{"id":2140,"date":"2020-12-31T12:29:09","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T20:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/?p=2140"},"modified":"2020-12-31T12:29:14","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T20:29:14","slug":"lighting-a-small-home-studio-for-a-zoom-magic-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/lighting-a-small-home-studio-for-a-zoom-magic-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Lighting a small home studio for a Zoom magic show"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2-BTWst9QTE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no lighting solution for every purpose. There&#8217;s no &#8220;tip&#8221; I can give you for setting up lighting. Everything changes all the time. This is a response to a magician asking for help in his home studio. Hopefully it will be useful to more people as they see all the problems I try to solve quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is no lighting solution for every purpose. There&#8217;s no &#8220;tip&#8221; I can give you for setting up lighting. Everything changes all the time. This is a response to a magician asking for help in his home studio. 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