![]() ![]() There are a whole lot of great suggestions about how to position your lighting and video camera to look best on a video conference call. Get Your Lighting from Behind Your Video Camera If you are using the onboard camera on your laptop you may have to put your laptop on a shoe-box or a stack of books. Always try to position the camera at eye level or slightly above so your video camera is not looking up your nose (and you are not looking down your nose at others). It adds a soft focus, so your skin looks better. In the same place that you find the “Mirror My Video” settings you will also see a “Touch up my appearance” setting. If you are using a virtual background with words you may have to mirror your video to make the words readable. By toggling on or off this setting you may find that you can choose your most photogenic side or reduce exposure to a side of the room you would prefer to stay out of camera. In the Zoom video camera settings you can toggle on or off “mirror my video” (in a meeting go to the carat next to “Start Video” and choose “Video Settings”). You may not be able to always keep your dog from barking or your cat from stealing the limelight, but there are things you can control when participating in a video conference. ![]() But there are still a few hints, tips, and reminders so that you have a professional image and demeanor. By now you have likely participated in or hosted a Zoom or other video conferencing platform meeting. ![]()
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