Derek Sine
Member
Welcome to the Videomaker Forums!
I'm Derek and I'm the Tech Editor for Videomaker Magazine - if you have any questions or need any help regarding the forum let me know! I hope these forums will be a helpful resource for all of you and look forward to growth in 2010.
MommyReporter
Member
Hello!
I'm Desiree and I am a reporter/journalist. I am looking to learn how to start shooting my own stories. I am a newbie to this so I hope I can learn from all of the "pros" on this site. Any advice will be greatly appreciated!!
Thanks!
EarlC
Moderator
Earl Chessher is a veteran newspaper publisher and journalist, as well as a veteran independent professional video services provider. He reads a LOT, writes a LOT, interacts often with others in the above areas of interest, and is an unmarried workaholic whose lifestyle makes having a relationship virtually impossible.
Chessher is also a blogger at E.C. Come, E.C. Go using the title of a longtime column he used to write and publish in various news publications - only now the blog is currently focused on video, making money with video, and marketing video.
While other websites, most of them video-related, are forthcoming, his major website is at CorElAnn Video soon to be followed by two major associated sites, one focused on a national/international video business & marketing concept for event video producers, the other focused on helping Alzheimer's sufferers, their family and friends preserve and share the many forgotten memories.
Kicking off the Alzheimer's project will be the book: "Alzheimer's: Stories Mom Forgot" soon to be self-published and distributed as a sample of what is possible in this world of hurt, in preserving memories and stories that would otherwise be lost forever.
alex777
Member
Hi,
My name is Alex and I was wondering if anybody out there knows when will Adobe release CS5? I am very SERIOUS about this editing software. Thanks!
birdcat
Moderator
Hi Kids -
I'm Bruce Paul - I started taking photos at age 6 (1960) and movies (super 8 & 16mm) at age 12 (1966). I started taking video in the mid 1980's - back when a giant, shoulder mount camera and separate (heavy) portable VCR with 10 pound batteries were the norm. Many years ago, I studied photography in a private tutelage under Ludolf Burkhardt. I have had my stills appear on the front pages of newspapers and my video work shown at corporate annual meetings and various websites.
A computer developer for over 32 years, several years ago I transformed a serious video hobby into a part time video business doing mostly corporate and commercial projects as well as teaching video production in private lessons and on cruise ships.
2ten
Member
Travis is a Mechanical Engineer by training. I bought a video camera (Sony VX2000) before a mission trip in 2003. I now have a Sony HVR-Z7U and have done about 3 dozen non-profit videos, 1 corporate training video and (with the help of a friend) have written our first short. Hard to find teenagers who can "act" and 2 of the central characters are older teenagers (age 17-19). I do not feel qualified to write about video, but I am thankful for Chessher and others (Composite1) that do. Your insights and tips are very helpful for those of us just getting started.
futball8
Member
Curtis Goldsborough is the production director for Sunrise Cable Network - a group of currently 4 separate local cable access channels. He is entirely self-taught, but wishes he had gone to school for this. I produce local programming including sporting events, community government, community events, etc. Sunrise Cable Network has partnered with local high schools to offer broadcasting classes to high school students, whose video projects are showcased on our local cable channels. Samples of my work as well as student work can be viewed on our website - http://www.srcn-mi.com. I now spend the majority of my time in the classroom and with students at events they are producing.
Derek Sine
Member
We've been using twitter a lot lately - Post your handles up.
Personal - http://twitter.com/DerekSine
Videomaker - http://twitter.com/Videomaker (where you'll find me)
Got a site where we can find your work?
Site(s): http://www.Videomaker.com
grinner
Member
I'm a vidiot and I grin a lot.
http://grinnerhester.com/reel.html
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daryldrj
Member
My Name is Daryl Jemison I have been working in the Ukraine for the last nine years. I love making Videos. I will be returning to the states in about amonth
composite1
Moderator
Hi everone. My name is Wolf (Hi Wolf) and I am... a Composite Media Producer! (gasp!)
