5 Tips for Shooting Handheld Videos

[@danielschiffer]

Amazing video, Parker & Landon! I am extremely humbled to see myself mentioned on this channel. Thanks for all the knowledge you've shared over the years. As a person who never attended a formal film school, it's videos just like this that helped me learn and grow my own business. Keep crushing! 👏

[@Joey.Alford]

They helped you grow your skill set, dudes like you that inspire smaller people like me, it’s the circle of creativity.

[@user-dh5fp4gw1b]

Hey daniel, been a fan since the early days of your channel. Im a starting filmmaker doing a education in filmmaking and im planning to buy some lighting. Could you recommend me a light to buy?? I was thinking about an apurature 120d. Thanks!

[@micahreimerfilms]

Daniel Schiffer you guys gotta collab sometime soon!

[@qwopas123]

Daniel Schiffer I am your subscriber and a fan.👍🏻

[@JacobHandal]

GOAT

[@PeterLindgren1]

Never thought I'd be mentioned in a video like this. I am so grateful for all the tips that Daniel and James has been providing here on KZbin, without them I'd never be able to shoot the way that I do! Great to see that you inspire others with videos like this!

[@patrickbuisa3711]

@AlexVargassAlaska yeah man your right!

[@cweb1988]

you, Daniel, James, Fulltime Filmmaker, and the other "epic b-roll" people are the people I have learned THE MOST from. I like the "epic b-roll" trebd SO much because I learn the most from them in the shortest amount of time. Seeing someone execute a shoot from start to finish and explain the process DURING it is the best kind of educational content. It's the most learning in the most compact amount of time. It's basically like digital job shadowing. I greatly appreciate all you guys who do it, even though I'm sure it gets tiring and somewhat repetitive to do.

[@ramymelhem]

Thanks for all that you do Peter. You're officially an OG with these guys. Can we get ...You, Daniel, James, and Parker in on a collab project. 🔥🔥🍺🍺

[@gippymarley]

Love this humbleness, creators supporting and encouraging others ✨✨

[@Joey.Alford]

I know some people get angry that this “Epic B-Roll” stuff is trendy rn but I personally love to see creators inspired by other creators. Shoutout to Daniel and James for pioneering this but also shoutout to you guys for adding your own flare. Lovin the video so far!

[@cweb1988]

ya everyone's raging about it and "tired of it." But honestly I like them SO much because I learn the most from them in the shortest amount of time. It's the most learning in the most compact amount of time.

[@JesseDriftwood]

This video was fantastic! So much solid information. Thanks for the love 🙌

[@Itr-tv7kt]

-Turn off I/S 5 tips 1. 1:54 Use wide angle lens 2. 3:35 Hand placement 3. 4:42 Move your body not your hands 4. 5:29 Motivated shots 5. 7:29 Keep the camera moving Thanks for the video..

[@zeorya]

Thanks, captain!

[@jojo890xd4]

Would u use auto focus or manual?

[@Itr-tv7kt]

@@jojo890xd4 try with manual first.. auto might be little jumpy

[@jojo890xd4]

@@Itr-tv7kt thank you man

[@SPECTRA890]

Bold of you to assume my potato had I/S

[@unggulkirindi6556]

This community going better and better! Note : STAY SAFE GUYS!

[@realDahenzi]

Gotta give credit to James Matthews first! ♥️

[@southcoastvisuals]

Something I learnt with shots that for example move closer to the subject making it come into focus, is to start the shot up close and in focus, drag out leaving it out of focus, then reverse in post.

[@zaydherrera]

James Matthews deserves more recognition

[@landonbtw]

You're right! I regret not adding him in there. That dude is crazy talented.

[@ralvis20]

What's up youuuuuu lot

[@ramymelhem]

@@landonbtw make it up to him in the next video. You know he's watching this. 🥺

[@MichaelStrawn_I_am]

You should collaborate with Daniel Schiffer.

