I have regular and never once occurred to me doing this would actually have gotten the camera way more in an over head position than just on the ground and angled down.
I'm using a very small room with no space for the types of stands these overhead videos often suggest. But, I have a _Manfroto 055._ I just got it out and had a quick play with it. My desk is up against a wall in front of a window, but I can put the back leg on the window sill, the front legs on the desk, and I only need to find a way to tether or counterbalance it so it doesn't tip forward once the camera rig is mounted on it. Some great tips in this video. Super inspiring.
I think this is the best video I’ve come across to record top down. I appreciate the details of lighting tips mentioned!!!!! And alternate ways to create this setup!!!!! Thank you!
Thank you very much. I was getting a bit frustrated at trying to come up with a way to film my videos; this has given me some ideas how I can make a much better set up to make videos that will probably be more aesthetically pleasing.
Thank you!! Finally recording drawings and calligraphy. Setting up was the hard part before I found this video. I will have to get that light source as well. I have been eye balling it for months now. Lol. Thanks for the detailed video.
I have a regular camera tripod as I wanted to shoot flat surface I thought I have to buy extra tripod for this.. This video just saved my pocket.. Huge thanks..
Wooow!!! the tripod legs setup this way with some counterweight really saved my day, i applied the same principle with my gimbal and it worked fine. Thanks for sharing your setup.
You are a very good man, may be you do not realize how inspiring you are for us (hispanics), we can see these great videos and ideas from South America all the way to the North. Gracias de verdad!!
I also use a similar setup for my videos but I had problems with the camera shake due to the movement of the table, at the end after several tests I preferred to make a special bar supported by two stands for side lights on which I mounted a head for my reflex and I found the optimal situation. Sometimes DIY is the only solution.
Thank you for this one! I do pattern making tutorials and it bothers me a lot on how to get the right positioning for my tripod and camera and this set up is all I NEED! BIG THANK YOU!!!!!
The "friction" aka "magic" aka "Noga" (brand name) arms are super popular because they are the most versatile and adjustable. The beefy versions can work well for holding a DSLR w/lens. But Manfrotto also makes a line of "articulating" arms, such as their Model 143BKT that are a bit more rigid. They trade some ease of adjustment for stiffness (sometimes a good thing when you've got a few thousand dollars hanging off the thing), and are a potential middle ground between a "magic arm" and a full tripod setup. Paired with a clamp like the Manfrotto 035 "Super clamp" you've got a really versatile setup that can clamp to a desktop, a 2x, the edge of a door (to hold a flash), a ladder rung, etc.
Hi Eric - A few months ago, I had commented on one of your other videos asking if you had intentions to share your film making process. Well, you delivered in this video! Absolutely fantastic job! Thank you for continuing to inspire me in the various creative endeavors that you pursue. \m/
This is exactly i wanted to know. I'm an architect so i totally like this kind of instruction haha. Also an aspiring illustrator wantng to record my process . Thank you
Thanks once again for the insights and inside view of your process. BTW, you really have got a flair for editing. Your videos are very effortless to watch, if that makes sense. Thanks for your time. Cheers.
Thanks +Wayward Woodworker for returning here week after week to watch, for supporting the channel, and for noticing the edit...it's taken me a while to figure it out, but that's the place where it all comes together...still have much to learn though! waiting for your vids...you've got the banner up...what's next?
Great video. I love the Manfrotto tripod. I learned to record me creating art on ceramic plate. And I loved your white ink pen! Thanks a ton for sharing
I was trying To do a setup with my Phone but it was even not a little bit professionnal. Thanks for the video and the link for the parts. Forgot the C clamp ! D'oh ! I have the knowledge, motivation and the capacity of doing great project but lacks media presence. Your vids come at a great time for me and my practice. Keep up the great work!
Inspired by you my friend...sorry it was a week late...I was tending to some client work in the studio... Now, I can't wait to see what you come up with using these techniques! Give a shout if you need any help along the way...
I totally understand and I honestly thought it would be a couple of months down the line. Once I go live I'll drop you a line. I also see you did a follow up with Enoch Sears which I need to listen to as well! Keep making things and speak soon.
you just helped me out a ton. Im a start recording my music production with these tips. Ty again i just subbed and turned on notifications. I wanna learn how to draw also and you seem like the person to watch.
