The EASIEST Way to Film Luxury Real Estate Videos

[@apollo-q1h11]

I DID NOT expect the edit to be that good. Insane content lot's of solid information / recommendations!

[@James_Bottomley]

Haha thanks! I'm glad you found this valuable!

[@robingattiphotography]

I would love knowing how you did the edits because that is my biggest problem either getting this detail myself or finding an editor that can do it. I strive for this level one day .

[@long.leh242]

Love your video. So great. Hope u can make video about gimbal movement and gimbal setting

[@rrgert4]

1:38 for squirrel

[@aagabriele]

Thank you for the value! Exactly what I needed. You gained a new subscriber!!

[@admshelternigeria]

Fantastic shots.

[@V1ZNS.]

Thank you for mentioning you hold the button down. I never knew if I should or not lol

[@James_Bottomley]

It's a subtle detail that makes a pretty good difference

[@tanner_kirk]

Great video. I was just missing my detail shots to really make my videos stand out, thanks for the tips!

[@BrainDeadProductions_]

Damn, the example shots were already fire but seeing that final edit was fire fire. Thanks for making the video!

[@TravelTransmissionsMedia]

Epic shots my man, and the smoothest edits! But I will say what low key stood out was the sound fx, love it

[@James_Bottomley]

I love adding lots of sound design! Most people don't notice ;)

[@mmerri93]

Nicely done, you got a new sub bro. This video was everything I was looking for. I’m looking to get more into real estate videography this year

[@chairilanuar]

Dope af man. Didnt knw i can learn so much in 1 video.. Done subs

[@dannydiazphoto]

Amazing work! The shots, edit and music is PERFECT!

[@firstnamethomas]

I didn’t even skip the ads. You deserve all the coins for this video bro! ✊🏽

[@James_Bottomley]

Ayyy haha you're a legend

[@EliteAtlantaHomes]

James great video overall. I have some feedback to help make the next one even better. 1. Music when you’re talking is a little distracting, maybe turn volume down just a bit when talking. 2. When he was filming you getting the front exterior shot he didn’t get your feet in the shot which would’ve been helpful. 3. You didn’t mention any camera settings, especially autofocus. I know you’ve mentioned that in previous videos but new viewers likely haven’t seen those yet. 4. Would’ve loved to see you cover the FPV shot in the final finished video.(The one shot in the kitchen.) 5. Cover the Parallax shot you did showing the kitchen. Hope this helps from a learning prospective. 🙏

[@James_Bottomley]

Thanks!

[@gohyung]

2:24 Does anybody know what's the ideal RS3 setting to get this slow non-shaking panning shot?

[@mariefs.]

Great video James, thanks for sharing these tips - especially the one with shooting in tighter spaces! Vid came out great overall. TUTORIAL NEEDED ON THOSE TRANSITIONS BECAUSE WOWWWW

[@jasonmarlowe0]

Thank you this was great. Maybe I missed it but did you mention lens filter to get the window pulls or some trick in editing to get that? Also your smooth gimbal settings would be nice. Mine still bounce a little

[@James_Bottomley]

No filter and no tricks. Just a slightly higher aperture around f4.5. Gimbal settings are coming this week!

[@damoahfilms]

Dope work man .. I started full time real estate content couple months ago and your content really helped me .. salute from Hamilton Ontario

[@James_Bottomley]

So glad you're getting value out of these!

[@SBTotalRealEstate]

Good job.

[@TannerMcCartney]

amazing video dude! just getting into real estate content. Would love a video of your gimbal settings. I find it hard to get that steady smooth curve shot. You cooked on the edit!

[@James_Bottomley]

Just dropped a new video about my RS3 Pro including my settings. You can check that out!

[@shulanbay]

Thank a lot for video. What camera settings are you using to be always in focus. 4K 60fps, Aperture f4.5, 15mm, what focus area are you using?

[@VincentLawPhotography]

Hey loved your videos! Just wondering how did you get to use the music for this property edit?

