I use tripod when possible specially with powerfull Zoom
But most of it here is by hand
One trick also, i add animated Photos, one does not notice the difference it fits in like video
I can move up and down left right zoom in and out that makes the films mor steady. In top of it the camera has a built in anti shake and the editing can remove shake too
All in all its a combination of a steady hand too
Hope you will see the next films with very nice chateaux´s, i promise that
Inside views and all.....Of course you have very nice castles in Britain, but the Loire is special, high concentration of many castles fortresses and chateaux´s
To me the history is alo important, gets me closer to understand Europe
France has agreat history and continuation of Dynasties thats what makes it interesting