41. CHOOSE A VIDEO ORIENTATION
THE FIRST THING to decide when shooting video is how to hold the camera: Vertically or horizontally?
For most uses, the iPhone is commonly held in a vertical position. The classic presentation of film and video, however, is in a horizontal orientation. Vertical video is more common these days, especially for formats such as Instagram Stories, and is often the default camera position for non-photographers (Figure 41.1). It’s certainly easier to hold the camera that way if something unexpected starts happening, but a horizontal video is a more natural fit for how we are used to seeing the world on video. Plus, it presents ...
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