How to Achieve Studio-Quality Lighting in your Home Office

Lighting is essential for workability and confidence, and should be well-lit to maintain equality among video participants.

Jason Morales, principal customer success account manager at Microsoft demonstrates before (left) and after adding the Brightline ZELo desktop light. (Image credit: Brightline)

You Can Create an Equitable Meeting Experience

IT organizations should provide employees with cameras, monitors, keyboards, mice, and a docking station, but not lights. Lighting/camera integration is essential to achieve a professional on-screen image, and requires simple level and color temperature adjustment and white balancing steps.

The Simple Science of Lighting

Color Rendering Index (CRI) and color temperature measure the ability of a light source to accurately reveal objects’ colors. Lights with a high CRI mimic the appearance of natural daylight, causing us to look more ‘life-like’ on screen. White balancing the camera image optimizes the video result by setting the reference for the camera based on how the eye perceives white, creating a reference point for all other colors. Manual white balance may provide a more nuanced result. It is especially important for telemedicine applications where color accuracy is vital to communicate and help diagnose patients.

Source: https://www.avnetwork.com/news/how-to-achieve-studio-quality-lighting-in-your-home-office

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