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From Setup to Upload: A Beginner's Guide to Short-Form Food Videos for Social Media

teacher avatar Tamara Hölz, Food Photographer & Videographer

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Lessons in This Class

    • 1.

      Introduction Video: What this course is about

      1:43

    • 2.

      Our exciting class project!

      1:23

    • 3.

      How I Structure My Shootings

      2:46

    • 4.

      Lighting Essentials: Natural and Artificial light

      5:44

    • 5.

      Setting the Scene: Crafting a Beautiful Food Filming Environment

      4:35

    • 6.

      Camera Setups: Short-form video techniques

      6:25

    • 7.

      Cut, Edit, Share: editing your short-form video with CapCut

      11:41

    • 8.

      Publishing your video to Instagram: Simple steps to success!

      8:45

    • 9.

      Conclusion video final

      0:57

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About This Class

1) Class overview: In this course, I will teach you how to make your own short-form food video. I will guide you through the process, showing you how to use lighting, compose your set, use props and decorations to bring your video to life, shoot from different angles and create visual interest, and finally edit your video using free, easy-to-use software on your mobile phone.

2) What you will learn: You will learn how to create an aesthetically pleasing filming setup, how to shoot high-quality, inspiring, and beautiful videos for your audience, and how to edit your video easily, effectively, and without complicated video editing software.

3) Why take this class?: If you already have some experience in food photography and want to explore new ways of sharing your recipes, or if you are a hobby baker and want to share your work with the world, this course is for you. By the end of the class, you will have the confidence and knowledge to create beautiful short-form videos.

4) Who this class is for: This course is for anyone new to short-form videos in the food niche. Whether you are new to content creation and want to learn the basics of shooting aesthetic videos for your social media feed, or you already have some experience in food photography and want to use that knowledge to try a new form of visual storytelling, this course is made for you!

5) Materials and resources: For this course, you'll need a smartphone or camera, a tripod, and a bit of space in your home to create.

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Tamara Hölz

Food Photographer & Videographer

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Hello, I'm Tamara.

Over the past 5 years, I've been sharing my food photos and videos on my Instagram Account @tamarasbakings. I've always loved baking and photography, so I combined my two hobbies. After a while, I also started filming "Bake With Me" Reels, where I aesthetically share the baking process.

In my Skillshare Course "From Setup to Upload - A Beginner's Guide to Short-Form Food Videos", I want to share everything I've learned on the way. I want beginners to be able to start sharing their culinary creations on Social Media.

I can't wait to have you on board!

Tamara :)

