The best GoPro tips and tricks

Things have changed quite a bit since GoPro shipped its first product — a wrist-mounted 35mm film camera — in 2005. Now, long after moving to digital and having gone through multiple generations of cameras, adrenaline junkies all over the world have flocked to GoPros for their versatility and durability.

From a supersonic skydive from the stratosphere to your morning bike commute, a GoPro is the perfect camera for capturing whatever your most exciting adventures are. But what about all those nifty GoPro videos you see online that have the production value of a Planet Earth episode? While many of those possess a bit of professional postproduction, there’s still a few GoPro tips and tricks we recommend employing to turn your basic videos into masterpieces. These won’t necessarily make the Academy come calling, but, hey, you need to start somewhere, right?
This is perhaps the single easiest way to spice up a GoPro video, and can definitely make things more exciting.

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Fortunately, there are literally hundreds of different mounts available on the market, and a nearly infinite way to mount them. Whether you opt for a helmet or chest mount for filming mountain bike and snowboarding excursions, or decide to procure a tripod for stable stationary shots, a mount is always a good idea.

We also recommend testing out different places to mount the camera to determine which spots work best for producing smooth shots, correct angles (more on this below), and all of the desired action. Different mounts can provide different POVs, which can help tell the story you envisioned.

Beyond GoPro’s broad array of first-party mounts, there are plenty of third-party options, as well — you have no shortage of choices.

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A GoPro offers a very wide angle of view that makes it easy to capture the action, but to create truly interesting videos, you should do more than simply set it and forget it. To illustrate a sense of speed, placing a GoPro closer to the action can really help. As mountain bike YouTube channel the Loam Ranger explains, a GoPro strapped to your chest can lead to much more dramatic footage than one mounted way up on your helmet, as it puts your perspective closer to the ground.

We also recommend trying a mix of different camera positions to give viewers a comprehensive view of what’s going on, rather than just sticking to one viewpoint. For example, when recording action, it’s most common to mount a forward-facing GoPro, but sometimes looking back at yourself can produce equally entertaining footage. Even if you have just a single camera, if you’re going to be repeating an action many times throughout the day — say for surfing or snowboarding — consider repositioning the camera on each run to capture a greater variety of shots that can be edited together later.

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Newer GoPro cameras offer a selection of crop modes, such as an ultrawide 170-degree angle of view, a medium 127 degrees, and a narrow 79 degrees. The Hero6 Black and new Hero7 Black even have touch-to-zoom functions that mimic a traditional zoom lens. Making use of different fields of view is another way to mix up your shots. And don’t forget — you can even mount your GoPro upside down and it will automatically flip the footage to display it the right way.
Here’s an easy way to remember which field of view you should pick: If you’re unsure of your framing and want to know that you’re getting all the action, go for ultra-wide. The narrower fields of view are good when you have more control over your framing and want to hone in on a particular subject or area of the scene.
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