What up beautiful people? It is your homegirl Ms. Shameless
all up in your building.
Giving you another Tech Talk, yes.
And the video is
how to photograph and film yourself,
because we all trying to be YouTube sensations,
and/or Instagram models. [laughs]
But yes, this video is going to break it down,
how I photograph and film myself.
And it's very easy and straightforward,
so keep watching.
OK, so this is the first setup.
And what you need to do first,
before you start recording, is have powder and chap stick,
because nobody likes your dry, crusty lips,
or your greasy, sweaty face,
and I have been guilty of both.
So, you can just go to
any drug store, Sephora, you know,
and any powder for guys,
just get a translucent press powder.
This is like the most basic, straightforward.
And you just go over everything.
Because just the whole act of standing
and being recorded is sweaty,
and then you add-on the lights and all that stuff.
I rock the Burt Bees, woohoo,
or a lip gloss for girls, all that fun stuff.
This is basic, OK.
So there, we're almost ready.
Now for the camera setup,
we got to make sure that's in order.
Then you want to make sure that your camera is on a tripod.
Get yourself a nice lightweight tripod.
If your camera is light,
or get a heavier, sturdy tripod if you have a heavier camera.
This is kind of heavy with the lens.
I did a lighter tripod, and I broke my lens once, so.
I'd never do that ever again.
OK, so then once you have your camera on your tripod,
you're going to face it towards yourself, OK.
And then you want to make sure that you have nice lighting.
So, you can use natural lighting,
this is like some nice window lighting,
and you can either face directly towards the light,
or you can use artificial lighting.
And I have a video on that,
I have a video dedicated to a lighting setup.
So just read the description box or click here.
OK.
And then you can like, ah! Ring light.
That's what all the beauty gurus are rocking.
Just an easy straightforward setup, OK.
You need a remote,
if you do not have a camera that automatically focuses.
So my Canon 5D and 7D don't have automatic focus,
so I just get this remote,
and I put it on camera mode first,
so photo, and then I click it, and then it focuses on me,
and then I run to the back of the camera like this,
and I'm like, "OK, I'm in focus."
And then before you leave you have like put a marker,
so yes look at this, hot.
[laughs] My hot slippers and socks.
Just put a marker somewhere.
So then you put your tape down, and then you focus it,
and then you're almost ready.
So you switch it from video mode to photo mode,
and then you click here,
and make sure you put it on the remote setting.
So, self timer, two second remote, bam.
OK.
Then you put it on auto focus here,
from manual if it's on manual.
OK, and then! That was loud Maya.
Then you take a photo.
[camera clicks]
Because it's auto focusing on that photo.
[camera clicks]
And then I put it on video mode.
So video mode, and then I'll put this from auto focus to manual.
And then I shall record myself, there see.
Look that remote swag,
that's how you take a video of yourself,
and then just put it on camera mode
if you just want to take photos.
If you don't have a remote,
for the longest time I did not have a remote.
This thing.
I would focus the camera on
something that would be where I am.
So I'll get that.
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This is my stand-in.
So, I would have her there.
And then I would make sure she's in focus.
[♪ upbeat music ♪] Record, bam.
Get out my way!
And then I hope for the best that it's in focus, and usually it is,
but there are a lot of times that it's not in focus,
and I'm just like, "Whatever. Whatever!"
That is how you film and photograph yourself.
[camera clicking]
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Remember guys to do you, be you, and stay true, boo.
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