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Mounting your POV camera

Mounting your POV camera

From the course: Pro Video Tips

Mounting your POV camera

There are all kinds of body mounts you can get for most action cameras, especially the GoPro. However, the most popular mount that can yield some dramatic point of view surfing shots, is still the good old board mount. Make sure that section of your board is scraped clear of any surf wax, and is perfectly clean and dry on the spot where you want to place the mount. For this shoot, Tony put the Go-Pro on the front of the board facing up, so he could show his full body movements and expression as he paddled out and rode each wave. There's also a product called the third person view mount that an athlete can wear to get hands free over the shoulder and side shots as they ride. You can always get these same angles hand held of course, but this third person view device makes it much easier for the surfer to still do their thing hand held, and get steadier shots at the same time. If you have more than one camera to work with, try to capture the action from two angles at once to get more…

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