(upbeat music)
♪ I can see it on the horizon ♪
♪ Spray painted in black ♪
- Guys! Good morning from Sweden.
I actually have no idea where in Sweden we are.
Somewhere up north. We stopped in Stockholm for a bit.
Whoa!
And then we flew to a place called Kiruna.
I think that's maybe how you say it? I don't know.
I am Finnish, but Swedish is totally different.
And we're doing a little hike.
We were going to go on a epic adventure this morning,
but the weather wasn't the best.
Hey, Peter!
- Ah, that's a steep hill, bro.
- Having a good time?
- Oh, feeling great in my skinny jeans.
- Loving it. Peter comes well dressed for winter weather.
- Always. I have the best mountain equipment.
You know it.
- Nah nah nah.
All right, this is a little bit sketchy.
I'm currently skiing down on my winter boots
while trying to vlog on the 1DX2.
Ah!
And Glidecam. But we're good.
Guys! You guys gotta meet this guy.
Some of you might know him. He's kinda famous.
Hey, Marcus, what's up?
- Hey, bro!
- [Matti] How's it going?
- It's going good. It's going good.
- [Matti] I had no idea you were coming on this trip.
- You didn't?
- [Matti] No.
- Yeah. It was a surprise.
- [Matti] When one of the other guys was like,
"Oh, Marcus is over here," I was like, "Cool, cool."
And then we thought you were somebody else.
- Marcus who? Yeah.
- [Matti] Yeah.
- No, it's super exciting.
Nice to be in Sweden with you guys and just hang out.
- [Matti] Yeah, super fun to hang out
and get to know you a little bit.
- That camera is just too sick. I'm jealous.
- [Matti] Yeah, you should try it out.
You want to try it out?
Maybe we should do like a B-roll battle.
- We should, actually.
- [Matti] B-roll battle.
- Yeah, 1DX versus the Leica, so.
(laughing)
- Yeah, I'm up for it.
- [Matti] Check out this frozen waterfall.
We just, like, randomly came to this place.
This isn't even, like, a spot, I don't think.
But it's super sick.
I love just exploring sometimes. You find the coolest spots.
Oh, and you guys gotta meet the other
famous social media influencer,
videographer, photographer extraordinaire.
Cape Town represent!
- What's up?
- [Matti] Nicole Eddy.
So good to have you here.
Meet you in person and all that.
- Yeah. I think we met once at Buffer,
- [Matti] Yeah, you're right.
- Like two years ago, but that was literally
(mumbles)
- [Matti] That was, like, way before I even did YouTube.
Actually, in part, it's thanks to you and Ben
and these people that I'm doing YouTube right now.
- I don't think I was doing YouTube as well, then.
- So we both owe it to Ben, and -
- Each other.
(laughing)
(upbeat music)
♪ Oh, we were never meant to feel, ♪
♪ So we act as if we just don't care ♪
♪ And oh, we were never to meant to see ♪
♪ That we're running out of air ♪
- [Matti] Marcus, what do you think of this spot?
- I think it's epic!
- [Matti] Epic spot.
- [Marcus] Really cool. - [Matti] Random, but epic.
- Like a frozen waterfall. Yeah, it's super random!
But this is like the definition of Sweden. And Norway.
Just like, "Wait, what?"
- [Matti] Wait, you're from Norway, right?
- Yes.
- [Matti] Where in Norway?
- So it's like the slightly better version of Sweden.
- I kind of have to agree with -
- Yeah, you do, right?
- I've been to Norway a bunch of times. It's amazing there.
I always say, it's one of my favorite places to travel.
Ever. It's such a cool place.
- Yeah, Norway's epic.
- Norway's awesome.
Whoever is in doubt, just google Sweden and google Norway.
Click on "Images," and then you can see the difference.
- Test it. Test it out.
- Google Norway; google Sweden.
See what happens. Judge for yourself.
But Sweden is good, too!
- [Marcus] It is, it is, it is.
- And we're going to have an epic time.
- [Marcus] We are.
- But Norway.
