 Alright, so let's see if we're straight good. We're straight. So yeah, welcome to my vlog and my name is Hosea Kwame This is it's okay, and on it's okay. I document my journey of self-development and becoming a freelance filmmaker and Photographer but today on the vlog I'm going to show you exactly how I set up for a usual YouTube video and my wife is helping me film She's on the camera today, and we're using the iPhone 10 and Movie gimbal so steady shots are important in Displaying exactly what I use all the gadgets and everything so I'm going to go through the gadgets I use and then I'm going to show You exactly how I set up and how it comes together to become one video all the time so starting with the gadgets I use the Sigma 1835 lens because it's a wide angle. It's wide enough for me to have a wider view So that's the Sigma 1835 hot lens. That's my main lens for recording vlogs Sometimes I use a 15 millimeter if I want to get a certain look But mostly the Sigma 1835 The camera I use is the Canon 80d. It doesn't even shoot 4k. It's 1080 and it's fine for me So I'm good with the Canon 80d With sound this is the interface. I use the zoom H4n. This is the interface I connect with my other sound devices And with Monitoring how I look with framing and everything I use the few world 5 inch monitor. Yeah, it's on camera monitor. That's what I use and with Microphone I use the DATV mic D3 Pro DATV mic D3 Pro That's what I use I bought the location kit so that I can mount With boom sticks or not boom poles and maybe mic stands. So it comes with a Rykot shock mount Rykot shock mount. So these are The first main thing is an HDMI cord for the monitor HDMI and then there's a very long XLR cable for connecting the H4 to the DATV Onto the Rykot to boom Right. So these are the first initial gadgets that I use. You should follow me I'm going to show you the other ones that I use to record So I have my tripod here my tripod very basic Excuse me Very basic For lights I use the Godox SL60W it's very affordable and I like the light as well For making the light soft because the light is very harsh for making the light soft You see this light I'm using right now is also a little bit harsh But I needed lights here to be able to see exactly what I'm doing. I use the Godox deep parabolic Sotables it's the 120H. So it's quite big. That's 120 centimeters big and it's difficult to fix It's my least favorite part of my setup because it's so difficult to fix if you're alone So I don't like it at all But it needs soft lines And a regular light stand Yeah, it's also very affordable and easy to find This is the cable that comes with the lights. It's quite long and it doesn't use a bashing So you have to plug it on the wall to be able to use. If light goes off or if you're recording you're in trouble And the thing that fell and made it nice Is my mic stand. So these are the main hardware That I use to record my video. Now This here is my famous brick wall Slash library which I before I started a YouTube video. I decided to build up to Use as my background and record from here all the time But I'm sure by now you know that I recorded only two episodes of my vlog using this so it was an impulse Built and I really use it for my videos I mean it's housing the most and other things it's fine But I really use it in my videos mostly because I think the trick is Not to record too close to a wall If you want to have a shadower depth of field whereby your background is blur, don't record too close to a wall And I think the lens that I have the 1835 wasn't wide enough to give me a blurred enough background So I was really a fan of it after two episodes. So yeah, I do actually Set up station by station and what I mean is that I set up The elements of lights as a station and I set up the elements of sound as a station and elements of Like visual as the camera as another station. So that's how I do set up all the time so I'm going to take them one by one and Show you how I arrange all to come together as one piece Before I record what I do is my background also needs to look Good, it's important to actually record about Six to eight feet away from the wall so that you can have a shadow depth of field that you need in focus It's really good to record far from the wall. So I close my window. I turn on the famous Yellow light or the lamp which is called practical light. You need practical light in your background to show that You are actually sitting far away from the wall. It separates you from the background So it's good and the plants is also there as usual and then I sit and talk to the camera It's difficult to actually look into the lens and talk to the camera So it will take time for you to get used to it. Always always make sure your microphone is close enough to you Right in front of you Also out of frame. So if you look behind the monitor and the microphone is shown in the frame It's bad unless that's your style and you want the microphone to show you don't want the usual I mean usually don't want the microphone to show So this is a basic or this is my regular setup. It's not very basic for beginners So there will be alternatives which you can research on. There's another way to use the microphone But by you put it on top of the camera and with a wide angle camera We'll be able to bring it closer to you. So that's the microphone or the sound sounds or the sound is good Yes, so this is one way to Record a vlog and this is how I do mine usually takes a while to set up It takes a while to get used to but once you do it quite often it becomes easy So this is a usual of working day in the life of it's okay and if you found anything useful if you have any questions Kindly let me know in the link below and I'll answer your questions As and when I receive them. So it's been a good vlogging day Thank you for coming to it's okay, and I look forward to interacting with you on the vlog My wife has done an amazing job be my DP for today I'm really really really grateful for that. So yeah This is it. This is my setup and don't forget to subscribe to my channel There's more coming your way. I will try as much as possible to do videos like this Explaining how things work if you want to YouTube and you can follow me on my journey by subscribing and commenting Catch you again It's off You're mean. 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