DM's quest for work

[Drunk Monk]

That wasn't our 'studio'. That was the North Chamber!

It was tricky to figure a good place in out tiny bungalow to shoot this but as I've mentioned here before, the North Chamber gets the best wifi. The North Chamber is barely a room, just a bit over 10x10. Just off camera is our widescreen and a bed/couch. It's where I'm sitting right now. That gave me about a square yard as my 'studio'. Framing was tricky for sure. I'll probably use the same set up for my next one next month. I'm not sure what I'll do for my final one because I need to set up my portable workbench and vice, but that's two months out so I've got some time to sort it.

Lighting was an open window to the backyard that faced me, and a desk lamp bounced off the widescreen. There's an overhead like but that makes my ever expanding forehead shine too much. I need one of those ring lights, an inexpensive one. Any thoughts?

I looked into getting a lav. There are some cheap ones but I couldn't quite sort the interface for a Surface Pro. I'm still sorting this. If you have any advice too, on this, please let me know (I'd want something cheap). I was greatly relieved to see that all the other presenters had horrible sound so mine came off a little better in contrast. 

I strayed from my notes a lot. They were well positioned so I could take cues, but it was too weird looking at myself all the time and I got distracted. I'll have to sort that better next time.

Thanks for the pro criticism. Srsly. Your input is very helpful here (I'm wearing my Bad Ass Bunny shirt today in gratitude).

BTW, the vid can be watched on facebook (as if y'all don't get your fill of me here already) https://media.tenor.com/images/ffb1fba04.../tenor.gif 

It's 7 hours but I was the final presenter (the main event! the headliner!) so just fast forward to the last hour.