[@DontTalkLetsTrade]

Hi James, you are amazing. Would you be able to do a tutorial on how to do orbit shots on 70mm or zoom length such as 85mm? I find it the hardest. Much appreciated!

[@willemfendon2333]

Love this! Great job on the video!

[@FpvByLuke]

Appreciate you taking the time to pass on the knowledge 🔥

[@James_Bottomley]

I'm glad you found this valuable! Thanks for watching!

[@jakubjb]

Great video. what do you use for post?

[@samanthahammondsrealtor]

This is great! would love to see one with how you do it when there is an agent involved if you ever do one where agents watk and talk through the house. kind of like you did for the disappearing agent video you did..

[@James_Bottomley]

For sure!

[@ShoottoSellMedia-Alex]

Great stuff! Can you share your video settings? Do you shoot everything in manual and clog?

[@JesseMullinax]

Did you have to eliminate any of the ninja walking bobbing post production or is it just that smooth because you profected that walk? If yes to post production work, any tips on that?

[@floricmoments3414]

thank you, can you break down the camera settings for this video shoot ?

[@scottsummer7937]

Love the videos bro. Such a nice property for there to be a van with a spare tire in the neighbor's driveway!! lol that was driving me crazy!

[@James_Bottomley]

Haha unfortunately nothing I can do about that

[@scottsummer7937]

@ I hear ya there! Perks of the job, right!

[@AlbinSahovic]

That was so awesome. The Final video with the Music was just WOW. WELL DONE BRO (the style is awesome). How Much for that exact setup with these two lenses. My Wife has a Dance / Cheerleading & Dance Club - so I need a nice setup for basically this work - Moving around Ninja style, making cool videos of the choreographs', Musical's, Europeans, ect and of course training sessions - combined with Photos of course. And as well I could start Making such videos like these to earn some money in my country. Greetings from Croatia

[@AlbinSahovic]

Update: Oh shoot ... I see all the Amazon Links.. Damn... Hella Money :(( - Maybe something near 2000 USD range

[@maximilianomartinezrodriguez]

What focus settings are you using for these shots? Auto focus? Manual focus? And if manual focus what do you focus on?

[@James_Bottomley]

I use zone auto focus

[@h.saracbasi]

Hello, first of all, I watched your video with full focus until the end. You are great ! I wish I was as skilled and talented as you! I would love to be able to shoot architectural videos like this. I have all the equipment. Lumix S5IIx / 24-70 / 16-35 / Laowa 10mm DJI RS 4 Pro but I cannot succeed in video. I'm so tired of this situation. If I could, I'd be in a great place career-wise. Something always goes wrong...

[@Duffmedia]

Love this BTS and thinking behind each shot. What song did you use for the final edit? It's FIIIIIIIIRE! 🔥

[@Dominicandiaries12]

Great video I definitely enjoyed it.

[@SeubertMedia]

Wow thanks for sharing!

[@Phocasa]

What aperture were you on for the details?

[@JesseMullinax]

Wondering the same thing because he had that nice clean outdoor window shots while being inside.

[@lamarr-neely-azrealtor]

WOW! That was great!

[@tyrellboake]

Do you use a variable ND on your camera or just auto exposure? How do you compensate for changing lighting?

[@James_Bottomley]

I always use use manual exposure. That way I can have complete control over my image even when the lighting is changing. Sometimes I use an vnd filter but it depends on the lighting and scenario

[@paulreibelphotography]

Solid info as always James.

[@James_Bottomley]

Thanks for watching!

[@Gizafilm]

Man this was clean

[@UserHowell]

Could you share what gimbal settings you had on for pan, tilt etc (the speed) and did you use super smooth setting on the RS3 Pro? Also do you shoot with IS on the camera when using a gimbal?

[@James_Bottomley]

Video coming this friday on gimbal settings. Camera settings coming soon

[@Proresinlab]

Excellent video James as always! One question... Is the final edited video you show the one you give to the agency? Or do you do another type of editing for them and keep it for yourself to show on your social networks?

