![]() The only problem is, one of them is positioned so that it looks like a line in the painting is going straight through my skull. ![]() And I really don’t want to take them down because a friend of ours painted them. For example, my background has a couple of paintings, and that’s not too distracting. You really want to notice how it relates to you and where you’re sitting. That’s a common trick many people use and it’s very effective.Īnother thing you want to be aware of is that you want to have some stuff behind you, but you don’t want it to be distracting. Your face should be looking straight in the camera, but your body should actually be at a bit of an angle. But, if you can manage it, give your body a little bit of a turn, because, again, it emphasizes perspective. Most people want to look into the camera straight on. Regardless of background, you can give yourself a bit of a three-dimensional look by the way you look into the camera. Having some room to move looks and feels nicer. It can also make you feel quite claustrophobic. If you’re flat against a wall, you tend to look two-dimensional. My own setup is not an optimum room because although I’m not completely flat against the wall behind me, I would prefer to have more space behind me. All that space was a bit out of focus, you didn’t notice it, but she looked much more three dimensional against it. She was at a countertop, and she had about six, seven meters, about 25 feet of kitchen in back of her. ![]() One Canadian parliamentarian did her first meeting from her kitchen. So if you don’t want to drop money on a green screen, are there certain things that you can do to make your background look professional/professorial?Īdam: One thing you can do is make your background have some depth. That is, you should curate your background. There have been some articles in higher ed publications about how, as a professor, you should have certain “professorial” things in the background. ![]() Liz: For those who don’t want to use a virtual background, the question then becomes what should be in the background.
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