Catherine Robinson
Kate Middleton and Prince William use a gimbal. Video footage from the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s trip to Scotland shows the clever gadget being used by their videographer – and we’ve found a great discounted gadget on Amazon if you want to copy their technique.
if you follow Kate Middleton and Prince William on Instagram then you must have seen their amazing video posts and stories? Well, if you think they have a team of videographers following them with big, powerful cameras, wait ’til you hear that…
We’ve found out the secret behind Kate and her husband’s flawless videos – made by a man on his phone!
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WATCH: Kate and William’s videographer gets to work with his gimbal
David Watkins works for the royal couple in digital communications and social media and clearly knows his stuff – he was a former head of digital communications Megan Markle and Prince Harry‘s Sussex Royal account and also listed a global social media coordinator for Burberry as a previous job on his resume.
David knows you don’t need an expensive camera to create professional-looking videos – you can easily achieve the same quality by investing in a nifty device or .
The social media whiz was caught by press cameras filming the Duke and Duchess, so we could see him using a gimbal device to get smooth, flawless video – and we’ve tracked down a great version of the kit Amazon if you want to copy
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Hohem Gimbal Stabilizer, was Now €109 £79.20 / $93.91, Amazon
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The Hohem Gimbal Stabilizer works with iOS and Android – you simply snap your phone into the mount, grab the stick and start recording. Now when you move, the stabilizer eliminates any blurring and shaking, resulting in flawless, smooth video.
There are many more cool professional recording options that the clever gadget performs – you can set it to track faces or objects so it shifts to follow the person or thing as they move and it has a 360-degree pan mode so you can capture wide-ranging scenes. The slow motion and time lapse features are amazing too!
Battery life is an impressive 12 hours and you can even use it as a power bank for devices, which is a nice touch.
This is really a must-have if you’re an aspiring vlogger or like to create videos for Instagram or just for fun. It is easy to use and there are many tutorials that you can find on YouTube by searching for Hohem.
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