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1. Introduction Video: What this course is about: Everyone. I'm Tamara, and I'm on a mission to plant Malo baking with my interest in food photography and videography. Over the past five years, I've been sharing my cakes and cookies on my Instagram account Tamara's bakings, and ever since Instagram introduced reels, I'm sharing multiple baking videos per week. Call the my bake with me episodes, and so far, I've shared over 100. My goal with this course is to teach you the fundamentals of delicious looking short form food videos to share your culinary creations on social media, whether you're a cooking enthusiast, looking to dive into the world of videography, and wanting to learn more about how to showcase your culinary creations to the world, or you maybe have some experience in food photography, and want to start learning more about videography. This course is for you. I'm going to teach you everything from finding the perfect spot in your home to film. Then I'm going to talk about lighting, finding props and the core items that match your aesthetic shooting with your camera and finding different angles in camera settings to work with. And then I'm going to teach you how I edit my videos with a free editing software on my phone. So it's super easy and beginner friendly. And lastly, I'm sharing many tips on how I structure my shooting days and how I upload my videos to Instagram with the best results. So if you're a beginner and you want to learn more about how to present delicious looking short fm food videos to social media, this course is made for you, and I can't wait to start learning with you. 2. Our exciting class project!: Welcome to our exciting project. Your project, after completing this course, is to shoot your Berry own short form food video, featuring your favorite recipe. Whether that's tomato soup, bagels, or a chocolate cake. The goal is to film the process and the final result in the most delicious looking way possible. I will teach you everything you need to know in my upcoming course. We will start by finding the perfect spot in your home to film. I will show you how to use the natural light to shoot with, but I'm also going to touch on artificial light in case you need it. Next, I'm going to talk about different props and decor items that match your aesthetic and enhance the viewing experience of your videos. I'm also going to show you how I use different angles and camera settings to make my videos more interesting. On top of that, you will learn how I structure a shooting day or a filming process, so you really understand everything you need to know. And lastly, I'm going to show you the editing process step by step, and how I load my videos to social media. So if you're interested in learning all of that and also filming your very own short film food video, stay tuned, and I can't wait to have you on board. So without further, do, let's dtive into my sketch course. 3. How I Structure My Shootings: Video, I want to start by giving you a quick overview of how I structure a shooting day or a filming process from start to finish. And then afterwards, you know exactly what I'm talking about and why I'm doing certain things. So let's start with that. So how I start is obviously by finding a recipe that I want to shoot. I have a Pinter s board with lots of inspiration and also my phone. I have some notes written out, what kind of recipes I want to film. And then I start by reading the recipe, searching for the ingredients, so I really know what I'm going to do. And next, I take my bowls. I have different bowls and sizes and colors, and I measure out all of the ingredients that I need for the recipe. That is very practical, and it helps me later on to stay organized while shooting. So I don't have to mess up with scale and measuring certain ingredients during my shooting process. And what I also do is I prep any additional items that I need. So hand mixer, a rubber spatula, and I also preheat my oven. And then I set up my table in front of my window. I will talk about that later in my lighting episode. And I create a visually esthetic scene that also fits the topic of what I'm shooting. So I will place my bowls up there with the ingredients. Then I will place my decor items and set up my camera, my tripod. And also, I have the recipe next to me, so I can always read, Okay, whatever I have to do next. Then it's really just shooting. So I followed the recipe. I check my camera angles, I kind of adjust them during the video. And I shoot. Once my baked goods are done, I shoot a final scene that I often use as an opening scene for my videos of the final product, how it looks, really get some close up shots. And then I tidy up. I sometimes do that during the baking process as well. So when my cake is in the oven, I'm done with shooting the process. I clean up. That is really time efficient as well. And then I edited my video. So either straightaway, or a few days later, I will pop the material onto my phone, and then I edit it and plan it into my Instagram planner, and then my video goes live. 4. Lighting Essentials: Natural and Artificial light: Hello, and welcome back. In this episode, we're going to talk about light because it can truly make or break your video. I mean, who wants to watch a video that is too light or too dark? I personally would not like to watch that. Now, why do I find that shooting with natural light is so great? Well, first, it's basically free to use. And every beginner can start shooting with natural light because it's always available. And once you understand some fundamentals that I'm going to talk to you about in this episode, it's really not that hard. How do I even shoot my videos? And surprised, it's not in the