My lighting is currently a mix of a clamp-on utility light with parchment paper diffuser (key), a window (fill), and a cheap old desk gooseneck lamp pointed at

My lighting is currently a mix of a clamp-on utility light with parchment paper diffuser (key), a window (fill), and a cheap old desk gooseneck lamp pointed at my sheet (I had used it as cheapo outdoor movie screen and now it acts as a clean background for current VTC needs). Cam is the basic 1280x720 Microsoft Lifecam USB webcam I've had for years but is still much better than any laptop cam due to placement flexibility and better optics. OBS lets me color correct and exposes the manual controls for focus, exposure, etc. I did grab a USB headset from work before work-from-home started, but I found it had a frayed wire and isn't any good. Instead I am using my (wired) cell headphones with their integrated mic instead of the USB headset. I dug out an old USB audio interface I had packed away and tried it with a Shure vocal mic, but that led me down another hole of messing with Voicemeeter to tweak EQ and noise reduction because it's really meant to be held right up to your mouth (for singing, etc) and picks up background noise if I have the levels up high enough to use as a desk/stand mic. For the time being I am sticking with the headphone/mic for simplicity's sake. None of this is what I'd use if I had been handed a couple hundred bucks to put together a VTC setup but it's all stuff I had laying around and looks/sounds so much better than everyone who's just using built-in laptop cam/mic/speakers.