Upgrade your snorkel GoPro footage with these handy tips

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1. Use a GoPro mount

When filming while snorkeling, it can be hard to maintain smooth footage. Using either a one-handed mount can upgrade your footage and reduce the shakiness. Be mindful when filming what the footage will look like. If you are a very strong swimmer, then a two-handed mount can reduce the shakiness further. Before purchasing a action camera, research whether the model has a ‘smooth’ or ‘super smooth’ mode, which will do a lot of the work for you.

2. Red Filter

Without any physical red filter or settings, your footage is likely to have a blue/green hue. This can reduce the vibrance of coral reefs and marine life. Adding a red filter will counter the natural blue/green hue and bring the colors out and restore your video.

3. Start Recording Earlier

Whether you’re capturing your snorkeling experience for social media, creating a video, or for your own blog, you’re likely to be putting together short 10 second clips. From our experience you’d prefer to be editing a larger clip than piece together small clips, it gives you more flexibility in the edit stage. To help with this, start recording 5 seconds before the key moment. This will save the head ache of post-production.

4. Play the angles

A one angle snorkel vid can be a bit flat. To liven the footage, try adding different angles, such as a birds eye view paning over the coral. A slow 180 degree shot, a look back at yourself snorkeling to give some context.

5. Plan the approach

Whether you’re capturing your snorkeling experience for social media, creating a video, or for your own blog, you’re likely to be putting together short 10 second clips. From our experience you’d prefer to be editing a larger clip than piece together small clips, it gives you more flexibility in the edit stage. To help with this, start recording 5 seconds before the key moment. This will save the head ache of post-production.

6. Frame Rate

The latest GoPro 10 and 11 gives your more options with resolution and frame rate. The 11 HeroBlack now goes up to 120 frame rate at 4k resolution. This can give you super slow-mo footage which can add a cinematic quality, especially when paired with music. Check out our slow-mo footage of a whale shark.

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