Help me light my home office/studio
I'm planning to record a bunch of talking head videos for work.
It'll probably be at least 100+ videos that'll be viewed by too many people for me to be comfortable just rawdogging it with my macbook camera and pillow hair, so I need to make it as professional as possible (but can't go completely crazy with the budget – say $800–1000 in total for the three lights minus any modifiers).
The room is about 129 square feet/12 square meters with dark walls and a window I plan to cover up, so natural light is pretty much null.
What I already have from previous projects:
- Sony FX30 (with a planned Sigma f/1.4 lens)
- Autopoles and tripods
- DJI Mic 3
However, when it comes to lighting, I'm feeling lost. I've only worked with natural light before. My plan is to have a proper key light, fill light and hair light, but I am very unsure what lights will be sufficient for this scenario.
The lights I'm considering are the Amaran Halo series or the Amaran Ray series, since both series are quite small and seem to be a lot of light for the money. (I don't need the RGB stuff for now, but it could be fun to have for later if they're sufficient otherwise.)
Would some combination of the Amaran Ray 60c/120c, or the Halo 60x/100x/200x be sufficient or do I need more power than that? What would you recommend for key, fill, and hair light?
And what type of softbox/modifier would you recommend for each one?
Any help would be appreciated, this is new territory for me.