Day edit with the D.I.Y. Steadicam. Feedback greatly accepted

The steadycam works good for a diy but I would focus on the filming aspect more. Try to get closer to the skier, and focus on not head-cutting, make your shots tell a story and try to keep the skier in mostly the center. Personally I don't like the warp stabilizer, it makes footage look weird, a little bit of shake is better, but that's just personal preference. Also while filming try not to let the camera shift that much and keep it straight up and down so it doesn't look like a roller coaster. If it helps, just watch whats going on through the screen on the camera. Overall it was pretty good though.
 
Thanks so much for the feedback! I have since then gotten alot better at flying smooth, and worked on my framing alot as well. Believe it or not that was a gopro with no screen, so I've been looking over the top to try and keep steady with horizon, in high winds what's the trick to keep pendulum from happening?
 
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Believe it or not that was a gopro with no screen
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Its actually surprisingly obvious when you use a gopro vs a dslr. If you want my tip, i'd say if you can sell the gopro and buy a t2i and a kit lense/ a 50mm lense. The quality if your footage would instantly increase, to the point where any previous mistakes in shakiness etc would be completely overshadowed. GoPro footy just doesn't come out as nice, I have a gopro and a 60D, and I can say the canon is on another level.
 
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