kitchen because I find that my kitchen is just too dark, and there is not enough light that I can shoot with. So I shoot in front of a big west side heading window on a table. And the good thing about that is that I can use natural light. Because this window is west side heading, I get the most beautiful light in the afternoon. But if I want to shoot before noon, I actually prefer using a window that is south heading. So in your home, your plan should be to find a window that is nice and big, so that lots of light can come through, and it should be a window where you don't get any dark shadows at a certain time of the day. So you kind of have to play around a bit. For example, you can take an object like an apple, place it on a table in front of that window, and then see how the shadows and the light change over the course of a day to decide which window is the best for you. From my west side facing window, the light comes from behind, which means I'm shooting with back light. And for me, that works great because I have another window in the same room that comes from the opposite direction. So I kind of have two light sources that I'm filming in between. But if you just have one window in your room, you could try shooting with side light. That just means you're placing the objects next to the window, and the light is coming from the side. That is great for shooting, and I also used this light technique a lot for food photography. So the key about finding a good light sport is really playing around with different lights, times of the days as well, because it can make a huge difference whether you're shooting in the morning or in the afternoon or even in the evenings. So what do you do if the sun is really strong and we have direct sunlight? Well, you have basically two options. So option one would be shooting with that bright natural sunlight. That works fine, and I do that oftentimes in summer, but it's a little bit tricky because you have to really pay attention to the shadows. They get really, really dark. And if you have any white objects in your scene, for example, my bowl is white, then these items get really bright. So you have a really high contrast when you're shooting with harsh, natural sunlight. But if you place your objects accordingly and pay a bit of attention during your shooting process, this can definitely work. Now, option two is kind of to block the sunlight by using a white curtain or bed sheet, really anything that you can put over the window, so the sunlight comes through your curtain, and then it gets a lot softer. And I really love that kind of light. It is really warm and soft, and you don't have any harsh shadows. So these are the two options you could try when you have really harsh sunlight. Now, there is another possibility, and that is that it is really dark, gray, and rainy. So in my case, that happens a lot during winter and autumn time. And what you can do about this is get artificial light. Now, like I said in the beginning, natural sunlight is the best to use if you are a beginner. But if you have no other option, you could try artificial light. I personally own a really cheap lighting box from Amazon, and that works fine. You just have to be a bit careful because the light can come in different temperatures. So my light is rather cool. So afterwards, when I edit my videos, I made my video a lot warmer in saturation and in temperature to kind of balance out the white light from my light box. One tip I want to share with you in terms of light is using white cardboards to reflect sunlight and brighten up your dark shadows. I used that tip a lot. I learned it when I was studying food photography, and I can truly say that it makes a big difference in how certain objects look and your scenery as well. So the way you do it is you take a big white cardboard. It has to be white because the white reflects the sunlight, and that is how you get the softer brighter shadows. And you place the white cardboard opposite to your light source. So if your light source is here, and your cardboard is here, it can truly reflect the light and your scenery should be in the middle. And as you can see, it really makes a difference. I didn't even believe that in the beginning, but it really brightens up your shadows. So if you're having trouble with hard shadows, then I would definitely suggest trying that out. 5. Setting the Scene: Crafting a Beautiful Food Filming Environment: Why does your scenery setup matter in your videos? Well, the answer is it evokes a certain mood or atmosphere in the video, and it also showcases your personal style esthetic and personality. I love that. I love seeing different styles or aesthetics in videos, whether that is moody videos or very clean light videos, vintage looking videos, or very bright and colorful looking videos. There is so much out there, and I would really encourage you to find a personal style that you would like. For example, if you love vintage wipes, you could use old books and candle holders to create that vintage feel in your video. And if you love modern stuff, you could go for a really clean looking video with lots of base and white tones and simple cuts because your personality can really be shown through aesthetics and props and the core items that you use in your video. Because a cooking video is not just about the ingredients and the recipe, but it's also it has to be entertaining for the eyes. And I like to use lots of different things to make sure that my video has a bit of character, personality, and that people can hopefully remember me when they see the video. They're like, Oh, that is video from Tomorrow's bakings. I feel like many big creators out there to make cooking or baking videos. They have such a signature style in their videos, and