From the course: Creating Cinemagraphs and Plotagraphs

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Stabilizing the camera

Stabilizing the camera

From the course: Creating Cinemagraphs and Plotagraphs

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Stabilizing the camera

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- Another key component, and I mean it in an absolute essential sort of way if creating a cinemagraph, is a stable shot. If you try to handhold a camera, you're going to get all sorts of motion. Even if you think you're perfectly straight and level, chances are there's subtle movement as you're holding that camera because over time your hands are going to get tired or it might move a little bit. And the truth of the matter is it needs to be very solid. I have a great collection here of all sorts of different sizes of tripods, and that's the key. There is a tripod for any budget and any camera. This is a GorillaPod and these bendable legs can be bent to adjust the height, or you can even take this and wrap it around something like a tree branch. Here I also have a very small tripod, and this one's designed for tabletop shooting. You see how easy that is just to set right onto the table there and gives me a nice, easy, stable surface to shoot from. Even if you're a cell phone shooter…

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