♪ Oh, we were never meant to feel ♪
♪ So we act as if we just don't care ♪
♪ And oh, we were never meant to see ♪
♪ That we're running out of air ♪
♪ No, we were never meant to see ♪
♪ That we're running out of air ♪
♪ No, we were never meant to see ♪
- I've never done this before, Peter.
- [Peter] I've never done it either.
- I don't know if I trust this thing.
- [Peter] I believe in you.
You grab it and hold the thing down.
Grab it at the side, yeah.
- Ugh!
- [Peter] Hold it down. Flip it over.
- So I just flew the Mavic Air for the very first time,
and I gotta say, I like it a lot.
I don't know what the footage looks like.
Maybe you guys just saw it. You probably saw it.
But right now, right this second,
I have no idea what the footage looks like.
Maybe it's garbage. Hoping it's good.
But it's super fun to fly.
Thanks for running, Peter.
- Yeah. I taste blood.
- Peter loves running. You might not know this about him.
Every morning, five a.m., he wakes up.
He goes for at least a 10-kilometer run.
You guys don't know that, but that's Peter.
- That's how Casey and I became friends.
- Running buddies. Peter kills Casey in running.
Marta, say hi to everybody.
- Hi, everybody.
- [Matti] Mama Marta. That's her nickname on this trip.
Who are you? What do you do?
- I'm the community manager at Epidemic Sound,
and this is what I do for a living.
Bringing amazing creators together for chilly adventures.
- [Matti] Sweet.
This is all thanks to her making this all happen.
Much appreciated.
And, I've got to say,
I've been to a lot of different shoots,
back in the days of DPing and YouTube stuff.
And she's really good at organizing stuff.
(Marta laughing)
If you want to learn a good skill,
producing is a good skill.
Sorry if I'm out of breath.
But producing is a really good skill to have.
Fits so many different jobs. And she's killing it.
Also, check out Epidemic Sound. Right?
- Right.
- Best music around.
(upbeat music)
♪ Oh, we were never meant to feel ♪
♪ So we act as if we just don't care ♪
All right, guys. It's time for lunch.
But we can't just do a normal lunch.
We're going to ride some snowmobiles to a teepee
and have lunch over there.
(dubstep)
Whew! Not bad.
Going to have lunch here and eat some good food.
Hey Peter, how do you feel about eating reindeer?
(Peter laughing)
(ominous booming)
(mournful music)
(upbeat music)
All right, so. Done eating that reindeer.
Now we're going to go do some more snowmobiling.
Let's do this.
(dubstep)
(exhales) I am tired.
You wouldn't think it, but snowmobiling is
actually super, super tiring.
It's a lot of fun, but it's really, really tiring.
Now, as I was vlogging today, I thought
about something that a lot of you guys ask about.
And that is: How do you get over that awkward feeling
that you get when you're vlogging?
It's actually really, really awkward,
especially when there's people around,
and especially if there's strangers around.
It just feels weird, and they have no idea
what the heck you're doing, and it just -
it looks stupid at the same time.
And for me, this was a really hard thing.
In the beginning, especially.
So I thought I would kind of give you guys some tips on,
if you're filming yourself, if you're planning on vlogging,
what you can do to just get over that awkwardness.
Not all of us are super, super comfortable
in front of the camera right away.
Born to be on camera, like Peter.
He's so comfortable in front of a camera.
So these are some of the things that I found that
really helped me just get used to the awkwardness.
First off, just practice. Plain and simple. Just do it.
It took me about eight months,
I think, before I really
think I actually felt comfortable in front of the camera.
I'm just naturally an introverted person.
Not really the kind to be in front of the camera.
I'd rather be behind the camera.
That's where I feel more comfortable.
So for me, it was probably
eight months and countless videos.
Countless times just practicing this,
and then it got a little bit better.
Number two, what you can do is
just start in an easier environment.
Don't, right away, just go in
the middle of a crowd and start vlogging.
Maybe start in a forest by yourself or something like that,
and then maybe do it with some of your friends,
and then maybe go out in public
with a bunch of strangers and vlog.
But start in an easier place. It really helps.
