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Practical writing about light, faces and phone cameras. No gear list, no affiliate links.
Video calls
How to light your face for a video call without buying anything
Most bad video-call lighting comes from one mistake: the brightest thing in the room is behind you. Here is how to fix it with what you already own.
CameraWhy your selfies look grainy at night, and the one thing that fixes it
Grain is not a lens problem. It is a light problem, and the front camera is the first to suffer. What is actually happening, and what actually helps.
Honest limitsUsing your phone screen as a ring light: what it can and cannot do
A screen is a real light source with real limits. Where it genuinely replaces a lamp, and where it does not.