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Junaid Ahmed ? is not only a video creator, podcaster, speaker and author, but he's also known for his mastery of home studio development. His company, appropriately named Home Studio Mastery, reflects this expertise.
As an entrepreneur and a brilliant thought leader in online business, marketing and tech, Ahmed is releasing a new book within the next month titled Seven Stages of Home Studio Evolution. His Five-Day Home Studio Rehab Challenge, currently offered at a significant discount, provides "practical skills and insights to optimize your space, enhance audio and video quality, and select the right equipment."
Junaid Ahmed: Well, a lot of the time the lighting might need some help. A lot of podcasters are moving from audio only to video. And they're wondering, what do I need to invest in first? So I say, "Hey, get a good set of lights in your space so that people can actually see you and you're not blending in with the rest of the room."
Junaid Ahmed: Well, the number one thing that we like to do ourselves when we're setting up, let's say, our office, you'll set up a corner of the room where you like to look. The window might not be in front of you. The window might be on the side. The window might be behind you. And sometimes you can't really control where the windows are, but because you like the look of how you want the room to be set up, you'll just not think about what the camera sees and it's always going to see what's behind you. And we don't have eyes in the back of our head so we can't really see what that's going to look like.
You'll see that people have windows in their backgrounds with light and sunlight coming in. What that does is take away the attention of the camera from you to that light because the camera wants to focus on the highlights in that shot. So you want to make sure that you eliminate that window or put a dark curtain, light-blocking curtain on it, you know, a nice pretty curtain. Just bring some kind of personality in that room. Or if you are able to, just move the camera around so that you don't have that light shining into the camera.
Junaid Ahmed: That is correct. So I don't go with green screen because green screen is a totally different art. You have to light the green screen separately from lighting yourself. Again, more lighting conversation because now you're lighting two different things and you got to have the distance.
Junaid Ahmed: I've helped clients design studios in rooms as small as 5 feet wide by 10 feet long. So there's no room that's not designable. There's no room that you can't play around because the beautiful thing about cameras is that you can control what they see.
Junaid Ahmed: If you have the budget and you can spring for the extra camera, I recommend it because you're no longer doing jump cuts. It's almost become a trend where you have jump cuts from jump cuts from jump cuts because as human beings, we talk with pauses, we talk with breaks, we sometimes repeat ourselves multiple times. When I'm recording with two different cameras, I can cut between shots and make it seem like I didn't even skip a beat.
Junaid Ahmed: it doesn't have to be as expensive as your main camera. You can use a webcam that you already have. Let's say you start with a webcam and then you're upgrading from the webcam to a DSLR camera, you can use that webcam as a secondary camera angle. You can use that webcam as a top-down camera angle as well, especially if you're going to be reading books or if you're going to be showcasing some products.
Ross Brand: Well, this is a conversation we have to continue because you've got so much knowledge on the topic. And you have a new book that's coming out soon that's going to help a lot of people, Seven Stages of Home Studio Evolution. Find him on social media. Connect with him. He's a great follow, at @superjunaid. Thanks again for joining us.
There is so much value in this interview that you can't see from reading the conversation alone. You don't want to miss Junaid Ahmed showing off his home studio and demonstrating how he uses lighting, camera angles and more. I highly recommend watching the video for the full conversation as well.
The Video Studio has a wide variety of professional-level equipment including adjustable lighting, a Canon XF300 camera, a teleprompter, audio equipment, four different backdrops, and a number of props. This is a good place for producing professional looking interviews, shooting with the green screen, and recording class presentations. Training is required prior to using the video studio, including a video series and in-person assessment. You can find the videos on the equipment page, under the instructions tab. Reservations are required and mediated by RMC staff.
The Audio Studio is excellent for recording podcasts, audio interviews, music production, more! It is a multipurpose recording space including three audio booths with sound isolation technology as well as microphones, a mixer, multiple instruments, and a computer workstation with software including Avid ProTools, GarageBand, Logic Pro, SoundStudio and Audacity. Reservations must be made in advance. No training required. You can directly reserve on the website or ask at the RMC front desk.
Digital Media Lab - The Digital Media Lab computers are perfect for video editing, digital animation, or 3D modeling, with two screens and additional computing power, and select stations have large, high-end drawing screens. This space also includes scanning and digital transfer equipment, including from 8-16mm film, still film slides, VHS, and more. Individual workstations must be reserved in advance.
VizWall - The VizWall is great for presentations of class projects, technology demonstrations, instruction sessions, and special media events with a large monitor display and lounge area on the RMC floor. There is the capacity to link to and display up to 4 computers or display a single computer across all of the monitors.
Access to RMC resources is generally limited to University of Virginia students, staff, and faculty. Exceptions for community patrons may be granted on a case-by-case basis, related to academic projects or special events.
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