[@James_Bottomley]

This was the video I delivered to my client. They were extremely pleased with it!

[@winstonmilloy1464]

Great Video and Great Tips ! Thanks for sharing. What frame rate do you usually shoot in ?

[@James_Bottomley]

Thanks for watching! I shoot in 60fps

[@Perfectviewlifestyle]

Hi Buddy, great work, If you don't mind, please share your gimbal and cameras settings. I use the RS3 and R6 Mk2 and same lens, but struggle to get this quality of content. I get these micro jitters in my shots, not sure if my gimbal settings is to blame. greetings from Calgary, Alberta. Thanks

[@BeyndTh3Desk]

Nice video!

[@ACPropertyMedia]

Canadas very own 👌🏾

[@James_Bottomley]

Homegrown🔥

[@fishingmjorn]

Nice! Real estate photographer from Sweden here. Just a quick question, I see that you turn on and off the recording on the camera. Doesn´t the gimbal have a button for this? I´m using the Zhiyun Crane 4 and unfortunately it doesn´t work well with the R6 MK2 because the Rec button will instead activate auto focus on the camera. Another quick question, do you get fatigued easily doing this? I do. The Crane with accessories weigh 2,2 kilos, I think yours weigh 1,5. Wondering if it does a lot of difference or if I´m just weak :P

[@tylerlin5243]

Man you really are the goat

[@tylerlin5243]

Pleaseee make a video on how to do you smooth spiral shots

[@Phocasa]

Were you holding down the trigger on those curve shots?

[@PhotoBooth72]

Great video, I assume you are using manual focus for these? Is there a good trick for walking in a straight line for the ramp, I never seem to get them dead straight and when they are off you can really see it!

[@James_Bottomley]

Practice the ninja walk and pick a destination before you start. I use auto focus for probably 95% of my shots

[@PhotoBooth72]

@@James_Bottomley ok wow very surprised you use AF, I can't trust my camera to do that, would be interested to see your AF setting in another video, I guessing your using some kind of zone focus?

[@PhotoBooth72]

@@James_Bottomley I will keep practising the ninja walk

[@theatlasvision]

@@PhotoBooth72Im using center AF in the middle

[@angel.yupdasme]

wow dude dope! What're your gimbal rs3 settings if you don't mind me asking? I imagine you have yours dialed

[@James_Bottomley]

Just dropped a new video about my RS3 Pro including my settings. You can check that out!

[@sammalric5468]

9:30 Unreal 😍

[@allexandrufilip]

Can you say something about camera settings? What iso what shutterspeed? Thank you 🙏🏻

[@amulyavashistha]

Go with the native ISO and follow 180 degree shutter rule, that is if you're shooting at 60 fps (which I'd recommend because you'll need to speed ramp) ( is you live in NTSC Country) 50 fps (if you live in PAL country) double the shutter speed that'd be 1/120 at 60 fps and 1/100 at 50 fps as for aperture f4 and f5.6 are great for real estate wide shots and for the detailed ones you can go f2.8 if you need more depth

[@allexandrufilip]

in slog3 do you overexpose?

[@James_Bottomley]

I will be making a full video on settings and exposure

[@camjimenez8365]

Imma need a breakdown of the tv and the shake transitions 😮

[@reel_era]

I second this! The transitions added a subtle unexpected flare.

[@caiobonetti]

Hi James, I live in Brazil and I think your content is incredible! The types of sales and marketing videos in the real estate market are different from here, I'm thinking about starting to adapt this type of content to Brazil! Do you have a course or could you demonstrate your movements when recording so I can have an idea or notion of the movements, and record the editing process too?

[@James_Bottomley]

Thanks great! I do not have a course but I plan on making as many videos as possible all about my processes

[@CamWho1225]

Are you usually shooting in manual focus for your shots?

[@James_Bottomley]

99.9% of the time I use auto focus

[@aerialviewphotography4750]

How do you get such sharp details out of the window as well?

