From Epiphan blog

Dreaming of becoming the next Internet sensation? Determined to get started? Here are 6 essentials you need for your live streaming studio.

1. Space – your live streaming frontier!

Whether you’re live streaming to YouTube or Facebook Live, Twitch, Twitter, or even Vimeo Live – a good space to live stream from is as important as where you live stream to.

The first thing to consider for your live streaming studio is the right space. Hip, chic, or tech savvy – having your own live streaming studio space will help brand your content and communicate what your live stream is all about. Using the same space each time you go live also gives your live stream continuity. And continuity helps you define your place in the crowded Internet ecosphere.

We stream the Live @ Epiphan show from a dedicated studio space each week. If a dedicated space doesn’t work in your case, you could always choose a multi-use space right in your home. Transform a desk in a spare room in to a news anchor desk, or your living room in to an interview space. Even a kitchen counter can transform in to a live streaming studio set! Whatever space you choose, it will in many ways dictate some of the other gear you’ll need to live stream from there.

2. Lights to brighten your star

Does your live streaming studio space have good natural light or is it a windowless basement? Lighting your subject well is important (and if you’re the host, you’ll want to look good!) Even if your live streaming studio space has a lot of natural daylight, you’ll still need to invest in some lighting gear.

In our studio, we don’t have any natural light. We use a combination of LED light sources, like the Falcon Eyes dimmable LED panels and some dimmable 900 LED panels from Cowboy Studio. We dial our lights to around 5600 K for a bright, daylight look. Lights with adjustable color temperatures help you color match your lights as you grow and add more to your live streaming studio.

You can always use more lights in your studio, but starting off with one good key light and some fill lighting will definitely yield immediate results for a better looking live stream. So lights are definitely essential to a live streaming studio. We produced a few shows that dig deeper in to adjustable color temperatures and lighting setups that were streamed from our previous live streaming studio…[continue reading]