I don’t remember the first of my coworkers to purchase a ring light or halo light for the Zoom calls. Pretty sure it was post-pandemic.
Check out the pupils of Ed Robertson from Barenaked Ladies.
He’s clearly working, and he’s paid to look like a rock star. I am not.
However, my duties have recently changed, and now I work a lot on Zoom. A ring light might soften my scowl lines, but it can’t conceal the wattle which now accounts for a third of the real estate on my face.
And you know what else? I see that you all have your laptops stacked up on books to give you a flattering Streisand camera angle but I only do that when the zoom call includes the Bigwigs. I am keeping my laptop on my belly as I lounge in bed. This is what you get:
I once cared about the wattle, but now I see it as a second and third smile. And to be perfectly honest, I will brush my hair and change out of that t-shirt before work. And of course I’ll add a Zoom background so I don’t look as comfortable. But that’s all you’re getting, work people. At some point Ring lights can only do so much.