by dwvideo | Dec 15, 2014 | blog
What is a video blog? A video blog is a blog which uses video as the medium , think of it as a web television show. Vlog, as it is shorten to often combine embedded video (or a video link) with supporting text, images, and tags. YouTube is a popular place to host your Video Blog.
As mentioned YouTube is very populat place for video bloggers. They allow participants to produce their web videos and provide a great place to share their content and views. Often times the video blog is done with one camera. With our upcoming video blog we will be using tow or three cameras to record our program. More on this later.
A good article on producing a video blog is at WikiHow. In their article they cover these main topics: Think of a topic to make vlogs about. Get a Youtube account, and give your channel an attractive name. Make about ten or more REALLY GOOD videos. Post one of those videos to a related, well-known video as a video response. Keep being active – nobody is going be interested if you don’t post any videos for years. Edit your videos! This article is a good resource for the start-up. COMMERCIAL BREAK: Need video production help? Want to use our studio to shoot your video blog? Contact DW Video 231-937-5420. We are here to help. BACK TO THE ARTICLE.
A Video Blog can be fun. It can also provide a source of income. For example through your blog you are looked at as the expert. You can promote your book, a product, a service. NOTE: Do not make your video blog an advertisement. People will not watch, share and become engaged with you. Have your pitch be a soft sell approach. For example, ‘The following video is supported by DW Video & Multimedia, Michigan’s Video Production Resource”. Then continue on with your information.
In upcoming articles I will be providing more info on video blogs. You see I am in the process of setting up a YouTube Vblog for DW Video and promoting one of my faviorate topics. More on that later. Thank you. BTW, if you have something to share on your experience with video blogging, please share.
For all your video and media production needs give Duane a call at 231-937-5420. Connect with Duane on Linkedin.
by dwvideo | Dec 14, 2014 | blog
This is a screen grab from the helipal.com website. This is for informative uses only.
In a recent blog post we did a product review for the Feiyu G3 Ultra Handheld GoPro 3-Axis Stabilizer. I really like this product and it is a great tool for my video production toolbox. One night at a wedding rehearsal I used the the Handheld GoPro 3-Axis Stabilizer to captured the event. The only drawback was the low light capability of the Hero 3. The castle we shot the rehearsal at was low light in the room. It was not bad but that was my only negative. Which is not at all the fault of the Handheld GoPro 3-Axis Stabilizer.
The beauty of the shots adds a nice perspective to the rehearsal video. I did this test to see how it would work and was impressed with the results. We love the GoPro with all the wonderful uses from events, corporate, businesses, schools and much more.
The below video is the rehearsal in its entirety to show how we used the stabilizer.
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For all your video and media production needs give Duane a call at 231-937-5420. Connect with Duane on Linkedin. At DW Video we provide video and media services all over Michigan including the cities of Grand Rapids, Rockford, Reed City, Newaygo, Muskegon, Mount Pleasant, Greenville, Fremont and Cedar Springs.
From the Helipal.com website you get the following when you order: This package includes :
1. Feiyu G3 Handheld GoPro 3-Axis Stabilizer (* GoPro Camera NOT included)
2. 4 X Lithium Batteries (Only need 3 batteries in the handle)
3. Battery Charger (We will include wall socket adapter for your country)
4. Quick Start Guide
by dwvideo | Dec 13, 2014 | blog
First time using the Feiyu G3 Handheld Stabilizer for GoPro HERO was for Ferris State University.
I love me some toys and the Feiyu G3 GoPro Handheld Stabilizer is one that has many uses… and for not a lot of money.
For what you pay the results are wonderful. I have found like everything else there is a slight learning curve. Practice does make perfect. The GoPro Handheld Stabilizer works just like their website states.
Taken from the Helipal website, “3-Axis is referring to Pitch, Roll and Pan axis, when you are walking or even running, the gyrosope inside the gimbal will pick up your movement and tell all three motors to counter-act your movement and keep the gimbal stable, the result is giving you extremely smooth and fluent video.”
The “Magic Wand” for the GoPro Hero is light weight and easy to use with just one button. Pitch, Follow and Target mode are controlled by the one button operation. Personally I found the follow mode to work the best for me. This will have to be a choice you make based on your shooting style.
The GoPro Handheld Stabilizer uses three batteries that you can get from the companies website, they can also be purchased from on-line stores like Amazon. The batteries seem to last awhile. It would be nice to have a battery level monitor. To not purchase for that reason would be silly – I really like mine. Now if they could make one that is low cost that would handle my DSLR.
This video is one DW Video produced for Ferris State University. Looking at it there are at least eight shots using the GoPro Handheld Stabilizer.
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If I had to find one complaint and to be real do not know what could have been done differently. That is, it is not real rugged and feel I have to be careful all the time to not break it. However, be careful especially when packing it away. Add the GoPro Handheld Stabilizer to your bag of tricks. A great tool for for any video producers toolbox.
For all your video and media production needs give Duane a call at 231-937-5420. Connect with Duane on Linkedin. At DW Video we provide video and media services all over Michigan including the cities of Grand Rapids, Rockford, Reed City, Newaygo, Muskegon, Mount Pleasant, Greenville, Fremont and Cedar Springs.
Check out all the videos DW Video produced for Ferris State University CLICK HERE.
by dwvideo | Dec 12, 2014 | blog
Producing Video Testimonials for GRIN… “these are affordable”, states DW Video Owner Duane Weed.
At DW Video we love producing video testimonials and promoting Michigan. We are working with the Grand Rapids Inventors Network promoting the organization and its members. “Developing a product is a marathon” states John a member of the Grand Rapids Inventors Network. John a Michigan inventor (Johnny Ball) believes you have to believe in your product 100 percent and not give up. The networking possibilities are a great benefit of the organization.
Our approach when producing video testimonials is to keep it real. These do not have to be expensive and in the case for how we produced the videos for GRIN, the production is hundreds of dollars… not thousands. Here is the video we produced:
Grand Rapids Inventors Network helps Johnny Ball
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The goal for GRIN is to build their YouTube Channel and provide a platform not only for the organization and the members.
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