20 Steps Video Exercise

Note: this challenge has passed! However this is still a fun exercise so I’m leaving it up in case it’s useful. Check out this vimeo video challenge. It all starts with twenty steps… Limitations are a great way of stimulating creativity and this is a...

Dear Future Self – Video Time Capsule

One of the activities in my book Naked Lens show you how to make a time capsule (on video) for a family member to view in the future. Filmmaker and video blogger Jeremiah McDonald takes this a step further in the video blog below when he “interviews” his...

Latest Video Cameras – Updated Monthly

The latest video cameras as of the end of May 2012 are two new camcorders now shipping from Samsung: the QF20 and W300. The W300 is a durable pocket cam that can handle whatever you dish out from dust to drops to water. The Q20/QF20 is a handy-cam style camcorder with...

Camera Techniques for Low-Light

Shooting video in low-light conditions is now much easier thanks to larger and higher quality sensors, but it still presents several challenges.  Luckily there are several camera techniques that can improve your video even further. These techniques are arranged in...