Camera Practice

 In this blog post I'm going to be talking about my experience in trying out a camera. I am in my schools yearbook program so I am experienced in using cameras to take pictures but I have never tried to take any videos. 

I first picked a camera, I wanted to use one that had a better zoom in lens for things like close up shots. I made sure that I had the SD card for the camera which is where the pictures and videos get recorded and then I got started

I then turned on the camera and I had to ask my teacher about what setting I need to use to be able to take videos instead of pictures. That's when I found out instead on just switching the camera to on I would have to push it up to the video setting. 

Another thing I didn't know how to do was start and end a video. After playing around with the camera a little I found out that to start/end the video I needed to press the button that has the red dot next to it

After figuring all of that I started practicing different types of shots with my group. 

Establishing shots:

Tracking shot:

High angle shot:

Low angle shot:

Two shot/Mid shot:

Over the shoulder shot:

Close up shot:

Reflection: 

In reflection I think I need to work on stabilizing the camera while im taking videos because for my film I want to use static movement but it doesn't seem like it since my hands are a little shaky. I also want to work on focusing the camera more because I struggled with the camera going in and out of focus.