I have always wanted to be an architect. My parents tell me that when I was 5 I asked my parents for an entire real building. I just want to know how I can better myself in the art of designing homes and buildings. I would also like to know the thought concept behind every design. I would also like you to make a video on what architecture school was like and which one would you recommend. Thank you!!
Thank you for getting to the point. I will be looking for the "friction Arm" . I have been trying to photograph artwork in a upright position I would rather do it flat. By the way...I love those UNIBALL PENS.
You need to update your affiliate link for Sketchup to the Trimble subscription model...unless the gangsters at trimble don't have affiliate program. You could do a video explaining options for new sketchup users NOT using the freebie online, browser-based sketchup product. If that had been my intro I would have never continued. My investment in myself becoming proficient with SU (v2-v2016) is what made it possible for me to walk into big offices as a designer. My best option I point friends and new users to is downloading SU 2016 (Maker?... free version) to learn and grow. BTW your production value went like a hockey stick from 2016-2018. It's my something I'm studying closely as I'm considering producing shorts and podcast. Yours is among highest production quality among architecture vlogs. Thanks for your hard work.
Oh my gosh...I’ve been using these tripods for years and I never thought of putting the front two legs ON the table! Brilliant! 🤯
Me neither!!!
What the name of this tripod?
@@aponchowdhury4325 manfrotto 055 tripod
I have regular and never once occurred to me doing this would actually have gotten the camera way more in an over head position than just on the ground and angled down.
I'm using a very small room with no space for the types of stands these overhead videos often suggest. But, I have a _Manfroto 055._ I just got it out and had a quick play with it. My desk is up against a wall in front of a window, but I can put the back leg on the window sill, the front legs on the desk, and I only need to find a way to tether or counterbalance it so it doesn't tip forward once the camera rig is mounted on it. Some great tips in this video. Super inspiring.
I think this is the best video I’ve come across to record top down. I appreciate the details of lighting tips mentioned!!!!! And alternate ways to create this setup!!!!! Thank you!
Thank you very much. I was getting a bit frustrated at trying to come up with a way to film my videos; this has given me some ideas how I can make a much better set up to make videos that will probably be more aesthetically pleasing.
Love your channel, and that studio is gorgeous. Even the landscape we can see outside the windows.
Thank you!! Finally recording drawings and calligraphy. Setting up was the hard part before I found this video. I will have to get that light source as well. I have been eye balling it for months now. Lol. Thanks for the detailed video.
I have a regular camera tripod as I wanted to shoot flat surface I thought I have to buy extra tripod for this.. This video just saved my pocket.. Huge thanks..
super smart setup. Thanks for introducing the friction arm.
absolutely...you probably need one...or four...
Wooow!!! the tripod legs setup this way with some counterweight really saved my day, i applied the same principle with my gimbal and it worked fine. Thanks for sharing your setup.
thank you Mr. 30x40 Design Workshop for that Great Information and also for including the links where to buy the equipment!
You are a very good man, may be you do not realize how inspiring you are for us (hispanics), we can see these great videos and ideas from South America all the way to the North. Gracias de verdad!!
really appreciate that my friend...sometimes making videos feels as if I'm speaking into an big empty vacuum...
good to know they're helping you!
Thank you so much for this! Glad I stumbled upon this YT video of yours! I will just make and use whatever I have at home for the meantime.
I also use a similar setup for my videos but I had problems with the camera shake due to the movement of the table, at the end after several tests I preferred to make a special bar supported by two stands for side lights on which I mounted a head for my reflex and I found the optimal situation. Sometimes DIY is the only solution.
This video speaks to me. Concise and to the point. Thank you!
Thank you for this one! I do pattern making tutorials and it bothers me a lot on how to get the right positioning for my tripod and camera and this set up is all I NEED! BIG THANK YOU!!!!!
Nice...glad it was helpful! I'm using a C-stand now too...that's even better (but a little more $)
@@30by40 oh yes it is! But you gotta spend money for the right angles I guess! Thank you again! 🙏🏼
Thanks for explaining what happens when you rotate 180 degrees and the camera head is tilted while recording. I needed to understand that.
