One of the best ways you can get more cinematic footage on your phone is to be aware of how you’re handling the phone. We’re going to look at five methods I use to film handheld on my phone and how they can improve the quality of footage you’re capturing!

You are a failure.

…or at least you should be.

The post-production work you do to your audio can make or break the sound. Today I'm going to walk you through what I like to do.

The great thing about filming with your phone is you've got access not only to a great camera, but to a lot of support applications as well! Today we're going to look at a couple of my favorites.

This week we’re looking at the Ulanzi U-Mic. Is it the best budget mic on the market? Let’s find out!

Projects either live or die in the edit - it’s the moment that will make or break your story. You can have the most beautiful images and the most powerful narrative, but if you bungle the edit then it’ll just be a mess of images. Today we’re going to dig into the steps I walk through in my edits so you can take notes and hopefully take your stories over the finish line!

Shoot day is the whole reason I got into this career. There’s few things more exciting to me than taking a camera in hand and capturing powerful images. There’s more to it than just pointing and hitting record, though. You need to understand all the elements that go into the story to make sure you capture everything you need to have what you need in the edit. Today we’re going to dig into the pieces of shoot day to better prepare you for your next story!

If you’re not doing preproduction, you’re preplanning to fail. One of the best things you can do for your story is to spend some time in preproduction. This week we’re going to take a look at a story I told last year and explore all the elements of preproduction that helped to make the video turn out well.

September is for storytelling! This month we’re diving into every step that goes into telling a good story in order to equip you with basic skills to go out and tell stories! Today we’re going to focus on why you should be telling stories, what goes into a good story, the structure you should be using, and more!

The new iPhone brings some quality of life features that could completely change how you tell stories with your Smartphone!

Of the nearly 5 1/2 million apps on the app store, at least a few of those can be used to film footage on your Smartphone. So what should you be using - an app on the App store or the native application that comes with your phone? Today we’re going to compare the advantages and disadvantages of both types of filmmaking applications!

How do you get the best image out of your smartphone camera? You need to have the right settings, and that’s not always possible if you’re using only your phone. Today we’re going to take a look at the Freewell Sherpa Variable NDs and see if these are the silver bullet to getting the best images.

It doesn't matter how many times I've gone overseas to film stories, every time I've learned something new and I'm reminded of some truths. So today I want to share a couple of those things with you.

The “Talking Head” shot is the shot that drives your video. It’s the portion of your video where you capture your host telling the relevant information for the story. So how do you capture this shot? What about framing? Lighting? We’re going to cover all of that in this week’s video - filmed LIVE in Brazil!

What’s your “must have” gear when traveling to shoot? When you’re out in the field, you need to make sure you have all the necessary gear on hand. Today we’re going to go over all the gear I take when I’m in the field as a Smartphone Storyteller!

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: People will watch a video with poor video quality, but the moment the audio is terrible then they’re gone. It’s incredibly important that you get clean audio when telling your stories, making sure you do everything you can to keep the focus on the story. Today we’re going to dive deep into the AnkerWork M650 and explore exactly how to use in the field!

If you’re anything like me, you leave a shoot with way too much footage. I find that I shoot more footage than I could ever use, and a bunch of it isn’t terrible! So how do I sort through all of that footage in post production? I make a selects timeline! Today I’m going to cover the importance of making a selects timeline and walk you through my methodology!

Love it or hate it, editing is a crucial part of any video project. We can film the most beautiful images, but if we don’t edit them together to tell a story, then they end up just being a slideshow of pretty pictures. Today we’re going to cover ten tips to help you edit your next project!

A simple story can bring you from TikTok to Good Morning America. Today we’re going to sit down with two of my friends who’s story about their renovated laundromat landed them on Newsweek and Good Morning America, bringing millions of people in contact with their story!

When it comes to filming footage on your phone, there’s a great debate that ignites the most heated conversations. Landscape or portrait. So which is it? How should you be filming footage with your phone? We’re going to settle this once and for all with what some will consider my most controversial view I’ve ever shared!