you can really tell when you seeing the video, Oh, my God, this is from this and that creator. And that is what we want, and that is why your style and your static matters. For example, there is one baking creator that I follow and she always uses the same Ikea bowl in her baking videos. I think that is part of her signature style. When I see a video with that Ikea bowl, immediately, think about her in her videos, and that is what we want. So here are a few things that I use as props and as a little decor to transport personality. The first one is my favorite candles. I use them all year round, but especially in winter and autumn time because candles evoke a really cozy mood and atmosphere. There are so many different candles, so you can never go wrong with that. Another thing that I love are plants or flowers, especially in spring summer, they really give you that live, vibrant feel. And if I don't have fresh flowers on hand, I will use dried flowers or also fake flowers in my dios. They're really nice for that though, extra touch of color. You can really use anything as the core items. I've used paintings in the past or books, you can use crystals or dried fruits and drinks, like a little coffee mug that you place in your scene or a cup of tea, or in summer, you could do like a lemonade. And what I also really like is placing my ingredients in my videos. I think you know that I have lots of different bowls by now and that I like to present my ingredients in the background of my videos because I think that One, it looks nice, and two, it is also very practical for me when I'm shooting because I don't have to measure my ingredients and I can just take the bowl, pour it into my mixing bowl. It just looks really nice. And that is another factor having nice tableware that you work with. Like a really nice hand mixer maybe or different bowls. I have a whole collection of different bowls that I use and also plates and spoons and everything for M was. What you can also do is use different table cloths like a white one. I use always a white one that's very clean and minimal But you could also use something more vibrant like pink or yellow, if that's your be. I hope this gave you a quick little overview of why scenery setups matter and how you can best present your personal style through props and decor items. 6. Camera Setups: Short-form video techniques: Want to talk to you a bit about the shooting process. So camera setups, angles, and some tips and tricks to shoot. I want to start with the camera settings because they really affect the look of your video and also the lighting. Now, I use a camera to fill my videos, but I know that a lot of people also shoot on their phone, which is totally fine. It's just a personal preference, and I always use the manual mode of my camera, which means that I can decide which shutter speed, which eyes, and which aperture I want to have for my video. And I love that. I can decide that. And I would always shoot with manual mode. So you always have to control over your camera and over the look of your video. I want to start by explaining you what shutter speed, ISO, and aperture is and how they work and how I use them in Murios. So first of all, shutter speed. Shutter speed is the measured time of the opening and closing of the camera shutter. And the higher or faster a shutter speed, the more you can freeze a motion. And I love to do that when I have detailed motions like sifting flour or powdered sugar, or cow powder. You can use that both in videos and also in photos. So when I want to take a photo of me sifting powdered sugar over a cake, and I want the powdered sugar to be very crisp and clear in the picture, I use a high shutter speed. Now, the disadvantage of the high shutter speed is that the picture gets darker. And I always try to balance it out with ISO and with aperture because these two also affect the light. Next up is aperture. Aperture is the size of the hole that lets light into the camera. So we also can affect our light situation with the aperture. So when I want to have a really nicely blurred background with focus on my main object, I like to use a large aperture. For example, F 2.8. That would be a large aperture. A lot of light is coming through, which means your video will get brighter. So that is how you can balance your lighting situation with aperture and shutter speed and achieve really cool looking results with blood backgrounds or crisp sharp movements. But if your video is still too dark or to light, you still have one left, and that is o. So the last thing is the O. It's the light sensitivity, and the only thing it does is control how light or dark your video will be. So first, I would always suggest you set the aperture. You think about how much of a pluri background do I want? And you also set the shutter speed. There you can think about, do I want to have a crisp clear freezing motion, for example, sifting flour, powder urgok, cow powder. And then you can see how the light situation turns out. Either your video is perfectly right or it's too light or too dark. And then I would use the ISO to adjust the video accordingly so that you have your preferred lighting situation. I also like to pay attention to when I'm shooting are the angles. So obviously, there are lots of different angles you can shoot overhead, from a side perspective or from a back perspective. I think it's important to mix the angles in your video, so it creates a lot of interest and the viewers can really see what you're doing from different perspectives. I always think about what I'm doing, what the motion in my video is, where is the movement, and how can I support the movement with my camera angle? For example, if I'm ping some milk into my bowl, I like to use a side ankle