A method at an electronic device includes obtaining from an image sensor a primary real-time video stream comprising images of a scene; identifying from the primary video stream one or more regions of interest in the scene; while obtaining the primary video stream, creating a first video sub-stream comprising a first plurality of images for a first one of the one or more identified regions of interest, wherein: images of the first plurality of images include image data for portions of the scene that include the first identified region of interest, and the images of the first plurality of images have fields of view that are smaller than the field of view for the images of the primary video stream; and providing the first video sub-stream for display at a client device.