Film Composition for Beginners Shot composition is another of those seemingly "unseen" factors that determines how your audience will respond to your videos. When I say "unseen," I mean unseen by the audience although possibly unseen by you the creator as well! Your audience will not be thinking to themselves that your video has poor composition! In fact they will … [Read More...] about The Friday Roundup – Beginner Composition & A.I. Models

Your Color Grading Looks Wrong… Here's Why A while back now my wife started doing the final editing of some of her videos rather than having to wait around for me to get to it. Anyway that was fine cos' hey, it's not like she was paying me! Anyway one of the first hurdles we had to get over was that the videos she was uploading to YouTube had absolutely terrible … [Read More...] about The Friday Roundup – Bad Color Results and A.I. Storytelling

Amateur Camera Gear Not Worth The Money in 2026 Although the title of the video below refers to "Camera Gear," it actually goes way broader than that and is well worth watching. The harsh reality is that in the past four or five years the changes or improvements to most cameras has been incremental and mainly focused on tiny details. The obsession with upgrading yearly … [Read More...] about The Friday Roundup – Gear Envy and Speed Ramping Tips

How to Walk with a Gimbal for Smooth Footage Over the past few years there have been some incredible advances made in the field of stabilizing handheld footage. Action cameras like the GoPro and the range from DJI have brought some amazing internally driven stabilization features. On top of that handheld gimbals have also taken things to a new level going so far as to … [Read More...] about The Friday Roundup – Doin’ the Gimbal Walk & Essential Sound FX