6 Top Styling Tips for Your Zoom Background

CURATE YOUR ZOOM BACKGROUND
WITH INTENTION BY ADDING THESE 6 TOP STYLING TIPS TO YOUR REDESIGN CHECKLIST

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Curating a professional zoom background can be a great way to improve your online presence for work calls, client meetings, social content and online videos. These are some of my favorite items for tabletop dresser styling that works well in a bedroom or home office! For a beautiful, well-lit zoom background, having a wall 3-6 feet behind you helps the background be bright on screen. If you have an entire room behind you, turning on all the lights overhead can help, taking care to tilt the camera to not show any of the lights directly on screen to avoid backlighting. If a thin dresser doesn’t fit well behind you, then key items to have would be a large piece of artwork and a plant to style a simple, thoughtful vignette — if a plug-in sconce or decorative accent chair is possible, that would be my second choice for a few more stylish details!

Raising your laptop camera up to eye level and having soft warm light shining on your face will be the most flattering, either from a filtered window in front of you or using a zoom ring light with multiple warm settings. Dark clothing tends to lighten up the camera on zoom, so if wearing black is your go-to like me, you’re in luck!

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My Favorite Zoom Ring Light

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Comfort is Key

Good lighting on a zoom call is gold. Photography is always best in natural light, and the same lighting tricks apply for zoom. If it’s possible to face your desk towards a window, it’s always nice to have the warm natural light facing you. Usually a soft filtered light is ideal, created with a sheer window shade or curtain.

If your layout requires your desk to have a window on the side, or you often take zoom calls in the evenings, then a little added lighting goes a long way to fill in the shadows for the most flattering look. If you’re like me with eyes more sensitive to light, many ring lights have felt far too bright and glaring. On the search for a ring light that had multiple settings — so I could put it on the lowest one with a very warm color tone — I found my favorite zoom light to be the 10’’ LED Ring Light with Stand and Phone Holder by UBeesize found on Amazon here!

Because the glare that can shine on your glasses can be very distracting, I like the tall adjustable tripod. If you raise the light a few inches above eye level, the ring glow will be lifted out of your glasses reflection, so you can benefit from a clear view and a beautifully lit video. It’s also incredibly light weight, so it’s easy to move around the house and set up quickly as needed. It’s been a game changer!

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