Warren Brown  
One of the first things that you're going to want to think about when setting up your streaming video camera is where to put the camera. What the framing of the shot should be, and where you'll mount the camera. So in almost all cases, you're going to want to use some sort of a tripod. This is a very simple one that you can put the legs extended, you can put it on the floor, they all work like that. Or you can use even something simple like this, with a tablet, or a smartphone, on a table or something. But you're going to want to have a stable platform to put your camera so that the shot isn't moving around and shaky. In the case of the smartphone, and the tablet, and really the the webcam also, you're going to want to keep them close, they don't have very much zoom capability. And what zoom they have is often digital zoom, which the farther you zoom in the softer and more pixelated the picture becomes. So keep in mind, if you're using one of these solutions, you're going to want to keep the tripod close to the front of the sanctuary. Now the Mevo camera has kind of an interesting feature, you can actually mount this on a microphone stand, which is kind of nice. The Mevo camera is another one of those cameras where you want to keep it fairly close. So if you're mounting it on a mic stand, it doesn't take up a lot of room, the legs aren't all spread out. And so it's easy to position like that. The other thing too is with the Mevo camera or any of the cameras, if you're going to go with multiple camera angles, you know, you can put them all on mic stands. Or you can mount them more permanently in the space. In the case of the pan-tilt zoom cameras, like this one here. Oftentimes, there'll be mounted on a bracket on a wall similar to the one that is in this sanctuary right here. So the great thing about the pan-tilt zoom camera, or, you know a camcorder like this one, is that they have an optical zoom, which allows you to position them much farther away, that the. This pan-tilt zoom camera has a 30 times optical zoom, which means you can zoom in 30 times closer than than the wider shot. This one has a 12 times zoom. And you know other cameras have different zooms. So the farther away the camera from your subject, the higher zoom multiplication you want to have. So the 30x is a good option if you're going to be way in the back of the of the sanctuary. The other thing is, when it comes to tripods, obviously, this is a pretty cheap, cheap one right here. And it's good for keeping the camera stable. But what it's not good for if you have a camera mounted on here and you want to follow the action at all. The camera movement is pretty herky jerky on on a cheap tripod like this. And that's where you want to get a better tripod, like this one right here. This has what is called a fluid head. Now what the fluid head does, it allows for nice, smooth movement. So if you've got somebody who is operating the camera, it allows them to get nice, smooth, even movements that don't detract from the quality of the video by by being you know jarring and jerky. The other thing about these tripods, is that you know, they're very stable. You know, you can raise them up easily. You know to get over the people's heads in the congregation or whatever. And again, if they have a nice, long zoom lens on them, you can put them fairly far back, even in the in a balcony, or in the back of the, the back of the church. So these are just some of the things to think about when positioning the camera. Keep in mind that when you're framing a shot, the most interesting shots are going to be a tighter shot. So your minister, you're going to want to try to keep that shot as tight as you can. One interesting thing that the Mevo camera can do, it has sort of a follow program, which will allow it, even though the camera itself isn't moving, it can get a tighter shot of somebody, and it can follow, that tight shot can follow the person as they move around in the frame. So that's kind of a nice thing. You don't need some, an extra person to do that. And if your minister likes to walk around, then that's a good option there. Another thing is, if you can, multiple shots, make a much more visually interesting video. If you want to keep it super simple, you can stick with one shot. But if you if you want to add multiple cameras, you can use the OBS software. To do that there's there are some other hardware devices that allow you to switch between cameras. So you get the the best shot when whatever the particular thing is that you want to get. If the congregation is singing, you can get a nice wide shot of the congregation or tighter shots of people singing. Or, you know if the minister's talking to tight shot of them. The Mevo is one camera, there are others that are specifically designed with streaming in mind. And they have features that really give you some great options that other cameras don't have. For instance, it's very easy to add additional Mevo cameras to your stream. In fact, you can buy them in three packs, so that you can have three cameras. And keep in mind also that each camera can be set with preset shots. So each camera you can have a preset wide shot or a preset tight shot. But you can have several cameras in your stream. One can be on the congregation, one can be on the minister. And one interesting thing about Mevo, Mevo has its own software, which allows you to switch between those cameras during your streaming service. So when the congregation sings, you can switch to the shot of them. When the minister speaking at the pulpit, you can switch to that shot. So the Mevo is really designed, and there are there are other streaming camera options, but the Mevo is specifically designed for streaming and making it very easy for you to set up a more engaging video production for your stream. Keep the shot as tight as you can. And that is going to be the most visually interesting framing that you can, that you can have. So keep, keep all this in mind when you're deciding where to position your camera and what the framing is going to be.

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