What's up guys? My name is Abe Kislevitz. I'm here with Chris and Caleb Farro from the
GoPro Media Team. We're up here in Whistler shredding the glacier and today we're just
going to show you a couple of our personal tips and tricks to make sure you can get the
best out of your GoPro. First thing we like to do before we start shooting is to decide
what our end goal is. Are we shooting an Instagram video, are we shooting a YouTube video, or
are we just going for photos? All of that will go and help determine what sort of mounts
we use, and what video resolutions and frame rates we're going to use. So out here we're
doing a lot of follow cam stuff. I have the camera on the end of my ski pole using the
Handlebar/Seatpost/Pole Mount and we're using 1080/60 Wide to film our shots. The reason
we use 1080/60 is it's a high resolution mode and we can also get buttery smooth slow motion.
So when we're doing those follow cams, we get really good, smooth follows. Okay, so
what we've got going here is we're shooting this jump, I'm pretty far away so instead
of shooting 1080/60 Wide, I changed the field of view to Narrow. So there goes Caleb.
That was pretty rad. Okay so yeah we've set up the camera to 1080/60 Narrow so you get to
crop in on the sensor and you can see action that's far away it will be much more zoomed
in. If this was a wide shot, it would be very hard to get so instead of getting an angle
that's like this, it crops in and you can zoom in a little bit on that action that's
happening. So what I did is I used 1080/60, used the 3-Way mount and an LCD. Whenever
I mess with field of views, I always put an LCD BacPac on so I can frame my shots. I'm
not as comfortable framing Medium and Narrow angled shots as I am at framing shots with
a Wide angle. What we've got going on here is we have the 3-Way mount, we have a twist-90
and then we have the GoPro mounted in a landscape position. While you can take photos in a vertical
position, you use a twist-90 so you can get this thing horizontal. This is a great shot
because it gets the 3-Way out of the shot, you're not holding it vertical like this.
This is just a great way to get video with the 3-Way getting your arm out of the shot.
I'm using 1080/60. This is a great mode for pole mounted shots because you get high frame
rates for liquid-smooth slow motion later on in post and you also get that 1080 quality.
I'm using a wide field of view just because I'm holding it and I need to get that immersive
view. Narrow would be cropped in too much. So I'm going to hit the park and see what
we can get with this kind of angle.
Alright, for this next shot we want to utilize the modes in the camera that will capture
high action the best. So we've got his head cam in 960/100 which is 100 frames per second.
That means we can slow down the footage a ton and have buttery smooth slow motion. We've
also got this camera that he's holding in his hand at 1080/60 to capture some high definition
video, but some really good slow motion at 60 frames per second. Let's check it out.
You guys ready? 1, 2, 3!
And last of all and very importantly, the most important thing. If
there's only one takeaway from the last three videos you just watched with us is: Keep your
lens as clean as possible. A dirty lens will ruin an otherwise incredible shot, so just
check your lens, make sure you wipe off any water drops, dust, dirt, spots or smudges
and that video footage will be as crisp as you want it to be. Oh, wow!
Alright guys, it's been an amazing week up here in Whistler, we've had a lot of fun,
we hope you have too. We hope you've enjoyed these tips. We've learned about Protune, we've
learned about all of our camera settings, resolutions, modes, and some personal filming
tricks. We hope those go into your next filming project to help you get the most out of your GoPro.