Tag: inexpensive

  • Results, #ShittyCameraChallenge, October Edition

    Back in June, I was excited to post my results in the first Shitty Camera Challenge.  At the time, the results were completely appropriate for the camera I used at the time, and I still lie awake at night wondering how my life would have been different, had I been selected (at random) as that…

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  • “Green Screen” Cheap and Easy

    Most people who dabble in home video editing know about “blue-screening” or “green-screening.”  What they may not realize is that it doesn’t take a whole lot of money – or a great deal of know-how – to apply the technique in their own videos.  Technically called “chroma keying,” the technique actually allows you to filter…

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  • Underwater Videography

    Last Christmas, I ordered my daughter a last-minute Christmas gift, paying for “guaranteed” delivery by Christmas.  It was a waterproof cover for her Flip HD camera – and the timing was important because we were headed to Hurghada, Egypt, for a week of sun and snorkeling – on Christmas day.  Thirty bucks for the cover,…

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