[@Voyagephotography]

Mystic Productions thought the same thing as soon as I seen this! Had Daniel’s style all over it! He’s a master when it comes to this work. Plus being an fcpx editor instead of the norm w premier

[@MichaelStrawn_I_am]

Eric Gurnitz I agree! He is a master at what he does. A one of a kind guy.

[@Voyagephotography]

Mystic Productions let’s not leave out James Matthews. If you haven’t heard of him..another one I highly recommend following with the same style

[@MichaelStrawn_I_am]

Eric Gurnitz Okay, i’ll check him out right now!😄

[@jacopattikawa]

Amen to that 🙏🏾

[@PouyaLucky]

Thanks a million ...I can't wait to start failing and failing and failing ... before finally failing all the way to success 😊👍

[@shamalkhan8551]

James Matthew is a beast

[@simon_sreckovic]

He's the real "god father" of handheld close and wide style

[@stasz4375]

True, Bossshh

[@brushy]

I hope u meant "is not a beast"

[@KaiSosceles]

Love the tip to use the finger to glide against surfaces. Havent heard that one before and I'm gonna put it to use! Also bigups for shouting out Daniel Schiffer. He's a beast!

[@PinasPride]

I am one of your fan in the Philippines bro.. I am a Mormon and Return missionary too.. You inspired me so much on your video tutorial.. I wanted to be like you bro.. Thank u for the inspiration! Mabuhay!

[@davklanton]

dont know if you will see this comment bust i just want you to know how this video was useful for me and teaches me a lot even more than what o was expected when i started watching. Thankfully thanks for sharing all this. Be bless and let practice what i learned. 🤜🤛

[@PeterKae]

Nice Tips! Imo Peter Lindgren is B Roll King! Really great stuff going on on his channel.

[@user-md1je4mf6n]

I learned more watching your video than I have in the last 5 years of researching diy video shooting. Thank you!

[@scottneedleman6511]

This Full-time Filmmaker team has probably taught me more about cinematography in the last few weeks then all my prior studies combined!! Keep it up guys and thank you!

[@devinopepino]

Watching all these informative videos really gives you a good foundation of where and how to start shooting really well made videos. thank you!

[@WillyFoxx]

great video guys! I was just finishing a video about B Roll and landed here after, and I am glad I did. Very well explained.

[@Big7media2011]

I'm OL SKOOL so I would like to recognize Philip Bloom for the 3 point of contact rule. He was doing this all the way in the 5DM2 days.

[@ramymelhem]

Parker and Landon. Could you please explain the purpose of the ND filter when you already have full control of your indoor lighting? Great video. Thank you for putting out quality content.

[@codythep]

Right?!

[@norgerichard]

Parker and his team is the best

[@amna_c_]

This is so relaxing to watch 😍

[@paulk7527]

This was a great video. Super insightful and much different from what’s been presented by other creators lately. Well done. My thanks for putting it out there. Learned a lot!

[@indahmelva9359]

Wow insane! My fav part was the knife, i love your works👏🏽

[@hogg1media627]

just shot a outdoors day event (lowrider picnic) using A BLACK PRO MIST FILTER stacked with a ND filter. These really improve the visuals big time. I shoot with a D3200 Nikon Crop Senor DSLR and 35mm kit lens. HAND HELD and Mavic Mini Drone.

[@NeilMcElmon]

Fantastic info. These are the sorts of tips you really wouldn't figure out until after you've missed the mark on a project, so thank you for sharing them!

[@nayas.9376]

I love this channel. This video is seriously so helpful!!! Thank you!

[@benluecken2839]

I'm a beginner videographer and I've been shooting a lot of B-Roll lately, but it's come out very shaky and unstabilized. Hopefully this will help me! Thanks for the tips!

[@simon_sreckovic]

Great stuff! But you forgot to mention the REAL god father of handheld close and wide style James Matthews!

[@danifrim]

What about focus? Do you rely on the AF of the EOS R? Or do you prefer MF?

[@bartbreedveld8261]

just commenting to get the answer aswell

[@Unvergessable]

Not a pro here, but i think its manuel focus, since he planned the distances for the specific shots

[@maruwaanmoses]

Most of these shots are done in autofocus, if not all.