I found the most comfortable for me was just, you know,
in the middle of nowhere in Norway, in the forest.
Just me and a friend hanging out in the middle of nowhere.
Nobody else listening.
That's really where I felt most comfortable.
So find a place and then kind of
work up to the harder spots.
A little sidenote tease here:
That's coming pretty soon.
Number three, I would say, is just be yourself.
Don't be timid in front of a camera.
That tends to happen to a lot of people.
They just get kind of shy,
and they're talking a little bit quieter.
They're essentially embarrassed, and that comes across.
You can tell that it's awkward, and that
makes the person watching feel awkward at the same time,
and it's just not a good thing.
So just be yourself.
Be confident in who you are, and just let that out.
Don't worry about what other people think.
Number four, I would say, is just don't be a douche.
Read the situation, and maybe some of your friends
aren't comfortable with you vlogging,
and that's going to make you uncomfortable.
And again, that's going to show in your footage.
And don't just go up to random strangers.
They're probably not going to like it.
So don't be a douche; read your environment;
think, "Should I really be vlogging here? Maybe there's
a better spot somewhere else where I can do it."
And then lastly, probably my biggest tip,
is to treat the camera like a person.
I think that's what I realized is like: this is you.
This is the audience. This is a person.
It's not just a camera.
And when you start talking to the camera like it's a person,
then it becomes a lot more natural.
But if you're just treating the camera like it's a camera,
then it's just really awkward and weird.
Treat the camera like it's a person; like it's an audience;
like you're talking to the people on YouTube
or wherever you're posting your videos.
That was probably the biggest breakthrough for me.
Just treating the camera like it's my friend,
like I'm telling my friend about camera stuff, or whatever.
It just makes you feel so much more comfortable.
But why don't we ask the master himself,
and see if he has any better tips and tricks
for making it less awkward?
(door clicks)
(door slams)
Peter?
(Matti knocking)
- I don't need any more towels.
(Matti laughing, knocking)
- [Matti] Peter?
- Hi, buddy.
- [Matti] How's it going, man?
- It's going. Just dumping footage.
- [Matti] I was just talking about vlogging awkwardness.
I thought maybe you might have
some things to say about that.
Like, was it hard for you ever?
Did you feel awkward? How'd you get over it?
- It's still hard for me, like, every time.
It's just something that's super weird and unnatural,
and I don't think there's ever really a way to make it feel
not weird, because it's totally weird, vlogging in public.
You've just got to own it.
100 percent, you've got to own it.
And I think, something that helps me
and that helped me in the beginning is vlogging with people
that either make videos as well
or do the same kind of things as you,
because you don't feel as embarrassed.
- [Matti] That's a good tip.
- Yeah, so when I'm vlogging with Matti
and other people who all have their cameras out,
I don't feel as singled-out.
Like I'm just one lone dude walking through a shopping mall.
That's a little harder to do.
And even still, sometimes -
like, if I'm just walking through an airport,
there are times when I'm like, just get it done, dude.
Hit record. Turn it on. Talk. Forget everything else.
Just, whoom. Zone out.
Get the video done. Nobody else cares, anyway.
And I think, if I may say one more thing.
- [Matti] You may.
- In today's day and age, like, 2018,
people now see the bendy tripod.
They see the microphone facing you.
They're like, oh, it's a vlogger.
It's probably not as weird to them
as you think it is to them.
- [Matti] That's true.
- So. It's mostly in your own head. Just stop it.
Do you wanna vlog? Start vlogging, and get out of here.
- [Matti] Just get it done.
You heard it from the master himself.
Aren't we supposed to go dog sledding or something?
- Yeah, no, we're supposed to go dog sledding.
But it's, like, pitch black,
and last night we were trying to shoot,
and it was like 12,800 ISO and it was just nothing.
- Just not good. What are we going to do?
- I have no idea. Maybe just enjoy it for once?
(laughing)
- Yeah, that's good.
- Sounds like a good idea.
- All right, let's do it!
(inspiring music)
- [Matti] Killer.
(Matti laughing)
I'm done.