I've been an independent writer-producer-director for over 10 years. Prior to starting my own Co. I got into the biz as a Naval Combat Cameraman. My outfit primarily does corporate and commercial productions, but since '06 we've been pushing to make films under our own banner. I also write books and now my Co. helps independent authors get their books published.
shippocaio
Member
My name is Caio Porciuncula, I am 15 years old, and I am an amateur Photographer and Videographer. Do not look down upon me just because of my age or for the fact that i am not a professional, because in my few years being passionated for photography and video, I have accomplished much more than you would expect from a normal 15 years old. Although I love Video and Photography , that will not be my career. I am still to decide my future, but one thing is more than certain, <s>I will conquer the world and dominate everybody, including you all</s> this passion for this art will not cease. I own a Canon HR10 (again, don't judge me) and a Canon XS Rebel. And even though my "rig" might not be the-super-awesome-and-utterly-expensive-piece-of-technology, people who have seen both of my Photography and Video Portfolio are often left open-mouthed in awe by my skills.
I am Caio, and I am a Videomaker.
composite1
Moderator
Wow Derek!
A week in Vegas and now you're 'in color' with glasses to boot!
Caio,
I don't know about the other members, but I'm not foolish enough to 'look down on you' because you're just a 'whippersnapper'! No, no my young friend. I've got my eye out for kids just like you who unknowingly have the 'horrific' advantage of being young and able to get your hands on this kind of gear and training so soon. It'll be guys like you who will take this stuff to a whole other level and I'm just trying to stay ahead of the curve!
Derek Sine
Member
I've worn glasses for a while. Funny though, I just switched to contacts so I guess I will have to update that photo.
anindya49
Member
Hi, I am Anindya Mukherjee, 31, a theoretical physicist by trade and a photographer and videographer by hobby. Although it's a hobby, I am very passionate about (and perhaps a little obsessed with) photo/videography.
I find Videomaker to be a good place for learning, with plenty of useful advice from knowledgeable people. Thanks for the nice site and keep up the good work; I find it very inspiring!
KenzoFKC
Member
My name is Ken Carlson. I started on VHS-C in the mid 80's making stop motion movies with my TMNT toys. Starting in high school I produced, wrote, directed, filmed, edited and acted in a public access television show called "Dammit This is Stupid." After 8 years of that, I called it quits and took a couple of years off from video. Then I started to get itchy, and very dissatisfied with my day job. So I saved up, bought a used Canon XL-1 and started filming things for cheap. Four years later my business is doing decent, I've purchased two new cameras since then, a DVX-100b, and an HMC-150. I love them both, they're amazing cameras. I also just finished a short film called "The Van Job," which is pretty baller, to say the least.
I figure I'm honing my skills every time I shoot or edit, so I crib from one of my favorite movies when I say "Let me never be complete."Â
shippocaio
Member
... shoot! the whole "I will conquer the world and dominate everybody, including you all" was supposed to be striked through...go figure :D
And thank you composite one. That's pretty meaningful coming from a pro like you :D
composite1
Moderator
'Caio,
You're welcome and thanks. BTW, there won't be much left of the world after I'm done with it but you're welcome to it.
marty
Member
shippocaio, if you're 15 or 115 we all can enjoy and learn from eachother. That is the great thing about photography or videography. We all have different eyes and ways of looking at things which makes even the same subject completely different when we get done with it
gyzaman
Member
gyzaman from Jamaica, W.I. mon, aspiring director/videographer :)
Ed Foskey
Member
Greetings!
My name is Ed Foskey.
I have been interested in doing video work in some form since I was a young teen. It first started, of course, with the desire to be a famous tv/movie star. By the time I was in high school, I was introduced to video cameras. I was also working doing audio work at my church and school and even some for a band.
When I went to college (mid-late 80's), I was a communications major and studied some basic film-making on equipment that was about a decade outdated. In my film-making class, my partner and I, along with a few actors created a video entitled, "Library Vice." We got an A for the ONLY video production I was ever involved in.
