Time for change

by Paula

Over a year ago, I got serious about growing my business into the online world. Now I find myself at the next stage of digital learning and growth.

How do you video with a standard digital camera or DSLR and a tripod? The solution was easy. Use a homemade narrow table roughly a foot deep and then tip the tripod to be nearly a vertical video. Tips along the way: video upside down, use lights so they create as little hand shadow as possible, free video editors can separate your audio, voiceovers can be in a video format on line two or three of the editor, make sure you always open the blind near your video (time-lapse and slatted blinds do not mix well), and when your head is roughly a foot from the camera microphone your sound is pretty good.

I now have a used computer to level up my content and ability to sound editing in a DAW with sound gates and other applications. I’m switching back to my white drafting table so the computer has a “home” away from family use. So how do I video near 90 degrees? How do I record sound (Lavalier or USB Blue Snowball)? Do I need a boom arm for the camera or a wall mount? Do I need an arm for the mic? All questions I am currently pursuing answers to.

I look forward to the videos to come though I’ll miss the warmth of a wood table in the videos.

My current editing programs are:

OpenShot Video Editor: process your time-lapse separately first and then edit and layer from your compressed and preprocessed video. I have little to no glitching doing it in this way.

Cakewalk: I’m currently learning this DAW for my sound editing.

Cannon DSLR purchased in 2019: Older models get too hot. It takes a modern camera to record high definition videos.

Sound has been the DSLR camera mic. In the last 3 videos, it’s a Lavalier recorded through the DSLR. The Lavalier is very sensitive and has no gain control. Until I learn my DAW I simply turn the sound down to 70 or 80 percent in OpenShot Video Editor to help reduce what was picked up by Lavalier. Additionally, I now have a Blue snowball to test. We’ll see which has superior sound ability.

Music is from You Tube studio.

Artweaver for thumbnails

These are potentially the last two videos in my old setup.