How to hold your phone for Facebook Live

Do you know how to hold your phone for Facebook Live?

If not you need to know!

Otherwise, you might make some pretty basic mistakes.

So in this little quick little post, I’m going to explain to you how you should hold your phone.

Hold your phone for Facebook Live with two hands

So essentially, this basically means that you hold your phone with one hand. Then, you use your other hand to prop the arm underneath the hand that’s holding the phone.

In essence what you’re doing is you’re basically using your secondary arm to support your primary arm as you hold your camera vertically.

By the way, I learned this great tip from Mari Smith. She’s awesome. If you want to learn more about this tip, then go check out her stuff. To do so, click here.

Use a Tripod to hold your phone for Facebook Live

Why should you use a tripod?

Basically, using a tripod has a practical advantage that you are not limited by your hands. The advantage of this is that you can keep the camera stable and have a steady shot.

If you’re wondering what tripod to use, then feel free to go grab this one.

Hold your phone on its side

The third way to hold your phone is to actually turn your phone on its side and hold it just like a YouTube video.

This is great because this is the way that people naturally see and view videos, so it’s a very effective way of shooting a Facebook live.

Now there is a particular downside with this, which is that basically I haven’t seen it being able to be done on Android devices. So as far as I know, it’s only iPhone only.

If you know any more information, please comment below because I really would want to learn.

Final thoughts on holding your phone

Those are three ways you can hold your phone for a Facebook live. And if you really want to take your Facebook Live videos to the next level, I have a very special treat: you can check out my free Facebook Live toolkit that explains all the equipment and gear that you need. Click below to grab it:

How do you hold your phone for Facebook Live? Let me know in the comments!