[@IndyVisuals]

Great work

[@RonanApaapa]

Do you shoot log? Whats your color process

[@James_Bottomley]

I shoot in CLog 3, convert to rec 709 then add a minimal teal and orange grade. I'll be making a full video on this very soon!

[@daudshaikh3532]

How can I get your color grading Lut?

[@thanh_issmeee]

did you use LOG file? or just original color from camera body ?

[@James_Bottomley]

I always shoot in clog 3 then colour graded

[@thanh_issmeee]

@ i saw your latest video bro , nice tips

[@MoonieTheGrey]

What do you think Of using dji action 5 pro as real estate video?

[@James_Bottomley]

I would probably go with either the pocket 3 or your phone and a mobile stabilizer. Action cams get warping on the edges

[@seraiahisrael3512]

Do you show your editing process?

[@EricCheung]

My mans BTS camera is the real winner here lol Great video dude

[@James_Bottomley]

Haha he brought out the big guns

[@MadeRisky-r5f]

waiting for camera setting and editing video soon

[@Dronson88]

Hi, I have a question, what level of zebras do you use for your real estate videos?

[@James_Bottomley]

I don't use zebras. I'll be making a complete video on settings very soon!

[@neightberry]

Very good… 👍

[@NickBosch]

Great Video! Funny Thing is... Talking about the ninja walk but the Video is filmed by a ronin 4d - which makes ninjawalks obsolete. So why just not use the Ronin 4D? Cheers

[@James_Bottomley]

This video was filmed on a R4D but I do not use one. Ninja walk is still important even with that camera. There are many reasons I don't use it, the main one being it doesn't shoot vertical and a few technical things. and price lol

[@radoanahamed9823]

buddy, what is the best fps for making the video smooth and zoom transition will also work smoothly? currently using 60fps but feels little shaky in FCP

[@James_Bottomley]

I shoot 60fps and edit on a 30fps timeline

[@radoanahamed9823]

@@James_Bottomley so there is no glitch at all? i will try to create a project in 30fps and import 60fps into the project. right?

[@IndyVisuals]

@@James_Bottomley Interesting, first time seeing this, editing on 30fps timeline

[@guanamedia]

Fire

[@James_Bottomley]

Thanks for watching!

[@nicksomes7963]

I'm in Houston, and if you're available, I have a few listings that need your expertise.

[@James_Bottomley]

Send me a DM on Instagram @thejamesbottomley_

[@RealHomeImage]

Do you use ND filters?

[@James_Bottomley]

Sometimes but not usually. Depends on the scenario and lighting

[@BradMitchellBrokerAssociate]

what we really want to see is how you edit your videos for the final result.

[@mariefs.]

yes, those transitions were CRAZYYY

[@michaelrmims]

What aperature are you at though?

[@James_Bottomley]

interiors between f2.8 and f5.6 exteriors at f8 cuz I didn't use an ND filter

[@lockandshakefilms6297]

Bro your vids are coming out crispy and you're not using an nd. does it matter what f stop ur using?

[@James_Bottomley]

For exterior shots I usually have my f stop between 8-11 depending on the light. Only sometimes I use an ND but not very often

[@alono4473]

Great video and tips! Just have a couple of questions if I may; 1. You forgot one important thing to mention, what are your camera and gimbal settings? 2. If you can share how you edit this video it would be so good! To understand how you did the speed ramps transitions, how you duck or do the effect when you low down the music, and also the transition you did with the wall art to the next shot 👌 Thanks so much for sharing your tips!

[@James_Bottomley]

I'll be making a complete video on settings soon!

[@Todaylearnbd]

Would you be open to a quick chat to discuss how we can improve your KZbin channel's SEO and help you reach your growth goals

[@James_Bottomley]

no

[@gregallen1]

No gimbal settings in tutorial??? TRASH!

[@gideok2024]

yo bro, im in calgary can i shadow you please ?

[@James_Bottomley]

What value can you provide?