Common video headaches cured

Picture the scene, you’ve spent a day out with your cameras shooting video and when you get home you’re less than impressed with the results. The truth is there are a number of recurring problems that videographers (especially those new to filmmaking) bump into, but it’s also true there are straightforward solutions.

At the top of the list are challenges surrounding the steadiness of your footage. When you walk around handholding a camera to shoot stills, you probably give little thought to how steadily you are holding the camera and this is natural when capturing stills – but handholding a camera to shoot video footage is a completely different ball game and can lead to shaky footage that will lose the attention of prospective viewers quickly. Additionally, because when you shoot movies, you