I am looking at doing model making and mechanical drafting, and got a lot of ideas from this, thank you.
that manfrotto tripod technique is great
Hi Eric , we have a saying in my country "The art of managing with what u got is an act of creativity"
Thanks
This is the most useful tips I had found on UA-cam so far! Thanks
Thanks for showing the friction arm trick
Very useful video , thanks for making 😊
Thanks for the tip! Really find this useful and hopefully could apply it to my speedpaint videos!
Very nice and simple video with great tips thank you for sharing your ideas
Amazing... a different perspective on the usual perspective 😊
cheers mate...
Thank you so much this video has helped me so much in beginning videos. Have a great day
Thanks so much! Your gear is exactly what I’ve been looking for! Great tips, much appreciated.
Fyi Manfrotto also makes a "Magic Arm" articulating arm that will hold a large DSLR with ease. Great video, as always.
thanks for sharing...cheers...
The "friction" aka "magic" aka "Noga" (brand name) arms are super popular because they are the most versatile and adjustable. The beefy versions can work well for holding a DSLR w/lens. But Manfrotto also makes a line of "articulating" arms, such as their Model 143BKT that are a bit more rigid. They trade some ease of adjustment for stiffness (sometimes a good thing when you've got a few thousand dollars hanging off the thing), and are a potential middle ground between a "magic arm" and a full tripod setup. Paired with a clamp like the Manfrotto 035 "Super clamp" you've got a really versatile setup that can clamp to a desktop, a 2x, the edge of a door (to hold a flash), a ladder rung, etc.
Thank you for sharing these awesome tips. Fully view video. Have a great day. Happy holidays! 🤶🎅 🎄
This type of job had such a lot of efforts to work but you keep Inspiring me Eric.
Thanks mate.!!
This was so helpful as informative, thank you!
I especially loved how you have options for either side of the budget spectrum.
Love how much open you are with sharing everything that makes your videos great! More power to you.
Hi Eric - A few months ago, I had commented on one of your other videos asking if you had intentions to share your film making process. Well, you delivered in this video! Absolutely fantastic job! Thank you for continuing to inspire me in the various creative endeavors that you pursue. \m/
hey Jon...glad you enjoyed it...hoping to be able to pull back the curtain more in future vids...I'm still learning myself...!
\m/
That was excellent sir !!!! Outstanding
This is exactly i wanted to know. I'm an architect so i totally like this kind of instruction haha. Also an aspiring illustrator wantng to record my process . Thank you
Feeling inspired every time I drop by your channel!
Really enjoyed watching this video. Thanks Eric for great inspiration.
I have the same tripod, but I always leaned it precariously against the table. This looks like a better solution thanks!!!!
Excellent video. Thanks for sharing 👍
VERY helpful! I always want to hit my head on the wall when shooting overhead stuff!!!!
Thanks once again for the insights and inside view of your process. BTW, you really have got a flair for editing. Your videos are very effortless to watch, if that makes sense. Thanks for your time. Cheers.
Thanks +Wayward Woodworker for returning here week after week to watch, for supporting the channel, and for noticing the edit...it's taken me a while to figure it out, but that's the place where it all comes together...still have much to learn though! waiting for your vids...you've got the banner up...what's next?
Glad I found this amazing channel
Loved your setup. I am going for it👍🏻
thanks for the work reinholdt! Keep it up - you have absolutely inspired me to go my own path. Thank you!
FInally, a practical toturial that you can do with things i already have. Congrats. Excelent video =)
Arquitecto¡ mis más sinceras felicitaciones por mostrarnos los trucos de cámara que no vemos a simple vista ... saludos de El Salvador
cheers my friend...!
Great video. I love the Manfrotto tripod. I learned to record me creating art on ceramic plate. And I loved your white ink pen! Thanks a ton for sharing
Great video! I just picked up several items on Amazon thanks to your wonderful instruction!
I was trying To do a setup with my Phone but it was even not a little bit professionnal. Thanks for the video and the link for the parts.
Forgot the C clamp ! D'oh !
