Sean, I watch all of your videos all the way through! Most excellent choices of music, too! Tod
-----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Nebwest2@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 9:47 PM To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: M_Boats: video tips??? From me??!!
Well, first I'll say this. If you really watch my videos....you'll see that they are terrible when it comes to steadiness of shot, focus, quality, etc! hahaha. Like Doug, my new video camera I got last year has a "steady shot" option that helps quite a bit. One BIG tip I can give you is if there is a lot of motion...DON’T ZOOM IN very much. The zoom makes the movement greatly exaggerated.
I use video from my good camera, but also from our still camera's that have low quality video option, and even from my cell phone sometimes. Why? because there are times when the "good "camera isn't handy and I don't want to miss a shot, so I use whatever I got.
The other I do is take LOTS of video and edit the heck out of it. Sooner or later you'll find a steady shot....or at least "steadier"! hahaha
I try to make up for the crappy quality of my videos by keeping the shots short and varying, mixing in stills which usually show up clearer, and picking music that I like to put in the background. My biggest failure would probably be continually "beating a good thing to death" I mean really...How many of you have watched a video I made in it's entirety? hahaha They are WAY too long, I know, but I make them for me and I figure that one day when I can no longer enjoy this, I'll want to see and remember as much as I can. :-)
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