It's nearly impossible to emulate smooth, Steadicam-like footage when you're shooting handheld and walking at the same time, but having a subject in your frame actually helps to hide some of the jitter. In this lesson for Slavik Boyechko's course about handheld video we'll cover some tips and tricks to help you capture a moving subject on video. Creating A Stable Shot In Motion When it cones to shooting stable footage, the best method is to move yourself and your camera to a good spot, then set up to capture the desired shot in a way that provides the best stability. Sometimes you do want that to add a little movement though — like a handheld steady cam type of shot. The first thing to do is put on your widest lens on. If you don't have a wide lens, zoom out to your widest setting. Instead of holding your camera out in front of you or low, keep the camera close to your body and to walk as lightly as possible. Instead of taking big steps where the camera i