The gear doesn’t matter, right? It’s a bit of cliché but that’s for good reason. We can end up using lack of gear as an excuse either for not creating something or explaining away someone else’s success. For a long time I’ve thought that while true, there were limits to this idea but thanks to this video from Think Media, I’m starting to think I might have been wrong. Maybe you don’t need an expensive camera to make a good video.
[Read more…] about How expensive a camera do you need for good video?A Video Desk Setup (Laptop Not Included)
We’re all on video a lot more than we were last year. Whether that’s a Zoom call for work, a live stream for church, Bible study or a fun lockdown side project. Whatever is taking up your internet bandwitdth, there’s a video desk setup that could help you produce better videos and zoom chat.
[Read more…] about A Video Desk Setup (Laptop Not Included)Low Budget Ways To Create High Budget Video Effects
There are few churches with the budget, gear and on staff expertise to match a Hollywood film production (although in many ways our phones produce better videos than the cameras some of your favorite childhood films were made on). But even small churches with inexperienced staff can create great high-budget video effects that make your church videos stand out. All it takes is a little creativity as KarenXCheng shows.
[Read more…] about Low Budget Ways To Create High Budget Video EffectsWhat Happens When You Re-Upload a YouTube Video 1000 Times? [Video]
Marques Brownlee is a YouTuber known for his engaging, honest, and informative tech reviews of new products. He’s a bit of a hype man for Elon Musk at times and seems to always be at the forefront of tech talk. But he recently did a video a little outside of his brand which was a fun look at how YouTube does compression on their videos. Here the question: “What happens when you re-upload a YouTube video?” Still engaging, honest, and informative, but honestly kinda cool too.
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What Cameras Do And Don’t See [Video]
I’ve written here before about how as humans we need to get off our phones more, and how that came to a head for me as a picture-taking addict. In the video below John Green talks about the evolution of taking pictures / videos and reminds viewers that even with all that cameras are today, they still don’t see everything. And yet, we’ve all become addicted to taking pictures.
The Sky Is Not The Limit [Video]
You know the old saying that the sky is the limit? The idea is that we can keep going and going because there is nothing holding us back.
With drones, flying high is easy. The real limit for them? The ground. How close can you get, how fast are you willing to go, and can you get the shot right?