Thank you for providing helpful information Stacy!
<3 Jen

I agree with everything Jen said about the production side- incredible advice! I would like to add that my daughter is also pursuing her esthetician’s license and we found a school that teaches only cosmetology and skin care, unlike the others that make you go through hair, nail training also. The school she attends is called Quest (San Antonio). Part 1 of the class prepares you for a general cosmetology license; Part 2, which is optional, prepares you for taking and passing the medical esthetician’s license which would enable you to work for plastic surgeons, doctors of dermatology etc. for pre- and post-procedure skin care. So NO your daughter does NOT have to go to a much longer and much more expensive training course to learn material she will never use! Best of luck, Stacy Z.

Hi Jessie!
Thank you for asking! I should write a blog post on this! I’ll answer you here. Yay! Yes, for lighting, I like to use my 50mm lens on manual focus. I will flip the view screen so I can see myself in the shot. For lighting, I use the ring light in the front and soft box on left and right of me. Now, this is probably the most important step. Since it’s a canon camera, it comes with this awesome built in software EOS utility. This is KEY! This allows you to plug in your camera and adjust the lighting! If you have yellow lighting you can adjust it here live. You can also control the camera from your laptop or computer. I like to have my laptop in arms length and out of the shot as seen in my photo set up above. This way I can start recording and make adjustments including how bright or dark I want the video. My husband taught me all this. It made my lighting very heavenly. lol. Once you combine the ring light, soft boxes, 50mm lens, and the canon EOS utility software that it comes with, you’re set! I also like to keep it simple and edit the video in iMovie. I hope this helps you and anyone else reading. Good luck!
Jen

Hi Lipstick,
You can use the 50mm, it will give the background a nice blurred soft focus. However, if you want close ups, the 60 mm lens is amazing.

Hi Jennifer,
That’s very cool. I think everyone should follow their passion.
It’s great to have all the proper equipment, quality counts.
I went to college for web design and SEO – search engine optimization (so people find my website and youtube videos online)
I do make a decent living from my websites. I work for a web design company myself.
If she could learn wordpress (blogging platform) manage website hosting, and write content, SEO do photography / video editing/ marketing – self promo/ learn google adsense and amazon affiliates, those are excellent first steps to doing it all on her own. Or she can stick to youtube videos and monetize those. I wish the best of luck to her. You’re such a wonderful mother supporting her dreams.
I hope that helps, I’m here for additional questions.
XO
Jen