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Yesterday I had a wonderful time videoing a beautiful young naked girl writhing around and doing naughty things to herself for me.

Concentrating hard on the image on the miniature screen of the camcorder I was able to keep her properly in range and zoom in and out as appropriate making a video that I must confess that I am pleased with its artistic content.

Only occassionally did I take my eyes from the screen to look at her in life size real life. Oh how much better she looked like that. Yet keeeping my eyes on her in real life for too long detracts from the movie being created.

I suppose using a tripod would give the cameraman more opportunities to see the action on real life but then the static image would be less artistic.

Faced with the dilemma of looking for real for the moment or looking through a TV image to be captured for posterity I chose the latter. And now regret not feasting my eyes on her for real for longer.

Frank, I sympathise. It's the same problem that faces everyone who takes a video camera on holiday with them. Do I allow the beauty of the New York skyline to warm my very soul, or do I concentrate on that slow panning shot that will make my friends ooh and aah when they see it, in the meantime ensuring that I'm stuck behind a viewfinder and missing out on the very thing that you travelled across the Atlantic to see?

I'd say always use a tripod for video shoots. Personally I find wobbly hand-held shots distracting. Frame your shot nicely and the end result will be much more asthetically pleasing. Then you can stand back and admire your lady's acrobatics. Use the flip-out screen to check your framing. You can even use the remote for sneaky zooms without needing to touch the camera and cause annoying cam shake.

If you need to reframe, then move the camera! This is your fantasy, Frank. You're in charge here. I'm sure your lovely subject won't mind if you spend ten seconds shifting the camera to catch the moment properly.

These are just thoughts, mate, but it's the way I'd go about things. I'm not a pro by any means, but I've done enough shaky video in my time to suss how to avoid it!

Happy filming.

RX

You concentrated on the job in hand, quite rightly.
But do invest in a tripod.