goPro Camera Indoors

[TechBoyJK]

What's a good, cheap lighting solution for indoors?

I have a goPro camera, and it works great. Problem is, I'm trying to also use it to record in my basement (music room). I put it on a tripod in the corner of the room and it gets a great angle, but in order to light the room up, I have to turn on my ceiling lights, and I don't know if it's the type of light or what, but it just makes the entire picture yellow and the actual light is very bright at the source.

My idea is to get a cheap shop light lamp like this (or a few of them)

And have them behind the goPro so the actual light source isn't in the picture. I was thinking I could get more than one and angle them so it's balanced. But what type of bulb should I get? Is there a certain kind of bulb that works better?

I need a cheap solution. Those shop lights are like $15 each.

 

[NutBucket]

Is there a way to adjust the white balance of the gopro?

 

[TechBoyJK]

Not that I know of.. There's something in the manual about how the light sensor tends to 'yellow' out if you use 100watt bulbs indoors, so I know not to do that.. But I also want to get consistent lighting.. THe overhead ceiling fan lights in the room don't spread the light evenly.

 

[vshah]

if incandescent bulbs are causing it to go yellow, you could try CFLs - they should make it whiter.

 

[JoeBleed]

what color are the walls behind the camera? (light or dark color) If you can get a couple low to mid powered lights and direct them to the walls behind the camera it will help reflect the light and not make it to bright in some spots. If you have some brighter spotlights, you can do the same, but you may need something slightly opaque to help diffuse the light source. Bouncing it off the wall helps, but if the source is very bright, extra help may be needed.

Edit: or bounce it off the celling.