[@_Joshhoffman]

Manual focus. Especially for the faster movements

[@danifrim]

I see there are various opinions. I think it's MF myself, both Daniel Schiffer and James Mathews shoot on MF and even Peter Lindgren. But I wanted to now for sure if they do it in MF too. I don't know, maybe they use a different technique

[@RapidMediaUfa-l8y]

hi, I'm your Russian subscriber, and even though I'm not good with English, but I watch you) I'm also learning how to shoot cinematographically, Hello from Russia)

[@rainerdlugosch8622]

Its depending on what kind of film you are make. Here you mostly make close shots with wide angel and moving camera. This kind of footage you can’t practice only when you make a travel video. For this genre you need various camera movements and positions and angels, what you cannot handle completely handheld without an ibis. And also your demonstrated handheld takes must pass the post pro stabilisation when they shall look professionally in tv-screen size.

[@darkreigncometh]

This was great! I came for tips on which lens to use and I'm leaving with more knowledge than I expected.

[@odeketown]

Solid and Fantastic Video 🔥🔥

[@fabiobranno]

the quality of that images is astonishing

[@thomasabbitt5835]

Awesome video guys! i just filmed a energy drink commercial for film school and used this video and it turned out so good! Really appreciate you guys putting all of this information out there!

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[@Ben-fq1lj]

Good job Landon, well done video. But that peach/protien powder/water jug commercial with the fox logo is still my favorite from you; perfect music choice in that promo 👌🏼

[@applemayteves]

Parker you are about to hit 1M on April 28, 2020. Congratulations in advance. More vids in the future... Continue inspiring us your subscribers with your videos.

[@MustafaIslak]

This guy is amazing👨🏻‍🏫💪🏼

[@niazhannanwatercolors]

That helped alot mate..thanks!

[@VOTECHGURU]

Great vid, guys.

[@avalanwa]

St. Paul is back with another gem! The brand is expanding! #FullTimeFilmmaker empire!

[@muhammadhaseebmujtaba5960]

Great Work man.Grateful to you

[@cuisineindesistyle4238]

one word for you... inspiration.. thank you so much for sharing

[@Nxzim]

Daniel, Peter 👌. Handheld is more easy than using a gimbal and faster process. Plus anyone can use it without that much practice.

[@ezzaAU]

Wow!! These are fantastic 5 tips! They looks pretty easy to do. for sure though, I will have trials and errors by doing these tips. But I will never give up until I make them right. Thank you so much!! Peace! ✌ 🙏🙏🙏

[@AnandaGarden]

Your videos on shooting handheld AND with stabilizers have been very helpful for learning to shoot close slow moving and steady shots without the dreaded judders - like the pro Steadicam guys do it. A few thoughts on focus, aperture, and lighting trade-offs would be welcome sometime.

[@franciscogeronimo6176]

I’m going to shoot a lot more hand held this year...thanks for helping me

[@ramonbannister9498]

Something to practice during the lockdown! Thanks!

[@FamilyofTech]

Thanks for this amazing videos!!! We learn a lot from your tutorials and teaching skillS! I’ve become a better videographer because of your videos! Keep it up! Stay safe!

[@guJLu]

Great tips all around but I’m having mixed feelings about not using image stabilization... yes, when you shoot with an 85mm, it MIGHT show itself, but then again you suggested to use a wide angle right afterwards anyway, so..... that’d pretty much make it unnoticable. Also, you suggested using warp when necessary, but in comparison IS almost always does a better job if you can choose only one. And when you combine wide lens + IS + warp stb. (+ slo mo as BONUS) = the fighting off for handheld movements is pretty much gone... that is at least what I experienced.

[@WhippedFood]

What a great video! Thank you for the inspiration and all those useful information! For me getting better in food videography is to keep learning and trying! I will absolutely try to implement some of your tips in my videos

[@EnzoGarro]

YES ! i was waiting for this all day..

