- In this video we're talking about how to make it easier
to vlog in public, and I thought the best place to do this
would be at one of the busiest places in Thailand
which is the Chiang Mai Sunday Night market.
(upbeat music)
This is like, absolutely crazy.
It's gonna get so packed today.
Before we get started into tips and my thoughts
about vlogging in public, I just wanna say a special thanks
to our sponsor for this video and kind of the whole
behind the scenes to my VR series, which is Soundstripe.
So they're the ones I'm using for all the music,
for all of these behind the scenes pieces.
And I'm also using their music for all of the VR videos.
So if you don't know what I'm doing about VR and VR180,
I'll put a link down below in the description
to a video that explains this entire series
and what I'm doing, and vlogging in public
is actually a big part of this.
So vlogging in public is definitely one of those things
that is a huge fear when you're getting started
on the platform.
You know, just walking around and having people
surrounding you every direction when you're holding
a camera out in front of you with a big fury thing on top,
it's nerve wrecking, because you're basically just a beacon
for everyone to stare at you and look at you
and see what's going on.
And you're just drawing all that attention to you.
This has been one of the hardest things
for my YouTube journey specifically,
even now with over 500 videos on my channel
I find it very nerve wrecking to go into
public spaces like this and vlog.
But it's one of those things that as you work on it,
as you do more and more videos in public,
it actually does get a lot easier.
And so I have a series of tips,
and these tips are gonna help you get over your fear
of vlogging in public.
And these tips will help you work your way up,
so when you get in these kind of situations
where there's just people everywhere,
you're not freaking out and then you end up
not making the video and you end up missing the opportunity
to do something really cool.
All right, so enough chitchat, let's get into the first tip.
Okay, so my first tip is just think that people do not care.
Like, you might have people staring at you
when you're vlogging in public.
Right now I have people who are sitting around,
eating food and they're staring at me
wondering what I'm doing, but in general, like who cares?
Like, don't worry about what other people are thinking
and you know, don't get up in your head
because if people are sitting and staring at you
and watching what you're doing
it's because they're more interested in what they're doing.
They're not like, looking down on you,
thinking that you are this awful person who's vlogging.
Like, it's become much more of a known thing
that people do vlog.
And a lot of times people are just interested.
People walk up to me all the time,
either asking what camera I'm using or what I'm shooting,
where this is gonna be,
just 'cause people are generally interested.
They wanna know like, is this a YouTube thing?
Like, are you a YouTuber?
And when people ask that it generally spawns a conversation
and yeah, have a conversation with someone,
talk about what you're doing.
Because the more awareness to vlogging
and what we do as creators, the more that it's gonna
become accepted and it's easier for us to create
the content that we're creating.
So, don't let it get to your head,
just realize that those people over there don't care.
And if they do, well who cares?
It doesn't have any affect on you.
(indistinct chatter)
So, tip number two goes right along with number one.
And that is: think about the people on the other side
of the screen and stop worrying about the people around you.
Especially this guy. (laughs)
When you're creating your videos, you're creating for people
here on the platform and guess what,
those people actually care about the content
that you're creating and they actually are interested
in the videos that you're creating.
So think about them when you're creating your videos
and you'll get inspired.
So tip number three is get off the beaten path.
So the night market is back there behind me.
And one thing to make it easier to shoot in public like this
is to, you know, do a few scenes here and there
where you see the chaos and all the people around you
and then get off the beaten path where it still has some
semblance of the same kind of place.
But you know, you're a little bit away so you can focus,
so you can think, so you don't have people around you,
looking at you.
The more that you can feel comfortable,
the easier it's gonna be to vlog in public.
So, get off the beaten path a little bit
and find some areas that aren't so crazy busy with people.
So I'm gonna pause the video right here
because we need to talk about music.
Now music is super important for any creator out there.
If you wanna monetize you're videos
or if you wanna just not have to worry
about things like copyright strikes,
then you need to have properly licensed music.
You can't just throw any type of music into your videos.
Now that's something that when you're getting started
a lot of times you just kind of think,
hey this popular song, I can put this in my video,
it works perfect with the vibe
and everything that I'm doing.
I did this a lot when I first started out as well,
but one of those things when you want to
actually grow a channel and when you want to
not have to worry about copyright strikes, monetization,
all these different factors that come into play.
When you're using copyrighted music,
you need to find a service that allows you
to use their music on your YouTube channel.
So, I use Soundstripe for all of the music on my channel.
And the reason is, I can go to their library,
I can download anything,
they also have some sound effects as well,
and I can use all of this for my YouTube channel
without having to worry about anything.
So if you're trying to find some awesome
music for your videos,
I highly suggest checking out Soundstripe.
