177: A Video in 2019 Q&A with Emily Caruso

Lighting for recipe videos, different videos for different platforms, and finding your video style with Emily Caruso.

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Welcome to episode 177 of the Food Blogger Pro podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews Emily Caruso, Pinch of Yum’s Video Specialist, as part of our recent Video in 2019 Summit.

A Video in 2019 Q&A

We recently held a free event called the Video in 2019 Summit, and it focused on ways you can level-up your recipe videos in the new year.

Our last session of the day was a Q&A with Pinch of Yum’s Video Specialist, Emily Caruso, and she answered listener-submitted questions about style, lighting, tools, and more.

Emily creates awesome Pinch of Yum recipe videos all by herself in her home, so if you’re producing videos without a fancy studio, you’ll find this episode inspirational, motivational, and full of helpful tips!

In this episode, Emily shares:

• How she created different videos for different platforms
• How to fade music at the end of your videos
• What it’s like to shoot videos by herself
• How to figure out your rate for making videos for brands
• How to level your camera
• The importance of hooks
• Tips for finding your style
• If she treats lighting the same as she does with photography
• How video ads work
• How to deal with the nuances of natural lighting

Resources:

• Premium Beat
• The Gear We Use for Recipe Videos
• Glide Gear OH 100
• Cell Phone Mount
• 099: Sponsored Content and Getting Paid What Your Work is Worth with Danielle Liss
• Google Drive File Stream

If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for interviews, be sure to email them to [e-mail].

Thanks to our Reviewer of the Week, Emily from Layers of Happiness! If you’d like to be featured, leave a review for us on iTunes and include your name and blog name in the review.