Tag: tips

  • Madagascar: Visiting the Tsingy de Bemaraha (Part 2)

    This post is a continuation of my previous post, where I described out trip from Antananarivo to Morondava, and then north across two rivers and to the “petit tsingy” and a boat ride through the Manamobolo Gorge and the caves that border it. In this post, I will share our experience in the “grand tsingy”…

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  • Madagascar: Visiting the Tsingy de Bemaraha (Part 1)

    Travel and Leisure has listed Madagascar as one of its 50 places to visit in 2017.  Since we’re talking about a country that would stretch from New York City to the tip of Florida, I’ll help narrow things down a bit.  Despite the hassle of getting there, the Tsingy the Bemaraha National Park is one…

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  • Chroma-Keying Made Easy, part 2 of 3

    The previous post talked about how to use chroma keying (blue-screen/green-screen) techniques in home video, relatively inexpensively.  The question is, so now what can you do with that?  Really, it’s up to you and your imagination.  The most obvious use is to put yourself in front of a background which, for practical reasons, is difficult…

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  • Underwater Videography

    I posted a few weeks ago about having to “make do” with a still camera to do underwater “video-“graphy – and then using photoshop and effects to make it look less like a slideshow.  Well this time I made it work with actual video.  Granted, there are a lot sexier underwater videos out there made…

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  • Editing Your Own Videos

    People often ask me for recommendations on what to use to edit their own videos. My first suggestion is of course to hire me to do it for you! But here are some other ideas if you want to give it a go on your own.

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