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Awesome Cameras for Video Under $1000 I NEVER get into reviewing cameras and equipment for two very good reasons. The first is that I find the rate at which this area is developing and the sheer number of choices available simply overwhelming... I have no illusions that I can in any way keep up with it. What's hot this month, next month is totally outdated! The second is that I … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Video Cameras, Becoming a Better Director and Online Video Wars

Online Video News As of now FaceBook have begun actively trying to get their users to directly upload their videos to the FaceBook platform rather than by embedding a video already uploaded to another service like YouTube. One of the lesser known ways they have been doing this is by giving greater exposure or importance to video uploaded directly to FaceBook. Given the market … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – FaceBook, YouTube and Vine all Make Changes to Video

Posing Tips for SubjectsAlthough these tips apply to everyone they REALLY apply to guys!If you have ever tried to photograph or video guys at an event of any description you will have noticed they tend to stand there looking nervous until the pressure mounts to such a degree that they then do something stupid.Why is this so?What is it about guys especially that … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Posing Tricks, New Smartphone Rigs and Time Lapse Tips

4K Video Getting Closer Over the past few years or so the idea of 4K video has been floating around and of course at a pro level is now a reality and quite common. I have mentioned it a few times in a couple of posts not because I thought it was particularly relevant to the home user but because it would inevitably make it's way down to us lesser beings! I didn't want to look … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Another 4K Pocket Cam and Goodbye to Annotations

What's a Foley Anyway? I think just about every person who makes their own videos at some point gets to a level of production where they feel they are beginning to make progress. Then they take a look at something done in a professional setting and maybe feel that progress hasn't been so good! When you compare your own productions against the productions of those that are at … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Foley Explained, Title Sequences and White Balance