I'll put a link down below in the description
so you can check out their site
and see if you like their music.
All right guys, let's get back into vlogging in public.
My fourth tip is practice, to be able to do this
it's kind of like working a muscle is.
You know, like, it's not gonna happen overnight.
Like, if you're nervous about creating content in public,
then you're gonna just have to create content in public
and work your way up to actually doing this consistently
and not feeling so fearful of creating
with people watching you.
Even for me on this trip.
Me and Levi came here about a week ago
and when I first landed I was more nervous on camera
than I am now, and you know, through this week
of just constantly doing it,
constantly creating and being around
other people and shooting, it makes it much easier
to just pop out the camera and start shooting.
And it is something that you can lose over time,
because if you're not constantly creating
and you take like a month or two months off
from actually doing this kind of content,
when you get back into it, it is hard to jump back in.
But the more that you do it,
the more that you flex this muscle, the easier it will get.
And when I was back travel vlogging
like a couple of years ago, I was doing it almost daily.
We'd go on trips, I would vlog everyday
and it was very easy for me to vlog in public.
And I find that if I'm at home just creating content
in front of my computer and then I go out
and try to shoot something like this, it makes it very hard.
So it's something that you gotta practice
and you gotta work on and you just
gotta be consistently doing so that you feel
more comfortable doing it.
Tip number five is break it up into smaller chunks.
When you break up what you're doing into bite size chunks,
it makes it super easy to vlog in places like this
because you really only have to pull the camera out
and shoot like a sentence of two.
And to make it easy you can either keep notes
in your notepad, so go into your phone
and just write bullet points of the different things
that you wanna talk about.
Or go into your camera and play back the last clip.
Those are two to keep the conversation continually going
when you're in these different locations.
And if you're doing something like a tip video,
then just do each tip at a different location.
So break it up to what makes sense for you
and the more that you break it up
the easier it's gonna be to vlog in very public places
where there's people everywhere.
(indistinct chatter)
My next tip is: create on the go.
So be moving when you're shooting.
And it makes it much easier to shoot in places like this,
because you're not stationery in one spot.
So when you stand in one spot
you start to get a crowd that joins around you
and like, people will stop, they'll start looking
at what you're doing and you'll start forming a circle.
It's kind of funny when it happens
'cause everyone's just interested in what you're doing
like I was saying, but for you it will become
very nerve wrecking.
So when you're walking and talking it makes it much easier
to create videos 'cause you're less focused
on everyone around you,
everyone's just passing you by quickly.
(bell ringing)
One more tip is to work with other creators.
So I'm actually here in Thailand with Levi
and I just met up with Nick Nimmin.
- What is going on?
- And when you're out, you know, creating videos
and vlogging in public, it's much easier
when you have your buddies around you
because not only does it give you a level of confidence
but it also, you can bounce ideas off them
and they will help you with your video
because they're on the same page as you.
Now, I have a couple bonus tips for you.
One from Levi and one from Nick.
- Okay, my go-to tip is that when you're filming
around other people or if you're up on a mountain
and you're really flustered and you wanna share
a way that feels more authentic,
I just pretend that the camera that I'm talking to
is FaceTime to family back home.
So, when you're talking to someone on FaceTime
it's not that hard and you don't be multiple takes
and you aren't stuttering a bunch.
You kind of just say, hey here I am,
this is what's going on, this is why I'm excited.
So that's my little trick, if I ever get in my head,
I just pretend I'm on FaceTime with family back home
and it just helps me relax and remember to just be myself.
Because that's ultimately what people are tuning in for,
for your perspective to just be you.
None of that acting bull crap.
- My tip is to make sure that you are not getting people
in your videos that don't wanna be in your videos.
I mean, you're out in public, sure you know,
you might see them in the background, things like that.
But some people are really weird about being on video
so because of that, - Are you filming me?
- make sure that...
See what I mean?
This weird guy over even talking something
about that right now, but just make sure that you
try not to get people in your videos as much as possible.
Try not to, you know, stabilize the footage on somebody
just because people can get really weird about that.
- My biggest tip when it comes to just vlogging in public
is get out there and do it.
Like I said earlier, the more that you do it,
the more that you practice and just put yourself out
in the wild shooting, the easier it's gonna be.
And you'll never regret going and shooting.
Whenever you go shoot and you just go for it
and you don't get into your head,
that's when the best stuff happens.
So build up that confidence, practice, and eventually
you'll get to the point where being just in a super
massive public place is not gonna be that much of an issue.
All right, if you guys wanna see a series
on how to grow your channel and get your first
1000 subscribers, I'll put a link right here
to a series that me and Nick did together.
And it has a ton of info and a ton of tips
to help you grow your channel.
See you over there.