Tnx for your photo. Even traveling full time in our RV we don't miss attending a church. Today we attended a church in Victorville, California USA. Tonight we are sleeping in Colton, CA.

"Hand Held" wow! It is so Sharp, I know you aren't as old as I am.

I find that participating in photo clubs has been valuable in determining what I'd be interested in "shooting".

After we return from a shooting "trip" and look at each other's photos I frequently see 'things' in photos that I didn't even see 'live'. I improve my 'eye sight' with each trip.

My present club has weekly Challenges that force us to widen our 'thinking'. Some challenges have been: Looking Up, Yellow, Movement, Patterns, etc.

Best wishes to you.

Sam

I've read that no consumer or pro-sumer camcorder has a noise free Mic pre-amp. So I use my external Rode camera mounted Mic for syncing in post processing. With surveys showing that the audio is at least as valuable as the video in making watchable video, I use external Mics plugged into my Zoom H4. Yes it is more work.

Funny!

Marketing certainly is a 'targeting goal' isn't it. That video that you liked (you saw it off my YouTube page) was seen off of our park's FaceBook page over 600 times in the first two days. That source has a total of 647 views as of today. But, I guess you could add those two figures together. ;-)

Bob, you asked me to post some more videos. This one may help in getting new members to join a video club. But not only is it out dated (I didn't mention using smart phones for photography) but it isn't up to the level of the one you gave me the complements on. :-( But, maybe UHH members can use it for a 'starter' and develop a more current photo club marketing tool of their own. Anyone can even use portions of the narrative that they feel are 'right' for their club's image. It is not copyrighted. If you enjoy this one at or above 51% of my recent posting, I'll be happy. ;-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWvdAOojL5M

Sam

We had something similar last year when two of us tried to start a new 'club' within our RV Resort. We thought a video club would be a complement to our "Photobugs" (still photo club). We had a turn out of 8 people, which we felt was a very good start. But after one or two meetings where the chairman showed techniques to take and put together a video, the club attendance dropped to just the chairman and me as co-chairman.

I interviewed the six individuals as to why they stopped coming and all, separately, said the same thing "I wanted to learn how to use my equipment to make videos." They were not interested in how to actually make videos that other people would enjoy watching. So, this year we didn't even advertise that we'd have a Video Club. :-(

Don't know if this is playing a part in the UHH video group or not. Just a possibility.

Sam

Yes Bob, a new member in our park took those 'flying' clips last year (before our park's Board of Directors 'outlawed' flying in our resort. OK, they allow flying with a 60 days notice. Not good for 'planning for gentle flying conditions.)



I'm learning to use Cyberlink version 14 (15 has been out for at least 9 months) for my video. I used Audacity to 'level out' the audio. And the background music was from a person on the Internet that does not charge for non-commercial use. We did contribute $10 to him, just in case he felt even our non-profit's "advertising" was "for commercial use". I have used Pinnacle for video about 10 years ago (Old man 'guessing here') and it was much easier to use. But they sold their 'hobbyist' version to Coral. I don't like that company so a friend who understood Cyberlink suggested I 'switch'. Then he left the park. Even though there are many free tutorials on YouTube, I find the very basic stuff is not covered and somewhat inconstant in simple editing changes.

I used my TM900 Panasonic camcorder for this project. It saves in 1980P. (I've since purchased a Lumix DMC-FZ300 since it records in UHD 4k. But, haven't made a video using that ... yet.

Thanks for you positive comments. And yes, there is so much to do here at our volunteer RV Park. Even Visitors are encouraged to participate in our actives. But they must be members of the Escapees (national) organization before they can even stay in 'boon dock' let alone rent a site temporally vacated by a site "owner". No one actually owns their site. We all have 'equal shares' of the entire park. Any more question regarding our park should be via private messaging (since this wasn't why I shared the video). Sam

I took only 3/4 of the video, but I did all of the editing. Any and All Constructive Criticism is welcome!

Three years ago, I made a video completely by my self of this RV Resort, our 'winter roost'. My 'locals' criticized that I didn't use a female narrator's voice for most of my production (because the wife has more say in whether or not to join our non-profit co-op than does the husband). So this time, I told the communication's committee (who asked me to do an updated video) that I wouldn't do one unless someone did a "story board" first. The lady who turned out to my "boss" said that she didn't even know what a story board was. But, her finished 'outline' had 36 photos showing what I was to take a video clip of, the narrative that was to be spoken, and the length of each clip. Wow, that made my job much easier!

Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKncif6hTe0&t=14s

Sam

Does it 'sound' any better when you think about 'running out' of oil and gas in the future. These sources (wind & sun) will ever be present.

Just thinking 'outside of the box' here, but couldn't we use Hydro Electric Dams (or smaller 'storage areas' suitable for small towns or 'neighborhoods') for their constant supply of power. And when the wind and sun are 'working' refill the Dams from the "lake below"? Seems like using the combination of these clean resources will 'work' 24 hours a day.

[quote=dannac] there are all these other connections showing. If I open one of them it has a check mark in "connect auto".

My 'guess' is, even if you click on one of those other connections it will 'ask for' a password (assuming your neighbors are as smart as you). So you don't have to worry "auto connecting" if you accidentally try to connect to one of your neighbors.

Sam

I wonder if you had used a very thin white sheet to disperse the direct sunlight, if you would have gotten more detail. If you try that next time, I'd like to see your result. Nothing wrong with your I Phone camera. I like roses.

Waynet, Smudgey, and Sailorsmom: tnx so much for your positive comments about my "Summer's Best". My motivation is the every two week 'challenges' that keep me actively looking at the world around me. This was certainly emphasized after a 1/2 day photo 'trip' to a coastal garden. After we looked at the photo's shown by each of those in our club, many of us saw things in the photos that we hadn't seen in person! Strange, but it is fun to see things from other people's eyes.

SSam

My old digital camera is 4:3. Both of the photo clubs that I belong to use a 16:9 HD TV to show the results of our twice a month 'challenges'. I like to compose in-camera (not in PP) so I just used that camcorder for the past four or five years. I did purchase a Panasonic Lumix (16:9) very recently. I have a lot of 'learnin to do'. Here is a reverse laugh, I purchased their DMC-F2300 model because of it's capability of 4K VIDEO.

Sold our "on the ocean" (OK 1/4 mile from the ocean) stick house in Smith River, CA this Fall so won't have the opportunity for daily walks on the beach any more. :-( Our first photo challenge to be shown this Friday at our southern California's (Aguanga, CA) RV Resort's PhotoBugs group is our "Summer's Favorites". I get so much out of seeing 'youalls' photos that I thought I'd share them with you. I'd like comments of what part of what photo "drew your eyes". All photos were taken with my Panasonic TM900 video camcorder.

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