5 Simple Tips & Tricks to Shoot Better DSLR Video! #Helpful Post

see you shoot video but you want to

shoot it better these five simple tips

and tricks will help level up your video

game to certified crispy so what's up

guys Jonathan here with TLD and tip

number one is something really simple

but often overlooked and in fact when I

started shooting video I had no idea

what it was but it makes a huge

difference that is simply to take

advantage of custom white balance now

you can do this with an 18% gray card

otherwise known as a white balance card

and they're relatively inexpensive I'll

post a few different options down below

but the idea here is to white balance

before you shoot that what you're not

making your post-production editing hell

or get it to the point where sometimes

you can't even save the shot that this

may have happened to you where you're

shooting like a mother you're excited

you get your footage back to your

computer and you realize wow that looks

really really blue or cool or damn

that's really nasty warm

now the process slightly differs

depending on what camera you have but

it's really simple and if you're not

doing this now please do so because it

makes a huge difference now tip number

two is if you can invest in a good

quality video tripod because you don't

want to be that guy or girl who's got

this nice camera and stacks it on some

books so when you see those silky smooth

buttery pens chances are that's being

done with a fluid head and that's what

you want to look out for cheaper tripods

are ones that aren't designed for video

often tend to give you jerky movements

and on top of slick pans you can do a

lot of really cool shots with just a

tripod I know some of you might be

intimidated or feel like I gotta go get

a slider or a dolly or jib or something

crazy but you don't and in fact I

actually use my tripod for most of my

trick shots one that I use all the time

probably looks more complicated that it

actually is but it's simply just to let

the tripod down and bring the camera

down and it gives it a really crazy

cinematic look once you get those down

you can start to experiment and have

some fun you can do some pushes and some

pulls when you get those mastered that

has a complete new level to your

shooting now tip number three is to be

aware and take advantage of framing

because that makes all the difference in

the world

framing is everything because you can

take something that doesn't look so

great and turn it into an amazing shot

depending on how you

frame the entire situation there's a

pool of thirds that you want to keep in

mind sometimes and that's just saying

that you know having your subject in one

third of the frame on the either the

left to the right side will make a huge

difference for me I want to make sure

that I keep my shots nice and tidy right

so I want to be able to sometimes push

something off to the left to the right

or something and use the thirds to line

it up but a lot of times I use the third

just as a guide to make sure that for

example I can keep something in the

middle third I make sure that something

stays like on the top half of the frame

whatever that kind of look that I'm

going for I use the thirds to make sure

that I'm getting it and I'm just

guessing that oh it's kind of over there

or whatever I know exactly where it's

always at now tip number four is for

those of you who shoot outside a lot or

have a lens with a really wide open

aperture that's to pick up an ND filter

the simplest way I could describe it ND

filter is that it's like sunglasses for

your camera so if you've ever shot some

video outside and everything is

massively overblown or overexposed where

did Austin go there is it much like the

white balance cards these vary in prices

but again I will post a few different

options down below but this is essential

for you filmmakers out there now last up

this is really important that's don't be

afraid to shoot on what you have whether

that's a smartphone or a point-and-shoot

camera and if some of you may see some

of your favorite youtubers shooting on

pro cameras and get a little intimidated

but you can do some awesome stuff on

cheaper cameras for those that remember

the classic iPhone 6 and tree that was

shot completely with iPhone 6 plus and

you probably wouldn't have known had I

not told you they have adapters that

allow you to mount your smartphone onto

a tripod so you can really step up your

smartphone shooting game a la

super-scientific

or if you have a point-and-shoot just

something as simple as adding a level of

stabilization will completely change the

game sometimes when you're shooting

handheld you get some really shaky shots

so adding something like that adds some

stabilization especially if you're

moving around with the camera now some

of you might be saying Jonathan I got

really stable hands why do I need that

and sometimes it's really more for the

creative element where you're gonna get

into shots that you might not have

thought of or been able to get with just

using your hands

so with these steps you are now one step

closer to joining team krispy hopefully

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catch you guys later