[@therealeffect]

I would love to see you guys collab more with people. Creators stick together

[@JonneytheKidd]

amazing, AMAZING VIDEO!

[@zachlucas]

There were some really great takeaways for me. Thank you for sharing!

[@rickvestuto]

Wish you would have talked about that Polor Pro and why you used it indoors Great Tips, Regards, Rick

[@paulfernandez2900]

Excellent video..thank you...I will watch again..

[@NickFaulkner]

Great tips, I plan on doing some photography videos in the future.

[@travelersumon]

I have learned a lot from watching this video of yours. Thank you very much to make such a well tutorial.

[@julesbalb3933]

This was so helpful!

[@groundbreakerexplore]

Thank you so much for sharing this video. It helps me a lot.

[@infocraze]

Amazing work !!!!!

[@MattXplorz]

Shooting a promo video for a small business today, going to use all these tips!!

[@johnleighdesigns]

that is solid stuff really great video super helpful particularly about lens choice and how that helps not only get wider field of view to ensure get the subject in frame but also for it helping to hide those hand held shots micro shakes - super stuff !

[@christinawatkinsyoutube]

super practical and helpful! thanks

[@XDarkmage1]

Great video!! I wanted to see some tips about focusing, do you keep it at automatic focus or manual?

[@VIERIplay]

Amazing video. Thank You, Parker.

[@jaqsparadise-art936]

Great tips! 💪🏻Thank you very much 🙏🏻

[@sidersproductions941]

I love these videos. I'm trying to decide which course I'm going to purchase now.

[@SolentSkyServices]

Very Daniel Schiffer inspired. Love it!

[@merisacitro3453]

James Matthews is the pioneer

[@admiringwonderer]

Your videos are always informative glad i found your channel.

[@kurtisclayton5271]

Definitely added some new information to the stew! Thank you! Question: I get that electronic image stabilization can work against you, but does Sony's Steadyshot as well? I did some tests with auto and manual settings as well as just turning it off. I can't really tell any difference between any of them.

[@fauxlabs]

I have the same question! What are you findings after 5 months? i just got a6600 + 10-18 Oss lens, im going to shoot handheld broll but wondering if i should turn Steadyshot off. Much appreciated if you could share your experience

[@austinlacy4413]

Awesome, super informative.

[@dareckmaurice4487]

Appreciate! hand held all the way!

[@nikhilanstudio7393]

Very nice tips From bangalore INDIA

[@richbarrett]

A+ content, as always. Thank you!

[@msreneethebarber]

Awesome tips. Thank you for sharing

[@winstonlennonwinstonllim6974]

so helpful dude. love it

[@momchilyordanov8190]

Useful and well explained. Good job.

[@bravopenguin7642]

Perfect finish!

[@thatsidemountguy]

I was surprised to see you using a filter indoors. Great tips. Thanks.

[@dinotsikizo7904]

You're the best cuz you give us the best

[@Bilal_hk90]

Great Tips🔥.. Thanks Landon

[@ABAUTOAMG]

This video is fantastic, thank you.

[@RushVoorhisOutdoors]

great tips guys! needed this today!

[@1magicmungia]

Can’t tell you how excited I am to see this shit on a EOSR!! All the the others are shot on Sony with ibis and I wondered if someone could achieve the look with the R. Did you shoot the scene in 4K?

[@BhupendarSingh]

Love this video, very informative

[@iancraig]

Great tips. Thank you.

[@K-FOREST_Original]

Thank you always for the informative information.

[@masterpiecetvafrica2961]

It's a Complete Video ❤️

[@CreativeEyePhotography]

Amazing sir.. Lot's of love from Kolkata India.

[@vanhilynchannel4482]

This is awesome for quarantine day stay at your home and Shoot I love it ❤

[@fabricejacob4092]

Fantastic tutorial. Can you apply this to smartphone? Thanks

[@PulsarTECH]

Awesome tips, definitely will try to use some in my next videos. Do you think it would work with the more budget level camera like oes rebel or eos rp using wide lenses?

[@studiojamescao]

Very good advices !