Tell Your Story | Camera Tips for Journey Of A Lifetime

Basic Camera Tips
1.If you are the person operating the camera during the tour, please don’t talk. Your job is to pay attention to holding the camera steady, lighting, sound, etc.
2.During an interview, if you are asking questions to prompt the person talking on camera, don’t talk over them. Ask them to repeat the question in the answer. If you are not on camera, your voice will be cut out.
3.DON’T use the zoom feature. Keep the lens on wide and move your body if you need to get closer to something.
4.Keep your movements slow and steady, the lens can’t move as fast as your eye.
5.If you are the one operating the camera and the subject (person giving the story) is talking, KEEP THE CAMERA ON THEM. You can always give us a nice slow pan of the room before you move on.
6.Use auto focus and pay attention to how much light is in the room.
7.If its daytime, don’t stand in front of a window without blinds, you will appear backlit and just look like a shadow. Close the blinds and turn on all the lights.
8.Please turn off TV and Radio in the background and make sure that people who aren’t on camera are not talking.
9.Please don’t chew gum.
10.Make sure the Time/ Date stamp is off so it doesn’t show up on the video.
11.If you are being interviewed, please don’t sit in a rocking and / or swivel chair. Also, be mindful of fidgeting while you are talking to camera.
12.Please watch your tape through before you send it to make sure there are no technical problems.