Camera Creativity [Part 1] 英語

This blog is going to feature a whole lot of topics, from taking videos and pictures to editing and posting them. Chances are you've recorded a video or two, and perhaps a bunch but never uploaded them to xHamster. Maybe you've watched someone's video and wished the quality was better- or you were wondering how someone made such a nice amateur video on a shoe-string budget with limited skills.

If I were writing this in 2008 (when I bought my second digital camera), I would have told you that you would need a tripod and a mini tripod. I probably would have mentioned that you'd either need extra batteries or a dc cable for your camera (hard to find!). Last, it's always a plus to be able to see what you're recording without actually being behind the camera- that's still an issue today, but things have changed.

For the most part, many people use their smartphones to record their videos and to snap pictures. Taking good, high quality videos has never been easier. And while there are many problems with storage (including leaked photos and videos stored on the cloud!), the urge for people to use their smartphone is there.

Of course, there's nothing wrong with using an old pre-2010 digital camera (provided the battery lasts long enough) to take vidoes or photos. To be fair, the flashes in most digital cameras out perform most iPhones in most indoor settings- especially if lighting is sparse. But smartphones seem to always be handy, can be charged to a much higher capacity than some simple digital cameras, and are smaller than professional cameras.

So what's the problem?

The problem is that there are few solutions for tripods when it comes to smartphones. This means that if you're taking video with you're smartphone, you're probably holding it or leaning it up against something. I thought about this for many reasons beyond taking video, and last year, I purchased a window mount for my iPod touch.



I got some use out of it, but I wanted to inject some new life in it. So I took it apart, glued the ipod attachment piece to a mini tripod, and viola!






I was fortunate to have all the materials I needed to make this the moment I thought of it. All I did was remove the window mount portion from the smartphone holder, applied some Gorilla Glue to the head of the tripod and attached the two together with a simple clamp overnight.

So if you want that steady video while you're recording in bed, this might work! Also, the quality of front facing cameras have gone up dramatically, so if you want to see what you're recording, just use the front camera. I may use this setup for my first video that I upload.

There are also plenty of smartphone apps for editing video. I noticed that FLY is currently on promotion in the US Starbucks App (if you are a registered user, you should be able to download it for free), I don't remember how to become a registered user, but I just downloaded it, and it's great as a simple editor straight off of your smartphone.

Get it while it's free! The app says it expires September 15.