Benjamin Clock is a nature photographer and videographer. He gives us a few tips for making better videos in the field

Tip 1: Use a tripod. A shaky video is unpleasant to watch and can even cause some to feel a bit seasick.

Tip 2. If you can, focus manually. It enables you to follow the subject as it moves closer or further away.

Tip 3: Let the subject leave the frame. Video is as much of an art form as still life photography. Benjamin says… “Try to document a behavior or series of behaviors and end by allowing the subject to naturally leave the frame.”–[instead of continuing to follow it.]

Benjamin continues: “…Once you get started I think you will see that there is nothing too daunting about developing the skills for shooting excellent nature video.”

Your Birding challenge!

Practice doing your own videos. When you’re ready, submit your video here and we will publish it, along with anything you want to share about how you did it!