Home Video and Photography Tips and Tricks

If you're like me, you took a 3 second look at that home video and closed the window. I felt carsick right away. When you're taking video, you have to remember to slow down. Take a deep breath. Appreciate the scene. And don't give yourself (or your future generations) whiplash jumping all around the house. You could just slowly count to 10 before panning over to something else or pausing the recording session. Or, if you're lucky, your Video Camera has a "dummy timer" like my Canon Elura 90. Once you start recording, the timer appears in the viewfinder and counts up from 1 to 10 for you - so you know that you've recorded the scene long enough.