During this weekend, I experienced my first night recording. Before I got the recording set up, I got some advice from my peers on how to do so, such as increasing my aperture, making the camera shutter speed slower to receive more light, and keeping the ISO at a decent level that doesn’t show grainy video. Unfortunately, the camcorder I got from Lehigh’s media center doesn’t have an iso setting, nor an aperture and shutter speed setting. But I made it work after watching some Youtube videos regarding the camera, such as figuring out that the gain setting works similar to an iso setting. Even if the video doesn’t work for the documentary video, this was a good learning experience that helped me do better in the future.
That is great to hear Yannick, one of the biggest things I will take from this class is how to solve problems under pressure. Especially while working on our solo interviews I gained a lot of confidence in solving problems in the field. I too have a lot to learn in terms of camera skills and before this class I was hesitant to ask camera related questions for fear that I may look stupid, I have learned that its ok to look stupid if you are learning. I don’t really care if someone looks at me funny because I asked that I am growing. Great job on your first night recording.