I plead guilty to shooting vertical, at least when shooting my granddaughter. She fits nicely. Since I look at these on my phone and show them to people on my phone, she is larger and easier to see in this format. I suppose if I ever want to make them into a video, I will regret having no horizontal footage. I guess I better start shooting some horizontal format too.
Now trains are another matter and should be shot horizontally.
As you know, film and television were both 4:3 ratio for a long time. 16:9 is not as intimate for close ups as the old Hollywood format. But then filmmaking has changed. Now it's all action and few close ups.
