How I Film Myself Skiing - Insta360
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- Опубліковано 30 лис 2022
- When I film myself skiing, I want it to look like someone else is filming. 360 cameras have made that easier than ever. Insta360 just released its latest model, the Insta360 X3. I filmed this video using the prior version, the Insta360 One X2. GoPro has its own 360 camera, the Fusion. They both work the same way.
The key to making it look like someone else is filming is the invisible selfie stick, which is "invisible" to the camera because it hides within the camera's blind spot, which is between the two camera lenses. This allows the camera to look like it is hovering 4 feet away. The rest is up to your creativity. The invisible selfie stick will work with both Ista360 and GroPro.
The camera set up that I mainly use is to attach the selfie stick to my ski pole. With this set up, the challenge is to ski as normally as possible while holding the camera as steady as possible. The weight of the pole becomes lopsided with the selfie stick attached, and it is more difficult to move the pole generally. But I want to keep it still because if the camera moves too much, the video will not be watchable. This means that I really cannot use the arm that is holding the ski pole. And this essentially requires me to restrict the movement on one side of my body. But it is a fun challenge to make it look like I am skiing normally.
The second camera set up is to attach the selfie stick to my helmet. This can make the footage look like it was filmed from a drone. Great effect, but it comes with some challenges. First, the selfie stick is heavy, so it pulls my helmet in one direction, so I avoid turning my head unless I need to. I end up skiing like I am balancing a plate on my head. Second, the wind creates some drag, so it feels like I am skiing in one direction while somebody is lightly pulling my helmet in another direction. And last, I don't want to fall with this set up. So I do not use it that often, and only in terrain where there is a low probability of falling. I also don't use it in crowded areas.
The most important thing to me is to come up with creative shots, but in as safe a manner as possible.
Thanks for experimenting it for us !
Love the dedication! I gotta follow your footsteps and try South America in the summer, also based in nyc
Thanks! Yes, it's so cool to leave the NYC humidity and find yourself in winter again. And then come back to the heat again!
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Buen video con muy buenas ideas para grabar con ángulos espectaculares
¡Muchas gracias!
I'm convinced you should have many more followers. Thanks!
Haha! Thanks!
Hahah mate i've been through this same problem multiple times in the last 2 years, always with my Insta One X 2. I tried all kinds of mounts and holds, but it ain't easy to find the best/perfect one. Holding it at full extension in front or behind you produces by far the best shots, but unfortunately as a skier it is not a natural position to be in so you won't be able to ski as fast and as sexy as you would normally.
I tried keeping the pole at full extension in my backpack or inside my clothes inbetween my back and my backpack, and the footage is ok. Its not the point of view i like though, coz its too high up and doesnt give you a nice full body shot. Ultimately one of the best shots i got was achieved by fitting the insta360 + pole at medium extension on a helmet that had elastic bands already pre-installed on top of it and helped keep the camera steady.
All in all, the journey for the perfect insta360 ski shots continues!
The elastic band/helmet set up sounds interesting. Totally agree that it's hard to ski naturally with the pole in front of or behind you. Actually, I think it can be a challenge to ski normally no matter where the pole is because it always tends to restrict or impact some part of your normal body movement. The helmet can create a balance issue, but it at least frees your body up a bit more to move as normally as possible.
People watching you go down the hill with 2 sticks 😂
Totally ridiculous! One sticking off of my head too!
@@SkiBoyNY. you just need to ride with us my guy… we just take turns filming 🤙
That'd be so much easier! Will have to coordinate sometime.
One small problem is that the standard camera mount thread is NOT 1/4" UNC but 1/4" BSW (Whitworth: same threadform as ISO pipe threads). The difference is not in the diameter or pitch but in the thread angle. If you use a UNC screw in a BSW camera mount there may be excessive wear on parts of the thread in the camera (which is often Aluminium or polymer).
Nice video! So i kinda did the same thing but i can shorten the pole so i can plant the pole and it doesn’t move so much. My next thing is get a weight belt and attach that way
Thanks! I saw a guy at Breckenridge who may have had a similar idea to you - he had some kind of belt on with the selfie stick attached to it and angled back and up behind him. That could be a great shot!
Now Insta 360 has solved that problem. They came out with a Pole mount. I just purchased.
Great vid! Whats your set up to get a clean voice track when you are skiing? All my tests have resulted in really windy audio.
Thanks! I use the Sarmonic Blink 500 wireless mic. I plug the receiver into my phone, begin recording low res video, and place the phone in my pocket. I clip the mic to my neck warmer and usually roll the neck warmer over the mic once to provide more wind protection. Sometimes that muffles the audio a bit too much, so it takes some experimenting. Then I synch the audio from the low res video recording to the footage from the camera.
When I was filming the last segment in this video, I must have accidentally stopped the low res video recording on my phone when I put it in my pocket, so I had no audio to synch. Had to rely on the audio from the camera, which has way too much wind.
@@SkiBoyNY. geez, clean audio is a lot of work eh? It sounds good tho, Keep it up!
@@SkiBoyNY. Yes, I was amazed by the audio quality. I've got a wireless mic too and have the receiver mounted on the Insta 360 (X2). But I haven't tried it while skiing.
I'm a no pole this would be great
Your video was very enjoyable and informative!! I saw some of your other videos first and was wondering how you got those shots. Good job on sharing your skills. I shoot videos too but I’m not as creative. Check out Skier Craig’s Travels. Do you ever get out West? I live in Las Vegas but ski everywhere. We should try to meet-up, make some turns and shoot video. We can discuss editing too. Thanks, Skier Craig
Loved this vid--I subscribed. So much work in making it happen. I've shot some skiing with the Insta360 (One X and X2). Pasting one below a combo of the selfie stick in my hand and my first helmet mount. I now have a mount that gives more standoff from the helmet, but not a selfie stick length--at all. I'd show that, but I shot it at the end of last season and haven't gotten around to viewing/editing that footage. AND... I've been thinking of how to attach the selfie stick to a pole. You came up with a really elegant solution. Buy a pair of poles at a swap meet and drill a hole in them. Really great! Did you ever try a vertical mount on the pole--so the stick aligns vertical above the grip? That would be useful too, I think. Thanks again for this great vid!
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Great shots and it looks like you had a lot of snow in Val Thorens! I've tried holding the selfie stick vertically - it makes it much easier to ski, but what I've noticed happening is that if the selfie stick is line up with your ski pole, your ski pole becomes invisible too. So it looks like you're skiing with an empty hand. At least that's the problem that I've had. I think the increased standoff will be fun since you'll have another type of shot to work with! My fave was the balcony shot. Very well done - I had a hard time figuring out how you were holding the camera!
Dude where you skiing. That does not look the the east coast. Almost has a Utah feel.
Great guess! It was Snowbasin in Utah.
clip the stick to your backpack.
Great idea - I've placed the selfie stick vertically in the backpack and extended the camera up above for a bird's eye view, but there tends to be a lot of movement by the camera. I think the key is that the backpack needs to be on tight to minimize movement by the camera. I've also extended the selfie stick out sideways from the backpack, which provides an interesting side view too.
@@SkiBoyNY. Tried that too, and had the same issue. I then managed to lock it in position quite well, but still the shot is not as nice and smooth as full body shot from in front or behind you.
👍👍👍👍👍 thank you for sharing
Why do you need poles?
I've been skiing for 20 years ... Try without them ...
Don’t be drilling holes in hire poles people! 😅
well, you just destroyed the helmet
True. I'm using the helmet more as a camera mount than a protection device!