because you can really see the milk stream coming into the bowl. So if I want to have a detail shot of my final product, I would do an overhead shot, so you can clearly see the final product. Another way to add interest is through zooming in and out. It just depends on the action, on the movement. And if you want some really nice detail shots or just a broader perspective. But again, I would suggest that you switch it up, so you do a closer very zoomed in, and then you go kind of like outwards and switch that back and forth in your video. So again, you have interest, and the viewers keep watching. Okay. Lastly, I have some tips for you regarding the shooting process. So first of all, avoid clutter in your frame. I hate when there is too much going on in your frame because the viewer doesn't know where to focus, it's too much clutter. What I would suggest is that you have one main focus object in your video. That could be a ball, a cutting board, or a pot, and then you can decorate around that object. Never put too many balls, too many decor items in your video frame. Tip number two, make sure that you flip your camera when you're filming on a tripod, because, as you know, Instagram reels or TikToks have a perspective of nine by 16, verdict. If you're shooting horizontally, it's super super hard to edit your video and make it fit into the frame, so pay attention to that. Tip number three is to make clear, short and specific movements. The advantage of that is when you're editing, you really know when the scene ends and start so really make sure if you're having some milk, you take the ball, pure the milk in and done. Because then in the editing process, you know exactly, okay, I need this scene in my video. I candlete the rest. It's really nice to edit that because it's super simple to see what the action is. That was it for today's episode. I see you in the next one, stay tuned. 7. Cut, Edit, Share: editing your short-form video with CapCut: Hello, and welcome back. In this episode. I'm going to show you how I edit my videos on my phone with PCT, which is a free editing software if you're not using the pro version, which I'm not using. So let's dive right into the editing because it's super easy. With CAPCOd. I also love their desktop version. But today, I'm going to show you how I add it on my phone. Okay, so first, I'm going to open CAPCd, and then I click on New Project. And then I'm just selecting all of the video clips that I filled before. And then I click on add here at the bottom. Okay. Now, as you can see, the video is now in the wrong format, because for ins reals and take tox, we need a format of nine by 16, and this is obviously vertically. So this is always the first thing I do. I adjust the format, and I do that by going on aspect ratio here in the bottom. And then I click on nine by 16, which is the first one. And then you can just use your fingers to twist and resize the video to your liking, And then you have the perfect Instagram TikTok ratio, which is perfect. And I do that with all of my video clips. That makes editing so much easier, I tell you. Okay. So once that's done, I can start editing, and the way I add it is I select whether a scene is necessary or unnecessary. So all of the steps in your recipe, like putting in butter, sugar, and eggs. These are obviously necessary clips for your videos. But I'm not going to use every single detail. So for example, if I'm adding some vanilla paste, you can add that in, but it's not like super super important for the recipe, if you know what I mean. So sometimes I leave that out. But for now, I'm just going to start, and the thirst thing that I see here is the butter. And that is obviously important. So I'm going to click on the video and then split. And then I'm selecting the scene that I want. So butter comes into the bowl pause here because that's the scene that I want. Then I click on split again. And then I'm deleting the first part. And then I'm left with this where the butter comes into the bowl and done. And this is how I add it in the first place. This is how I start. And your videio will get a lot shorter by doing this. So usually I have 10-20 minutes of video material when I'm filming. And then when I'm editing, I want to get down to 15 to 30 seconds. That's like my maximum. So we have to cut out a lot. Okay. The next thing is the sugar. I like to third some clips in the middle of a motion. So right here you can see, I am selecting the clip in the middle of me puring the sugar into the bowl. I feel like that just adds a lot of movement and motion to the video and makes it more interesting. So this is the sugar scene. Now, some sequences are also not really aesthetic, for example, this one where I'm just scraping together butter and sugar. So in this case, because the scene is necessary, I would just try to find the most suitable one for the video. So maybe we can take this here. Okay. So in this case, I'm cracking an egg, then I'm mixing, then I'm cracking another egg, and then I'm mixing again. So what I would do with the situation is I would first show the two eggs cracking and falling into the bowl, and then me whisking on because otherwise, if you show egg crack mix egg mix, that's going to be too. So in this case, I'm putting in single plums on top of my cake. And again, I'm not showing me putting every single plum on the cake. So here I'm choosing one or 2 seconds of the plums, and that's it. I'm going to choose like this one, maybe putting in this plum. That's going to be a sequence, and then I'm just going to do another plum more in the end. Like this. And that's it because you don't need all of the plums. What you could also do in this case is speed up the process so you can see the plums coming in there really quickly. That