Basic Success Story Formula
The most successful success stories follow a simple formula. Most experienced producers of success stories have a standard set of questions they aim to answer…
Storytelling
Telling a story is not easy. Telling a good story is powerful. And a story well told makes for very effective marketing. I’m adding video…
Community Access Television
I participated in a video production basics class given by our town’s community access television station. Though most of the technical bits were old news…
Backgrounds are everywhere
On a recent trip I had a chance to spend some time playing at a playground. We were visiting good friends and stopped at the…
Where to start with lighting beyond on-camera flash
Examples of great lighting technique are everywhere these days. There are books, blogs, online training and workshops galore on lighting techniques. The range of equipment…
Don’t abandon that DSLR just yet
I’ve been having a lot of fun playing with my Nikon AW100 lately. It is small and light compared the D7000 so it goes with…
Sometimes Easy Auto mode isn’t an easy, automatic choice
Now that I’ve been using the Nikon AW100 for about two weeks I’ve learned a bit about what it can and cannot do for me….
Nikon AW100
Today I enjoyed some fishing with a new AW100 in my pocket. I only had a few chances to take pictures and one or two…
Video clips for Microsoft Powerpoint Presentations
I recently needed to create a short presentation that would run on its own and include narration, various clip art, standard bullet points and a…
Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 Review
I recently recorded narration for an auto-running Powerpoint presentation using the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 USB interface and pre-amp. The results were good and I learned…
GarageBand for simple DVD menu audio
It is the holidays which means I really need to finish that DVD project from this summer’s trip. The movie itself is done with titles…
Adobe Premiere Pro first impressions
It started out innocently enough. My wife wanted to see a presentation at the local historical society but could not attend. I thought “why not…