Camera and desk setup for streaming/recording (Patreon)

I've been trying around with all sorts of tripods (including a huge one set above my shoulder and little ones that clamp on stuff), but the new camera I got last year simply doesn't have enough battery life to record long sessions. So I got myself a good webcam (logitech), which is fastened to the clamp-on heavy duty daylight lamp above my desk (with a rubber band and sellotape, true to form. Since my younger years, I've been known as Tesafilm Man). 

Daylight lamps have been a game-changer for me since about 2010, after painting a wonderfully warm and subtle moonlight scene in artificial light and then in the morning, it was just cold and pale blue. 

In the clutter above my desk, by the way, there's everything from Latin/English marking tables to silly cartoons and watercolour paint sheets, haha. 

If you're wondering what the painting is lying on - that's another game-changer I only got last week. It's called a book chair. I never knew these existed until I searched for a tiny little drawing board that I could put up on my tiny little workspace and still fit a palette next to it. It allows me to have my canvas at an angle, it's sturdy enough to hold huge watercolour paintings without wobbling, and my palette (and tea mug) still go on the side! (That's a postcard lying on it.)