Great Thumbnails With Minimal Gear

You don’t need expensive lights and you don’t need expensive camera gear to capture and create great looking thumbnail images for your YouTube videos. In this video I show you how to shoot great thumbnail images with a minimal amount of great. I also step through my basic post-processing to create really poppy, eye-catching thumbnails. And, as always, thanks for watching! Music: Chimez - Dan Henig - YouTube Audio Library Forgiveness - Patrick Patrikios - YouTube Audio Library Gear I Talked About in This Video: Lowel Tota Light - https://amzn.to/35tqe50 Lowel Tota Bulb - https://amzn.to/2pe0FnO Neewer Light Stand - https://amzn.to/2MbTrKb Neewer 33" Umbrella - https://amzn.to/2pfJ3b9 Foam Core Boards - https://amzn.to/2ILHIjr Affinity Photo - https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/photo/ My Gear: *NEW* Main video camera - https://amzn.to/2XlJGeD *NEW* Main video lens - https://amzn.to/2J7Pncm The "heavy hauler" camera bag - http://amzn.to/2F4r1vh The "flexible & functional" camera bag - http://amzn.to/2CUEskP The drone - http://amzn.to/2kUL8Du My big SLR camera - http://amzn.to/2BvREfi Main on-the-go video shooter - http://amzn.to/2CTPeTF The wide Canon lens - http://amzn.to/2BLndhW Favourite small video camera - http://amzn.to/2DnR5Bf My lavalier microphone - http://amzn.to/2BUvmTK The big microphone - http://amzn.to/2BvkdJK The audio recorder - http://amzn.to/2zaNyTN Favorite action camera - http://amzn.to/2kBOprZ My smartphone gimbal - http://amzn.to/2oPYG67 Current GoPro gimbal - http://amzn.to/2kzUp4s The travel tripod - http://amzn.to/2kVBoJd My go-anywhere tripod - http://amzn.to/2CTpOG6 Favourite SD/CF card reader - http://amzn.to/2zbmO5i My go-to mobile battery - http://amzn.to/2Btklt7 Zoom H4N recorder - https://amzn.to/2MBUJN9 Smartphone - iPhone XR DISCLOSURE: We often share products and services that we regularly use and that we think may be helpful to our viewers. We use referral links when possible and we may receive a small commission when purchases are made through these links. This comes at no cost to you but the small compensation we receive helps to support this channel. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases and this is why most of our gear links redirect to Amazon.com. Well, that and we do purchase a lot of our gear through Amazon. Thank you for your support. #YouTube #Thumbnail #Tutorial