I have the knowledge, motivation and the capacity of doing great project but lacks media presence. Your vids come at a great time for me and my practice. Keep up the great work!
good luck to you David...all the good stuff takes time...
Fantastic video, super helpful, very well done!!! Thanks!
TRULY INFORMATIVE AND BEAUTIFULLY SHOT, THANKS FOR THAT!!
This video was extremely helpful. Thanks buddy!
That was amazing advice. Thank you for sharing!
Awesome...such a lifesaver....thanks for the hacks
I had a microphone boom stand and thought it was useless... Until i found this guy!
Thank so much for this useful tips! Keep up the good work
Great info......apparatus is useful for my practice as an artist! You are amazing....thanks for the share!😀
cheers my friend...glad to help...
This was a great video. Gave me all of the information I needed and more! Thank you.
good idea for the shoot... thank you for share it.
and what you draw is amazing....
Man that’s creative. Thanks for the advice👍
Super cool video. Appreciate the tips! 👍🏻
I got a camera jib and realized that it was perfect for this. Plopped a pan-tilt head on the end to make it point straight down and voila!
This is the video I needed. Thank you.
Great tips and examples here!
Excellent video!
Wow! I loved this video, thank you for sharing your knowlegde!
Awesome video! Super helpful!
Eric, What can I say, but thank you ever so much.
Inspired by you my friend...sorry it was a week late...I was tending to some client work in the studio...
Now, I can't wait to see what you come up with using these techniques! Give a shout if you need any help along the way...
I totally understand and I honestly thought it would be a couple of months down the line. Once I go live I'll drop you a line. I also see you did a follow up with Enoch Sears which I need to listen to as well! Keep making things and speak soon.
Really appreciate this, Eric!
Thanks for the tips. I will try this. 😍😍😍
Excellent content here, thank you, very useful
Super dope vid, so glad I found it. Thanks for sharing! 😎👌🏼 ✨
Thank you from the bottom of my heart ❤
Very helpful video. Thanks for sharing
Thank you so much for what you are doing.
Brillant tips, thanks for sharing!
The best informative video. Thanks for sharing.
Really nice idea
Well thought out video. Just what i was looking for, for a phone setup!!
Great technique.. appreciated 👌
you just helped me out a ton. Im a start recording my music production with these tips. Ty again i just subbed and turned on notifications. I wanna learn how to draw also and you seem like the person to watch.
Exceptional video! Great help
Great tutorial man. Keep it up. 😄👍
Fantastic ideas
I have always wanted to be an architect. My parents tell me that when I was 5 I asked my parents for an entire real building. I just want to know how I can better myself in the art of designing homes and buildings. I would also like to know the thought concept behind every design. I would also like you to make a video on what architecture school was like and which one would you recommend. Thank you!!
Very informative. Thank you!
Thank you for this great well presented content .
Your brilliant thanks very much for your information for your overhead shots
Great info ...very informative .thanku for sharing this video
Beautiful
Thank you for getting to the point. I will be looking for the "friction Arm" . I have been trying to photograph artwork in a upright position I would rather do it flat. By the way...I love those UNIBALL PENS.
@7:55 yes they produce friction art it's called Magic Arm 244N made by Manfrotto and you can fit a canon 1D EOS models ;)
Good Luck
thankyou.. im gonna apply this for my daily recipe diary..
you know...... You Are Awesome.
i really learned from your video .. thanks for all the information 👍🏻🌟🎬🙏🏻
You need to update your affiliate link for Sketchup to the Trimble subscription model...unless the gangsters at trimble don't have affiliate program. You could do a video explaining options for new sketchup users NOT using the freebie online, browser-based sketchup product. If that had been my intro I would have never continued. My investment in myself becoming proficient with SU (v2-v2016) is what made it possible for me to walk into big offices as a designer. My best option I point friends and new users to is downloading SU 2016 (Maker?... free version) to learn and grow.
BTW your production value went like a hockey stick from 2016-2018. It's my something I'm studying closely as I'm considering producing shorts and podcast. Yours is among highest production quality among architecture vlogs. Thanks for your hard work.
Very very nice!
Thank you! I'm trying to shoot video tutorials and this is very helpful.
Appreciated your tutorial
Super cool. Thanks!!!!
you are an inspiration