would be another possibility. So in the end, I try to show my viewers the finished product, so here I'm cutting out a piece of cake. So obviously, I'm showing this as well. But if you're showing lots of detailed clips from your final product, that really enhance the textures. Your viewers are going to crave your recipe, and they want to recreate it, which is ultimately the goal. Okay, so now I'm done with selecting my unnecessary versus unnecessary scenes, and I'm now left with 26 seconds of video material. We could have a look at my video. So this is how it looks now. First butter, then sugar, then we mix. Then we have the eggs. And we mix again. Yogurt and flour, as well as baking powder. Then we mix again, and we assemble the cake with plums. And then you can see the finished cake in the end. So one thing I'd like to do is put one of the ending scenes from the finished cake and place it in the front. So it's the first thing that people see. So I'm going to select this clip. And I'm just going to pull it to the front. So this is the opening scene, and I feel like that's always really nice. So next up, I'm trying to cut my video down even more. So I go over the scenes again, and I kind of think about where I can shorten it even more. So one thing that comes to my mind is the butter right here. I feel like we could cut it out until here. Because then we are left with this part, which is more interesting than the first one. So now it's a lot shorter, and I do that with all of the clips just depending on if it's possible or not. Okay, so now I'm at 21 seconds. That's a good length, I think. When I started doing these videos, there were a lot longer, like usually 1 minute. But the problem is that people are not going to watch it till the end because the attention span is so short and the average watch time of a real like this is 3 seconds. So if you're boring your viewers with very extended sequences of you doing a motion, a movement, they're not going to watch it. And we don't want that. So I'm trying to be as short as possible these days. And so far I've seen great results in shorter videos. Yeah. So the next thing I do is I adjust my video in terms of brightness, saturation, and temperature. So I go down here to adjust. And then you can see here, for example, we have brightness. I usually put my brightness up a little bit, as well as saturation, just goes up to four or three and then temperature because I like my videos to be quite warm, so they have like a cozy mood and atmosphere. You could also save your adjustments as a preset that is really handy if you film a lot of these videos and you want to dit even quicker, so that's also possible. And then I'm just dragging the adjust meant over the whole video. And now it looks like this a little bit brighter and a little bit more saturated in colors, which I feel like is always so nice. Yeah, so then I add some text. I sometimes add my text in Instagram, sometimes in CP Card, sometimes I don't add any text, just depends on my mood. But CAPCOd obviously has lots of really cool fonts. So I'm going to go to text, then add text. And then we can enter the text I usually write bake with me. And then I go to styles. I make this bold. And I sell like the font. My favorite font is called round sugar. Looks like this. You could also add some emojis, always really nice, maybe the little hearts. And then I drag my text to the beginning of the video, and after the first sequence, I cut it. So it's only in the very beginning. KCAT also allows you to animate your text, so you can go to animations down here and then I like the typewriter, for example, or the pop up where your text just plops into the video. Find that really cool. So I'm choosing the typewriter today. And because it's not really visible here, I'm going to drag it down a little bit to the bottom. Now, you have to pay attention that the text is more in the middle of the video because otherwise, an Instagram, you can't see the text because of the likes and the comments and also your user name. So make sure the text is approximately the middle of the video frame. Okay. So we could add some music here in PCA, but I like to do that in Instagram because I want to use trending sounds. You could also do a voice over with auto captions and record that, put that over your video. But today, I'm leaving this video, like it is with a little bit of ASM R in the Broect people always love that. You could also enhance the ASMR by pulling up the volume so you can select 00 sequence, and then you can go to volume and then adjust the volume even more so that you can hear more of the ASMR. But other than that, this is how I added my do super quick and easy, and now it's time to export it. I'm just going to click Export. And that's everything. We're done. It's so easy. So I hope you try it. If you have any questions, make sure you contact me on Instagram. And I will see you in the next episode. Bye. 8. Publishing your video to Instagram: Simple steps to success!: In this episode, I'm going to show you how I upload my videos to Instagram, because so far you've learned so many things about your video, how you can shoot it, how you can edit it. And obviously, the last step is to upload it to Instagram. So I'm going to show you how I do just that. And there are a few important things that I would like to show you. So first, I go into Instagram, and then I go to Rio. And then I'm selecting the real that I want to publish. So today, I want to publish some raspberries goes for Mother's Day because Mother's Day is coming up quite soon, and I have this video here. So this is how it looks. There is no text in the video, no sound, and we need to get a sound first. That's always what I like to do, so I go onto music. C. And then you can search