Getting Started in Video

Since I could record my very first video I’ve been a huge fan.

It’s not that I like the way I sound on camera, truth is nobody does.  It’s not that I like the way I look either – I like to say I have a face for radio.  I love video because nothing can get the message across better.  The emotion,  the tone of my voice, the  look in my eyes, all tell the story.  That’s the power of video and nothing short of Face to Face can compare to it.  That’s what draws me to video.

I might be know for building custom facebook  business pages, or wordpress blogs but a big part of how I make a living is by shooting high def, short format video for clients.

Back in the ’80′s I started shooting video on an old Sony that recorded directly onto a full sized VHS tape.  I thought I was the bomb when I moved to a new fangled Sony Hi-8.  I was rockin the analog at 560×480.  Then along came digital.  I worked my way up from one ProSumer camera to another.  If you weren’t shooting with the best quality glass and equipment you were making garbage video.  Plain and simple.

Then came the Flip.  I bought one of the first and it changed me forever. Read more..