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Manual Focus
One thing to look out for in doing close-up videos of yourself is auto-focus.
If you’re shooting something where everything’s far, like a street fair, the camera doesn’t change focus much, because everything’s the same distance away. If you’re up close, and you move… the camera tries to focus on something else… like the wall behind you, for instance. When you move back to your original position, you’re out of focus, and the camera has to re-adjust.
The thing to do is if you know you’re going to hold the camera a certain distance from you, get that distance, then hit “manual focus” once you look crisp in the shot. That way, the only difference is how far away you hold the camera, and that’s not a lot when it comes to focus.
Just remember to put it back on Auto when you finish your fixed-length shooting! :)
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