After graduation, I did not find a job in TV/video. Over time, I let my dream of being a videographer go by the wayside as jobs were rare and the equipment I learned on was outdated and no money access to get equipment to go forward.
Now, about 20 years after college, I found VideoMaker in my daughter's school magazine sale and the spark has come alive again. I am finding my way back to my dream. Videomaker has been showing me ways to turn this passion into a way of helping feed my family and pay my mortgage.
I will be probably asking quite a few "newbie" sounding questions: Thanks in advance for your help.
-ed-
composite1
Moderator
Ed,
Don't feel bad at all. Many of VM's readers and members don't get to pursue their dreams of getting their hands in this stuff until later in life. You're in good company and in the right place to ask, 'newbie questions'. Just remember, 'there are no stupid questions but asking the same question over and over after you've been given an answer is annoying!' Seriously, I've been reading VMM since about '99 and have been hanging around here for just over a year. Some of the smartest and innovative pro's and amateurs I've ever encountered can be found in these forums. So find yourself a 'seat' and make yourself comfortable. Welcome aboard.
Ed Foskey
Member
Composite,
Thanks for the reply. Let me update you on the standard of "stupid questions" as my mentor in appraising taught me:
1. (as you stated) The question asked so many times that you should already know the answer
2. The question you should have asked but did not ask.
It is after midnight local time and I need to rise in 5 and a half hours.
Good night!
GreyFox
Member
Hey everyone. My name is Alex, and although I don't own any video equipment, or have any specialty in film making, I would like to start making some films. I came to this forum to see if I could find any local people in San Diego who make amateur movies. If anyone could point me in the right direction, I'd greatly appreciate it!
Thanks and be safe!
XTR-91
Member
Name's XTR on the forum and a potential freelance career videographer. I'm shooting HDV, but the HD capability is rendered useless right now, as the screen cable is broken and the touch functions for setting "HDV mode" to output are on the LCD screen!
"Hey everyone. My name is Alex, and although I don't own any video equipment, or have any specialty in film making, I would like to start making some films"
VM's definitely the place to start. If you're looking for acquiring a good set of shooting equipment or simple beginner's camcorder, we are here to point you in the right direction. Just check videomaker's home page.
btw, I've heard of a guy getting the camcorder screen repaired for twenty bucks - parts, labor, everything. Does anyone know of such service? If so, I'd like to know. soon so I can either get the part and install it myself or find easy repair.
spacer
Member
Hey folks, I am Daniel from Berlin. Since a bit time I've been
focused on a few topics around that forum. I can't show any high
experiences but a motivated user who wants to learn more.
Sometimes I can borrow equipment from friends or family and I am very
fascinated about to work with just simple stuff on the computer. I
would like to know more about special tools to improve or diversify
sequences.
Ok, greatings and thx a lot
Daniel
ytsejam
Member
My name is Andy. I fell into all this a few years ago after my dad passed away. I wanted to do something to honor him so I made a simple slideshow of family pics and vids and set it to music that really helped me deal with the loss. I know it sounds depressing, but I really tried to make it a positive experience. Well, as positive as possible lol. I very quickly realized that I was really enjoying making them and wanted to do more, just with a different subject matter of course. So I called my older brother that is a hot air balloon pilot and asked if I could tag along and possibly make 1 or 2 videos. He said sure and 2 years, 12 festivals and almost 40 videos later I am again stretching out into new areas. I want to keep doing my balloon videos but in a way never done before. I want to shoot them pretty much like an action movie, complete with dramatic music like Hans Zimmer. I started out using Windows Movie Maker and I now have and/or use Sony Vegas Movie Studio, Pinnacle 14 and Adobe Suite CS4, which my roommate and I bought together. Since he is a photographer and I am a video guy. I am building my own website and hope to get hired by balloon festivals around the world to come shoot everywhere. My main camera is a Canon Rebel EOS T1i that alot of the balloon pilots pitched in and bought for me to make them look better in my videos lol.
Hi to all and greetings.
