Are you inspired by some popular vloggers? And want to build your career in vlogging.
Tired of watching videos about guide to start vlogging? Still cannot decide where and how to start it.
You have come in right place. You will know about all tips and tricks to kick start a vlogging career. Let’s not waste anymore time check out guide to kickstart your vlogging career.
How to start a vlogging career
Niche
First of all, you need to decide on which thing you want to make vlog on.
Or decide which things you know better than others in your friend circle.
Choosing niche can be tricky sometime. Choosing niche can be hard for you too.
So, while deciding niche you should be precise on your niche.
Because if you are precise on your niche.
You will reach your audience quickly and precisely.
Example: Suppose you know about Cars.
You can start vlogging as a car vlogger.
Camera
Ever thought why popular and famous youtuber’s video quality is so crisp and clear?
They use high quality camera for recording.
Like they use 4k camera to record and then publish into a 1080p video.
So, what is happening here is the footage is so high quality and when it is getting compressed resolution it is preserving the high-quality footage’s details.
There are many cameras out there.
Expensive and budget friendly all are good in their range.
You must be thinking Nikon Camera or Canon Camera.
Both are good. If you’re starting you can take any branded camera.
Canon Camera starting @33,995.00
Nikon Camera starting @31,250.00
Also, you can have in of do vlogging without your face
How to start vlogging without showing face
You can do start vlogging without showing face.
For this you can go for travel vlogs. Where you can click photos or videos of the scenery.
Or you can make 4k video or 8k video demos. And give some commentary if possible.
Tripod
You have thought of why small youtuber’s videos are so shaky and as you can’t focus on the video you skipped the video.
The problem here is shaky camera movement.
To overcome this problem, you should get Tripod for recording yourself.
Tripod can be handy for still camera videos.
You can take example of Druv Rathee youtube channel.
Mic
Ever wondered why popular youtuber’s voice is so crisp and clear.
They use external mic while recording the video.
High priced external cancel environment noise. So, it will be easier for listener to listen to your voice loud, crisp and clear.
Also, while editing audio you won’t have to remove background noise yourself as it is already done.
While buying mic you should check the review of that mic and don’t forget to check noise test.
Smartphone
Smartphone can be useful for many things.
A good quality smartphone can help you a lot.
Nowadays phones come with Optical Image Stabilization and Electronic Image Stabilization.
It can help you making stable videos greatly.
Also, expensive smartphones have good camera, mic quality and big storage.
How to start vlogging with phone?
You can hold your phone like a camera and shoot videos on it.
So many youtubers also doing vlogs with phone. You just need good camera and mic in the phone for starting.
Check out our Best Smartphone Guide
Laptop
Laptop can be so useful for doing video editing, photo editing.
You can edit videos on bigger screen using laptop and there are so many softwares available.
You can edit on mobile too but the quality will be always better on laptop.
While buying laptops you should check for cpu, gpu, ram and bigger screen size.
I have already made a list of laptops between 30k to 1lakh.
Check out my best laptop under 1 lakh article.
Gimbal
Holding your phone on hand can be shaky.
The video won’t look good if the video is shaky.
It happened due to up and down camera movement.
We can reduce this issue by purchasing a gimbal.
Gimbal is a very worthy thing if you will be record videos using mobile.
While buying gimbal we should look for review, built quality and phone compatibility.
Video Editing Softwares
There are tons of Video editing softwares for pc and mobile.
But to decide what are best we will have to know about editing softwares.
I have been video editing for 5 years.
I have done many crazy editings.
For PC-
There are Paid and Free Video Editing Softwares.
You have heard of Adobe Softwares – Adobe After Effect and Adobe Premiere Pro.
Adobe After Effect is mainly used for short videos like intro, outro.
Its much resource heavy, it has main use for VFX, and hard to understand.
Adobe Premiere Pro is a lightweight video editing software.
Its lightweight, used for long video edits and easy to understand.
Adobe Softwares are paid.
As you are starting vlogging you should not go for Adobe Softwares.
I know the best alternative to Adobe Premiere Pro is DaVinci Resolve.
DaVinci Resolve
It is a widely known and used video editing software. And the best thing is its free.
There are hundreds of tutorials of DaVinci Resolve. Also, it’s easy to use.
This software is also used on Hollywood.
Still thinking why its free? They have paid version too named DaVinci Resolve Studio with more features.
But for simple and advance editing you can go with free version as its free and best in the market right now.
For Mobile
There are tons of Video editing apps. Famous apps are Adobe Premiere Rush and Kinemaster.
Video Editing Skills
You must’ve thought why small youtubers video don’t get much audiences even they are also making quality content.
It’s because poor or lazy video editing.
Video editing is an Art. The more you do editing the better you will be at it.
For reference you can check Tech Burner Youtube Channel.
You can see its so attractive and the content is beautiful.
The video editing and the crazy host’s attitude together make it best.
You will have to watch your own videos. And question yourself “What information my viewers are getting from this video and what improvements I can do for next videos”.
Photo Editor
You must’ve heard of thumbnail making in Youtube.
To make thumbnail you will have to use good photo editor which have useful tools. So that your works will be easier.
You have heard of Adobe Photoshop.
As you already know Adobe softwares are paid.
I know the best alternative photopea.
Its also have similar tools and its completely free.
You can go use Photopea by making a new account on Photopea.com
While making thumbnail you should check other youtuber’s video thumbnail of your similar niche.
Lighting
Good lighting can help viewers to focus on your face better.
The content you make should be focused on the video title.
If you make clickbait videos you will get short term audience.
And there you make genuine content you will have long term audience and they will share your content with others too.
Social Platforms
If you are planning to be a vlogger you should make upload videos to YouTube first then cut that content to half or one third and post that to Facebook reels, Instagram reels with the main link in description.
Social Media platforms are used massively now. Also you can advertise your content to Facebook users with Ads. That way you can get more audience faster.
Grow Audience
Growing Audience is a hard thing. But it is easy when you make content daily or thrice a week at least. The more regular you are the more audience you will be getting.
It can be little time consuming at first. But after you make 5 vlog videos in 5 weeks you will know by yourself how easy it is to do.
This was the complete list of guide to start vlogging
FAQ
How to start vlogging on youtube?
First open youtube.com then make youtube account. Decide your cool, easy to pronounce channel name. Start uploading your vlog videos.
Can I start vlogging with my phone?
Yes, you always can start vlogging with phone. Some famous youtubers also do vlogging with phone. There is nothing wrong in it. Just trust yourself and go start vlogging.
How to start vlogging in India?
You need to decide your cool and easy to pronounce channel name. Then choose platform ex. Youtube and Facebook. Make account with your channel name then upload your vlogging videos.
How to start food vlogging?
You will need a friend who can hold camera or Take a tripod so that you can shoot video of yourself eating. Then edit the video little bit and upload it. That’s all.
Conclusion
Right now, you are thinking you will have to buy tons of thing to start this. I can say you can start now by just using your mobile phone. After you grow your audience and get monetized it will be easy to buy those things.
And last but not least always be positive and show positivity to your audience.
I trust positive vibe can make every impossible possible.
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