I have always loved recording my time making food in the kitchen. It is not necessary to beautify the foods, but the details of fingers when kneading dough, the moment when icing drips on cookies, the steaming moment when the oven is turned on, etc., are all real and warm pictures. But I always struggle to solve the problem of how to place the phone, sometimes I need to check the tutorial. In the past, I would feel that the kitchen space was too small the setting was not appropriate and it was easy to overturn, but I recently used Lumipia’s magnetic phone stand. This palm-sized tool solved my way of shooting in the kitchen and let me regain the motivation to record the production process.
Challenges When Shooting in the Kitchen?
I always wanted to film the whole baking process, but I wanted to give up halfway through. I usually encountered these problems:
My hands were greasy or covered with flour, so it was inconvenient to touch the phone;
There was no place to put the phone on the kitchen table, so it wasn’t easy to view the tutorial or take pictures; I had trouble adjusting to the right angle when I was doing it alone;
The camera often shook, lost corners, and was blurred halfway through…Baking is a process of pursuing “”beauty”” while operating. If shooting becomes a difficult thing, we will miss many beautiful moments in the kitchen.
A Magnetic Phone Stand Tripod
I saw the high quality video in the baking videos of other baking kitchen bloggers. At her recommendation, I tried to use a Lumipia magnetic phone stand as a shooting device.
This phone stand is different from the shooting equipment I used before. It can be magnetically sucked super quickly, and there is no need to adjust the clip with effort, and there is no need to worry about it slipping.
The magnetic phone stand can be adjusted 360 degrees. Whether it is shooting from above, from the side, or any angle, it is very easy to operate. Not only that, it is also very stable. I don’t worry about it shaking when I am busy in the kitchen. The pictures taken are very stable. After I finish shooting, it can be easily folded. It does not take up kitchen space when shooting directly, and it can be taken out for travel. What surprised me most is that it is a good kitchen shooting partner. You just cook, and it will help me record the moments I want to record.
How I use My Lumipia Magnetic Phone Stand To Shoot the Whole Process of Cookie-making
Many people will wonder how to shoot the baking process in the kitchen, so I will share my shooting process. In fact, there is no professional process; I prefer to ” record the present”. The following is a short clip I shot recently:
Shooting equipment: iPhone + Lumipia MagSafe phone tripod (set to shoot from above)
Shooting preparation and process:
Prepare materials (put the lens farther away to record our interaction of weighing together)
Whip butter (shoot the stirring action from below with the phone, it feels super healing)
Knead dough + press mold (adjust the angle, shoot the mold pressing from a low angle)
The picture before sending it into the oven (time-lapse photography, condensing 10 minutes into 20 seconds)
Out of the oven + decoration (switch the angle to record the moment when the icing drips)
Due to the convenience of the magnetic phone stand, I can shoot the whole process very easily, and I can adjust the position or shoot handheld.
Tips for Shooting in the Kitchen
1. Ambient light
Shooting in the kitchen may cause the food to be unclear or not good-looking due to the dim light, or it may be too dim and unclear. You can use a small fill light to prevent the picture from being dim and blurry.
2. Shooting angle
Adjusting the shooting angle is more important than any filter. The shooting angles of different ingredients are different. Close-ups or long shots need to be shot in combination with the actual ingredients.
3. Shooting script
The baking process is detailed. You need to think about which action moments to record at different times so that the video will not be shot without any focus.
Kitchen Records isn’t just about food—it’s about the poetry of everyday life.
I like to record my days in the kitchen more and more. When the flour flies or the oven glows, I feel very warm every time I think about it. Many people find the shooting process difficult, but many times it is due to the lack of suitable equipment.
A good stand will be your good partner for shooting in the kitchen. It will silently help you record every real clip. If you are also ready to start your kitchen Vlog, you might as well give it a try. You don’t need to be good at editing or setting up the lighting or the scenery. Just start with a small tripod and you can create your own kitchen record.