflection. Yeah, this one just isn't my favorite. And this ring light, actually, is difficult because it's supposed to be bi-color, which means it's supposed to be warmer than the one we have on hand, which is more tungsten and cooler, but the coldest one is super magenta. .

The way I've really been using it is in my course that I just created called Amplified or Tokenized, which helps you go through the process of creating really meaningful campaigns that have meaningful representation and drive inclusivity. What I did was use a large window as a key light and then I put this ring light on its coolest magenta mode in the background, so it created a really nice vibe, but it's definitely not color accurate. That's it, you reached the end of the video. And I love you for that. This was a bit long. That means a lot to me, that you were involved in this.

I'm so excited that you now show up on Zoom and on your computer and look and feel like a boss. Remember that if you have these critical voices telling you that he's not good enough, that he's too old, that he's too fat, that his hairline goes back too far, whatever it is. It's your brain that's lying to you, you're amazing. And you're a badass and most people are so obsessed with themselves thinking about how they look and they just listen to the information you give them. So breathe deeply. Remember that you are amazing. And if you're not already a part of this incredibly growing family, just subscribe below and be sure to hit the bell and turn on all notifications so you can see when new videos come out.

And if you're looking for a little more information on how to look and feel amazing, check out these videos. - Bye bye. (bright and happy music)