How to createamazing travelvideos with your

iPhone

Make sure your iPhone has enough free storage space!1.

You don’t want to find yourself ready to film that beautiful sunset or

perfect wave, only to get that dreaded message on your iPhone:

Cannot Record Video

Check by going to:Settings > General

You can see

the available

storage here

TO CREATE EXTRA STORAGE

Back-up and then delete existing photos and video from your phone.

Delete APPS and music

Delete old emails

Set-up iCloud storage

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Think about what to video2.

Think about what to video2.

What do you get excited about

seeing in other people’s travel videos?

FOOD

SCENERY

FUN

LOCATION

Frame your shot correctly3.

DON’T SHOOT IN

PORTRAIT!

Think about how you’re going to watch your video later. Whether it’s

on a TV, laptop or YouTube, you’re going to watch it in LANDSCAPE!

SO FILM IN LANDCAPE!

Use a tripod if you want a ‘professional’ look

4.

You might think you have steady hands however the camera isn’t forgiving when it comes to the slightest shake and nothing says ‘amateur’ more than shaky footage.

While some hand heWhile some hand held video looks good if done correctly, nothing gives that ‘pro’ video look more than a steady tripod.

Tap to focus5.

There’s a little trick to your iPhone that not everyone knows about.

To make sure your shot is sharply focused, frame your shot and then tap the screen

on the area you want focused.

The iPhone camera will then re-focus on exactly where you tap.

7.Experiment with

external iPhone lenses

Achieving different effects with a variety of lenses is no longer exclusive to DSLR users.

You can now attach a variety of lenses to your iPhone which include fish-eye, macro, telephtelephoto and wide-angle lenses.

Different lenses allow you to amplify your creativity and achieve a bigger variety of shots.

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Use a macro lens to magnify a small subject.

7.PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don’t zoom with your iPhone camera!

If you want to get closer to a subject, use your legs and walk.

Zooming with your iPhone will make your video lose quality and become pixilpixilated.

To maintain high-quality video footage you need to move closer to the subject if you want a closer view.

8.Make your video look reallyprofessional with time lapse.

9.Be aware that your battery

will run out quicker than usual.

Make sure your phone is fully charged before you head out to video.

You can also get mobile battery packs (some of which also double as extra storage devices).

10.

Edit your footage down to between 1 to 3 minutes.

Nobody is going to want to watch hours of your holiday footage.

Most travel videos have lots of different scenes which only last a few seconds each and then the total length of the movie is 2 - 3 minutes.

There are iPhone appsThere are iPhone apps you can download to edit your video directly on your iPhone.

Apps we love are iMovie, Videohance, Pinnacle Studio

and Vidtrim.

11.

Add music to your video

Nothing polishes up and gives a video a particular feel more than the music.

It really can make or break the end product so finding the right soundtrack is CCRUCIAL. The thing with music is that you can’t just use your favourite song or

band because of copyright laws.

Look for music that is categorised as

Creative Commons which allows artists to share

their work by giving permission to the public to it.

AA few websites where you can find Creative Commons music are Soundcloud,

The Vimeo Music Store, & Jewelbeat.

Time to share your video!

Time to share your video!When you’re happy with your end product, it’s time

to share it for people to watch.

You can upload your video to either YouTube, Vimeo or Facebook directly from your iPhone.

Good luck and have funmaking your travel videos!