Firstly, when you’re shooting on a smartphone, the basic principles of filmmaking apply. Pretty much every film or video camera is essentially
Pixel Finch Lavalier Microphone Review I recently tested the Pixel Finch Lavalier Microphone for the Apple iPhone, which is Pixel’s latest professional omnidirectional microphone that is inexpensive and user-friendly for content creators. Pixel produces a variety of extremely useful products for content creators looking for the right lighting and sound gear for all their filming needs. In this article, … Read more
How To Record Great Audio On Your Smartphone or iPhone Regardless if you are a vlogger creating content for your social media channels, or a filmmaker looking to film guerilla-style with a smartphone, you need great audio to accompany the fantastic video footage you are capturing. In this article, I will discuss various strategies to … Read more
Best Lenses for Smartphone Photography With the latest smartphones by the likes of Samsung and Apple, every smartphone user has the opportunity to take their smartphone photography to the next level. But even with the multiple built-in lenses these smartphones have, they still have limitations compared to adding an external lens attachment. Sure, the latest … Read more
Hacks To Make Your Smartphone Camera Photography Look Better Have you ever struggled to take an amazing photograph with your smartphone? Having a high-quality digital camera in the palm of your hand is now a standard feature on today’s smartphones. While you can still use an expensive, fancy DSLR camera that can produce professional-looking images, … Read more
Best Smartphone Tripods for TikTok, Instagram, and Youtube A new smartphone matched with a couple of top smartphone accessories can rival high-end traditional cameras. A smartphone phone tripod is the best smartphone accessories to start right after adding an external smartphone camera lens to your kit. In this post, we’ll give you options for the best priced, most durable, and tallest … Read more
Budget camera phones can serve as a reliable investment for savvy smartphone photographers. With smartphone technology rapidly improving, finding cheap smartphones that can take unbelievable photos is now possible. Whether you’re looking for a low-budget Android phone or wanting to stay within the Apple ecosystem and get a budget iPhone, you can pick up an … Read more
Smartphone Filmmaking Guerrilla Style – Making features regardless of the length is hard. If you are making a full-length feature, you need investors with deep pockets, and an A-list cast and crew to get the job done right. But, if you are an independent filmmaker with an amazing script, a talented group of local actors, … Read more
Set Up Your Smartphone For Video Filmmaking – It’s the day before shooting a feature with your smartphone. You are going through your pre-production checklist to make sure nothing is missing. You have your shot-list completed, your call-sheet has been sent out to the crew, you have all the filmmaking equipment needed for shooting at the front door ready to be … Read more
How To Make A Smartphone Movie For TV & Cinema – Years ago, when I mentioned to my filmmaking friends that I was going to shoot a short film on my smartphone, I was laughed at and thought I was crazy. At the time, cinematographers and directors thought it wasn’t conceivable to use a Smartphone to … Read more
BLU G91 Smartphone Review – When it comes to budget smartphones, Blu Smartphones is always trying to raise the bar against the competition on what a budget phone should be. A few years ago my iPhone X got badly damaged and I had to send it in for repairs. The repair place I took it to didn’t have a loaner … Read more