music. You can go into your safe music, or you can just check out what Instagram is suggesting. Now, when I look for a sound, I always make sure that the sound is trending, but doesn't have too many videos. So if I have a trending sound with 3 million videos, I'm not going to use that because my video is not going to be visible because 3 million views are just too much. Now, I'm searching for a trending sound that has 10-20 k videos. I think that is ideal. And then obviously, the music genre is very important to me because I don't want to use that techno sound over a baking video. So I like to use more of like pop or jazz. Videos. Now I found a trending original audio that I really like. I think this sound is very great because the beats of the sound, they fit with some of my cuts from the video, and I love when that happens. So I'm going to use this. Now, we could add some texts. I'm just going to see how it looks. I'm going to write bake with in and then some emojis. And I need some phones. Sometimes I do no text. Sometimes I do my text in Cp cut, and sometimes I do my text in Instagram. It really depends on my mood. Okay, now we have our text. And what I also like to check is with the control buttons here, you have your camera audio and then your music. And I like to adjust That sort of music is not too loud, and you can still hear some of that ASM R. Okay. So next, I'm going to edit my cover. This is always really important because obviously I want my feet to look very aesthetic, and I need a beautiful cover. Now, you can select a cover from your reel, or you can select a different image from your gallery. I'm going to see what my real has to offer. But the good thing is that I always have some pictures of my bakes. So I'm going to use this and then crow profile image. I really pay attention that my baking is in the middle. And now we need to write a caption. Now that caption is really important because I always like to tell the viewers where they can find the recipe. So in this case, the recipe is not mine. So I would tell them who created the recipe and where they can find it. And I also like to include some aspects of my baking, if I'm baking some scones like I did. In this video, I will describe how the scones taste, and I always make sure to use cool words like crunchy, fudgy, texture with a delicious grasberry flavor. Like I really want the viewers to be able to imagine how my treat is going to taste because that makes it more like that they check out the recipe and try. So I'm going to write here because this post is for Mother's Day. I'm going to write something like you need to try these scones or mothers. They So And then obviously, I like to add some emojis to my text. And then I start describing the scones, so I say these scones are so delicious and full of g raspberry labor. And then I would tell them where they can find a recipe. So in this case, I would say this recipe is by Fresh bean bakery, and I always tag the person as well because sometimes they see the video, and then they like it and char it to their stories, and that obviously generates more views on my video. Next, I'm going to add the hashtags. I always make sure to add hashtag bake with me because that's how my episodes are called. And I also always use hashtag food photography and food videography. And then I add hashtags according to my video. So in this case, I'm baking scones. So I'm going to do hashtag scones, hashtag scones, baking, hashtag raspberry scones. And I always try to mix my hashtags. So I'm going to do bigger hashtags, like Htag baking. Is very big. And then I'm going to do smaller hashtags like Mothers days goods. Mothers stay baking. Mothers Day goons, tack, food loggers. Food photography, and food Darling. Okay. Next, I'm going to add a location as well, Bavaria. And then I'm going to tag some people. For example, if I'm using a recipe from someone else, I'm going to tag them, in this case, fresh bean bakery. And then now comes the most important part. You're going to go into your advanced settings and then scroll down to the bottom where it says, media upload quality. And then you have a check box that says, Upload at highest quality and make sure you have that check box turned on because we're putting so much effort in our videos. We're exporting it at the highest quality. We're filming it at the highest quality, and we do not want Instagram to ruin our quality. So make sure you have the checkbox on because otherwise, Instagram will compromise your video to upload it even faster. But that's not our goal. Like, we want the highest video quality possible, so make sure you turn that on. Now, some things you can also do is tag some products. If you're using specific kitchen tools. For example, had mixers, you can tag the product, but I'm going to schedule my reeal for this evening. And some features are not available when scheduling, but that's everything. I'm going to click schedule. And now we are done. T. T. 9. Conclusion video final: Congratulations. You've made it to the end of this skill set course, and I'm so proud of you. I hope you learned lots of amazing things because we've covered a lot from lighting to scenery setups, editing, uploading, tips and tricks, and I hope you enjoyed this lesson. I would be very happy if you could leave a review or upload your very own short form baking or cooking video to the project gallery, because I would love to see your guys' results. And if you have any questions, or if you want to watch my videos, feel free to follow me on Instagram. It's at Tamara's Baking, or on YouTube, or also on Pinterest, and also make sure to check out my website. I will also leave that linked down below so you can try the recipes. Again, thank you so much for watching and see you soon. Bye.