Andy
CraftersOfLight
Member
My names Lance and here is a lttle bit about myself. Crafters of Light Productions is a dream of mine that I have been chasing for a while now.
After working for a camera manufacturer for over 20 years I felt I had enough general knowledge about them that I could start a hobby with video. My first videos were of those 15 second captures the early picture cameras were able to create. In wanting to get some longer sequences I started looking around for a simple consumer grade camera and found the Panasonic HDC-SD9P (it has since been discontinued). Being used to card based storage with the still cameras, I knew I wanted to stay with that format. I had played with the SD9P at the local Best Buy type stores and found Amazon selling them for under $500 so I bought one. It does the AVCHD on SDHC cards and was a bear to edit because my PC at the time lacked the processor power. Editing software was having issues with it as well back at that time too. But I struggled through and made several videos I placed on YouTube so family could see them. The camera is small, you could almost hide it in a soda can. Even with the image stabilizing, hand held shots were not the best. I learned early on a Tripod was my friend.
After almost 2 years of working with the SD9P, I started wanting something with more manual controls and was interested in several of the prosumer cameras out there. I had been saving for several moths when I attended a video equipment show sponsored by a local professional video shop and got to talking with several of the folk there that worked with the more professional equipment. I was able to get a lot of questions answered about Panasonic's HMC-40 with everyone saying its performance could not be beat for that price. One of the gentlemen spent over an hour showing me the features. He talked about his use of them in his 'camera for hire' business, about it becoming a first choice for a run and gun and no he was not working the Panasonic both.
After talking to the sales guys at the show booth I got them down in price, to what I had saved up, for one and took it home that day. 5 months later I still go out in the backyard to learn new things with it. The nice thing is I can share batteries and cards with my other camera. The bigger size makes for a more stable hand help shot. I learned it requires a stouter tripod as well.
So, my focus is on nature and local geology. I am lucky to live in an area that is so diverse in both with so much within a 2 hour drive from home. I look back at those earlier YouTube videos and I see so many things that I didn't do right that I am embarrassed to share them with people now. I have also noticed that when I'm out there with the HMC-40, people are a lot more courteous with me and are cautious when it comes to walking in from of the camera. It is quite different when I have the SD9P (yes I still use both). No one seems to even know I'm there taking videos the way they walk in front of that camera.<span id="_marker"> </span>
shastabroadcaster
Member
Wow! Been a while since I've checked in! Glad to see that more and more folks are finding and making use of VM.
OK...I'm Bob Belongie, co-owner of Belongie Entertainment Enterprises (BEE) along with my wife Brenda. We've been on the learning curve for a couple of years now, mostly doing informational and promotional video for local agencies and non-profits. I'm using the experience I've gained in Radio as a reporter and news director over the past three decades, (as well as side trips into the world of home theater and professional sound/video installations), to provide me with the tools tooffer something different to my clients. I'm currently in the middle of post-production of a two hour dance show we did with a total of six cameras. I also do informational/training video as a volunteer for the U-S Coast Guard Auxiliary. If that weren't enough, I'm also producer of a morning radio talk show, which is why I'm still here editing at 10PM. Needed a break and well here I am. :)
We still do most of our work in SD on Mini-DV tape, editing in Premiere Pro, Sony Vegas and FCP, depending on what's fastest for the job at hand. When the need arises and the money is there we'll make the investment in a full HD setup, but for now most of my clients are happy with DVD so might as well wait for the prices to drop even more!
Later!
bb
Rawshock
Member
Hello all. My name is Marco Aguilar. I am an Independent Filmmaker and Videographer. I just recently wrapped up production on a short horror film titled Zombie Parkour. It was guerilla filmmaking at it's finest. We shot all around the city without any permits climbing up walls and scaffolding. Had tons of zombie extras running around the streets. Good times. I'm looking to start my own Videography Business and joined Videomaker to learn from the pros. Business is not my strong suite so I'm looking to learn the ins and outs. Things like how much I should price, how to best market myself etc etc. I look forward to getting to know all of you. Thank you.
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