On Saturday I drove up to Canon in Hollywood, CA for an all-day workshop with the Canon C300 Mark II cinema camera. In this video I share why I went, show some of my favorite features of the camera, and share test footage that I shot on the camera.
I currently use a Canon C100 Mark II as my main video camera and it only shoots 1080p, so I'm looking at what my options are for upgrading to shooting in 4K in 2016 and the C300 Mark II is one of the main contenders.
Read More2015 was a big year for me. It was the first full-year of being my own boss, making six figures, filming & editing hundreds of videos, and I also traveled a ton. In this video I share six things I learned specifically related to making so many videos last year.
I also wrote a full annual review with more lessons learned, stats, and financials here.
Read MoreIf you record videos or livestream on your smartphone and want better audio, there are a ton of options. In this video I unbox, comparison test, and review the RODE VideoMic Me, a shotgun style microphone that plugs directly into a headphone jack.
You can watch the video in this post or on YouTube.
Read MoreWith all the pressures on "going viral" during an big announcement online, sales videos are becoming bigger productions and you could be leaving a lot on the table by not creating a video to accompany a launch.
However, if you are going to do it, you need to make sure you are doing it well.
In this episode we discuss whether or not sales videos are important, if you even need one, and how exactly it may benefit you and your audience. We also talk about how sales videos are just one part of a launch strategy and what else you should focus on.
Read MoreToday is the big day...
Our new course on Adobe Premiere Pro is now live.
This course has been made completely from scratch, includes 59 video lessons, and spans over five hours.
To get the most out of editing videos in Adobe's Premiere Pro you'll want to use external programs to do more advanced multi-cam syncing, film emulation, color correcting, color grading, de-noising footage, and more.
In this video I walk through the best programs to use alongside Premiere Pro.
Read MoreTwo of the most powerful features of Premiere Pro are warp stabilizer, for reducing the shake in video footage, and the color grading options.
In this video I walkthrough how to use the Lumetri Color Panel to correct and grade footage as well as how to fine tune the warp stabilizer.
Read MoreUsing Adobe Premiere Pro to edit videos and being a subscriber to Creative Cloud means that you can use Adobe's entire line software as well as sync your settings on multiple computers.
In this video I discuss various price options available, how it works with multiple computers and how to sync workspaces, keyboard shortcuts and other settings between multiple devices.
Read MoreOne of the best reasons to use Adobe Premiere Pro to edit videos is how well it connects with Audition for audio sweetening and After Effects for motion graphics and other effects (like motion tracking or keying out a green screen).
In this video I'll show how to use a dynamic link between Adobe Premiere Pro, Audition, and After Effects.
Read MoreOne of my favorite features of Premiere Pro is the custom workspaces you can create.
In this video I'll show you what each of the default options are helpful for and how to create your own custom workspaces.
This is first of five videos in a series about why you should use Premiere to edit videos. We'll be doing this over the next two weeks leading up to the launch of our course on Adobe Premiere Pro. More on that over the next couple weeks.
Read MoreThree point lighting is an easy to learn, but hard to master way to light a subject on camera for videos or photographs.
In this video I share a bit about where to place your lights, what they are each trying to accomplish, and how to balance them all.
Read MoreFinding music to legally use in your videos is already tough enough. You don't want to waste a ton of time figuring out where you should look.
In this video I show you three free and two paid places to find royalty free music for your videos. (And none of these companies have paid me anything to recommend them, so you know, you can trust me and stuff.)
Read MoreToday YouTube announced YouTube Red, which is what they're calling they're monthly payment membership. YouTube Red is going to cost you $9.99 a month and for that you won't get any ads when you're watching videos. So if you're logged into your account and you're on your phone, your iPad, Apple TV, computer or whatever else you own, you won't get any ads before the videos or on the sidebar.
Other added benefits of having a subscription to YouTube Red include being able to download the videos and a background listen feature.
Read MoreSometimes when you're filming a video and the talent is moving a lot (like in a fitness video) or they are just really far away, running a wired microphone to them just isn't always an option.
When that's the case, a wireless set-up is the only way to get quality audio recorded without having someone follow them around with a boom and a shotgun mic.
In this video I review one of the most inexpensive wireless lavalier kits on the market, the RODELink Wireless Filmmaker Kit. I'll show you what comes in the box, how to properly set it up, and run a few tests on how it sounds.
Read MorePacquiao vs. Mayweather, Tyson vs. Holyfield, Ali vs. Frazier: history is ripe with battles between giants. Among these encounters exists one of legend. Touted as the Battle to End All Battles we bring you Monopod vs. Tripod.
Long debated between grips and directors alike, the question of monopod vs. tripod is one for the ages.
In this part of the DIY Video Guy saga we bring you the Pros and Cons of using each the monopod AND the tripod. To even the playing field we chose to compare models made by the same company and within the same price range.
Whose corner are you in?
Unless you are Doug Liman on the set of the Bourne Identity shaky footage is pretty much the worst. Often times shaky footage is rendered unusable.
Sure, you can attempt to fix it in post but there is no guarantee (other than the guarantee of pissing off your editor). There is however, a possibility people will think the camera operator has had 10 cups of coffee. Don't drink 10 cups of coffee.
In this installment of DIY Video Guy TV you will learn 7 tactics that will help you get that illusive, stable handheld footage.
You can't always walk around with a monopod or tripod and you can't always fix your mistakes in post-production. Learning to record stable, handheld footage is a must.
Read MoreI love buying video gear and I'd bet you do too.
But when there are so many choices for what you should upgrade, you should really focus on what pieces are going to make your videos better.
In today's video show, I compare the differences between cheap and expensive lenses. I'll share why you'd want to upgrade, the added features and benefits of doing so, and show you side by side examples of techniques like racking focus with an inexpensive lens and an expensive L-series lens from Canon.
Read MoreWhen I podcast or record voiceovers I use a Shure SM7B microphone into a Focusrite 18i8, but recently I wanted to get more gain and processing on it before going into Adobe Audition.
After some research I landed on the dbx 286s microphone pre-amp and processor.
In this video review I'm going to walk through what cables you need to use it, what each of the dials on it do, what I set all of them to, and any pro's and con's of this unit.
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