Shooting the scene

Shoot what you want to see, and you know it will be fun to see later. Since you are erotically involved, turn into a voyeur who sees it all through the limited rectangle of the video viewfinder. Concentrate on getting your visual rocks off through that hole, so that you make the camera the desiring eye that needs to see all the good stuff. And get some idea of what that stuff is. When a woman has an orgasm, where in her body does she express it? Is it nicer to see a guy arch his back when he comes, or do you want to see where the jizz lands? Can you stand to pull away from the penetration shot for a moment to catch the expressions on their faces? Maybe the view from between the legs, with the camera at arms length, is better than any you could get from standing above. (This last one is a shot I personally love; where you get the squishy stuff in the foreground, the wincing faces in the back ground, and a landscape of skin in between. Plus, it gives an excuse to get within inches of the action.)

A special trick is to flip up or remove the eyepiece from the viewfinder (if you can do this with your camera) so that you can hold the camera out away from you and still see the little image. This allows shots pointing directly down when you can't stand above, etc. Many camcorders have viewfinders you can tilt and position in different directions, making how you hold the camera more variable and versatile.

Another way to shoot without looking into the viewfinder is to connect the camera to the TV and watch that from across the room. This is especially useful if you are in the scene itself and want to get angles from points of view other than your own. Say you are fucking with the camera in your hand, and want the angle from the side to get a better look at the penetration. Either set the focus to the distance you think it needs to be, or better use autofocus if it works that close (some camera lenses need to be set to "macro" to get closer than a couple feet). Look at the TV and move the camera in one hand to the desired location. You can adjust the focus and iris just as you would through the viewfinder. Use the TV as the guide, coordinating your hand and arm movements through it exclusively. You now have an instant porno movie that you can watch and be in at the same time! A new sexual act mediated by technology!

Speaking of point of view, it can be erotic to see things from the other person's viewpoint. The camera can be traded between partners, so that they finally know what it's like to be the other person, at least visually. Done live with the camera connected to the TV, this can be a mind-bending, out-of-body experience. It's a technological way to be in your partner's body in real time, without the expense and trouble of plastic surgery. Or simply make whole scenes from each person's viewpoint, so that you can talk about your experience in full later, filling in the juicy emotional details.

Remember that one main point of the sex is to get it on video, so playing to the camera is OK, as is being absorbed in the image on the TV as someone has sex with you. You may seem preoccupied with something that's not them, but in fact you are experiencing sex with them in a new and exciting way. Making the video is sex too.