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I’ve been going chronologically through my photos for posting on Instagram and came upon one from 2008 in Tokyo Japan that evoked an emotion.  I’m tempted to buy an old used G series camera again to mess around with. Looking further into it I noticed that there were multiple pictures of the same overall subject that told a visual story about the area. The camera used (Canon G9) wasn’t anything special, but it did the job.  Links are potentially affiliated in this article, I earn from qualifying purchases!  The video on YouTube. What do you often do when you see a subject you want to capture? One goal might be to get one great photo. Maybe that means photographing it from different angles or featuring aspects of the subject in many photos until one clicks? The images had a mixture of different focal lengths. The intended focus or theme for each individual photo was also different. Whether or not there was intent, we could be creating a visual story with multiple images. I...

Today we’re looking at my Canon EOS M50 b-roll settings. Basically, any situation where I’m going to do stationary video clips. These settings seem to be the best so far given the M50’s limited configure-ability. To do vlogging or more active styles of videography, only a few changes would need to happen such as enabling image stabilization. The camera is adjusted so that I can quickly switch to hand-held work as well. The goal here is to make videography easier and faster to manage as a solo content creator. My related video on the topic. Settings might be slightly different in there. The first step with the M50 is to turn off the easy mode guided menu system. This allows you to access more features and settings in the camera. I always have the cameras in the standard menu. The M50 defaults to a simple interface that doesn’t allow you full access. The next step, in my case, is to put the camera into video mode. Change the main physical mode dial to the video setting. While you can rec...

The Canon EOS 90D is the latest in a long line of higher-end APS-C EF+EF-S mount DSLR cameras from Canon. While I’ve tried out the 80D , I don’t recall that much about the camera. So I’ll be going into this with a fresh perspective. Given that mirrorless cameras have started to really advance and expand in the market, we are seeing somewhat of a return to DSLRs with this camera and the new 1DX series body just released. Nikon got in on it with their D780 as well.  The Canon EOS 90D. This camera and the mirrorless EF-M mount M6 Mark II both have the new, densely packed, 32.5 megapixel APS-C sensor. They also added full sensor 4k video recording (yeah, even 24 fps with a firmware update…). Are these DSLR cameras still worth checking out in 2020? Let’s take a look at the 90D. If my article or video ends up interesting you in the 90D, here are my affiliate links to it: Amazon.com , B&H Photo Video , or eBay.com . As an affiliate of these shops, I earn from qualifying purchase...

I like trying to slowly improve on how I work. In the software industry it’s called iterative development. The same ideas can be applied to video production. In this case, over 9 years of making YouTube videos I’ve usually had to setup a camera and take it down for any recording I did at home.  The compact recording setup. That takes a good deal of time that could be avoided with a dedicated recording setup. The constant slight changes also introduced unwanted variability to the result. Links are potentially affiliated in this article, I earn from qualifying purchases!  Here is my related video on YouTube about the change. Basically, I’m referring to the type of videos where I’m talking to the camera or recording some type of mixture of content where a lot of it will be voiceover, but I still want my face in the video sometimes.  While I can’t totally dedicate a camera to this type of recording, I can often have one of my Canon EOS M50 bodies for that task. There isn’t t...

I was able to make 2019 the best year ever for my related YouTube channel. In this article I’m going to reflect on the statistics and compare it to my previous performance. This level of effort came with sacrifices. Hopefully, in time, I’ll be able to make the online media and video thing… my thing. I still don’t feel like I’m that close. Anyways, on to the statistics!  Some of the primary statistics for 2019. For calculations, I’ll be going by the internal totals for the channel rather than the public stats. There is a difference between the two of over 100,000 views due to videos I’ve deleted over the years. On the admin end, those videos count toward totals. Also, sorry if some of the calculations are off! I’m not a math wizard and won’t likely be proofreading this too much. It’s all just for fun and to get a general feel for how I did in 2019. For some of the initial comparisons, I’ll be including the 2019 data. Though, for the rest I’ll be using the time span 1/29/2011-12/31/...

Earlier in the year, my friend Chris of Simply Photo Studio asked me if I was interested in being a second photographer for one of his weddings. His usual second had a higher paying event to cover. While I’ve taken photos at other weddings before, this is the first time that I’ve photographed a wedding for people I don’t know. Plus, I was going to be paid. I wanted to try it out and had an intent to make some type of video for the YouTube channel about it.  Links are potentially affiliated in this article, I earn from qualifying purchases!  Check out the companion video on YouTube for this article. We started out the day with a gear check after meeting up at the ceremony location. Initially he had wanted me to take photos of the groom group at their hotel, but that didn’t work out. Apparently the hotel rooms were really bad and cramped. It would have been a lot more effort for me in driving around, so I’m glad how things turned out. The actual wedding location was really nice...