Professional Tips for Shooting Better Home Movies
Professional Tips for Shooting Better Home Movies
Shooting home movies of your family is incredibly easy with today’s camcorders, yet you may find yourself still disappointed with the final footage. By following these basic shooting techniques, you can make your home movies more enjoyable for the family to watch.
1. Ensure Proper Light. When shooting indoors, turn on all the lights in the room if possible. This will avoid graininess when your camera tries to brighten up the image. As a last resort, use an on-camera light, although it will give you a more “deer in the headlights” look compared to the natural beauty of multiple lamps.
When shooting outdoors, keep the sun above your subject, or to the side. This will prevent your subject from having to squint in the sunlight, or from having the background too bright.
2. Turn off the Auto-Iris
