Peter Frary
Well-known member
Ringlights are all the rage for video blogs on YouTube, especially makeup and beauty stuff. Back in the day they were much smaller—mounted on the camera lens—and mainly used for macro photography due to the soft, shadowless, wraparound lighting. Now the ring lights are huge and you mount the camera on the ring! People seem to like the donut catchlights but I'm not a fan. I prefer a big softbox.