I have a selection of supports for my camera gear. All shapes and sizes, for all kinds of uses. Tripods that rarely see the light of day, monopods that for some reason have three legs but are still called monopods and those overpriced pocketable types with the flexible legs that flex to pieces. I wanted to get back to basics and find a simple aluminium monopod that suited my uses. I feel the … [Read more...] about Velbon Ultra Stick L50 (Quick look)
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Video Blogging For Dell at IFA 2012 Berlin
The five days in Berlin happened amongst a whirlwind of other assignments I was doing in and around Europe. In fact I am only finding the time to reflect now. I traveled out to Germany with Ben James, aka @BennyCrime. It's not the first time we've worked together. I hired Ben to edit a project I recorded in Pakistan for the British Council. If you stumble upon Ben on the interwebs you might … [Read more...] about Video Blogging For Dell at IFA 2012 Berlin
Disclosure and the Scottevest Experiment
I'm not a Journalist and have never trained as such. You only have to look at my grammar to see that. That doesn't stop me practicing journalism once in a while. As a blogger I feel I get to have fun experimenting with all forms of story making, reporting, documenting. I'm pretty sure first personal contact for me with Scottevest was back on the 23rd of June 2008. I received an email … [Read more...] about Disclosure and the Scottevest Experiment
Scottevest Vs Ayegear
I've been a fan of Scottevest clothing for a few years now. I was first impressed by the design, then by the way that @Scottevest engaged his customers on twitter. I even made a few videos. When I bought my first couple of items from the States I got stung with some import tax. It must have been a fluke as it has never happened since. I mentioned it to Scottevest and they/he offered me some … [Read more...] about Scottevest Vs Ayegear
The Noises on the Roof
I am currently in the process of updating a couple of Mobile Media Making courses. I'm running a number of courses in various locations over the next few weeks. This means I have to play and experiment with apps that have either been updated, or that I've not used for a while. Those that follow me on twitter will know I record and upload much more audio than video. Mainly because my workflow … [Read more...] about The Noises on the Roof