Thursday, September 6, 2007
Few things are as difficult to watch or as nauseating to experience as shaky camera work. Home videos of vacations and family events are notorious for this and that is why they get taped but never watched. The difference between steady and shaky footage has nothing to do with the camcorder and everything to do with the videographer. The following list of five essential skills will improve any video if applied during the shoot.
One: Hold the Camera with Both Hands
Some people think it is cool to operate cameras with just one hand. I believe the manufacturers are doing you a favor by freeing up a hand not so you can use it to eat a candy bar, but so you can use it to steady the camera. Two hands are always better than one. It sounds obvious and simple yet every time I go to record a public event I always see folks holding the camcorder with just one hand. Stop acting like an amateur and hold the camera with both hands. Your audience will thank you, maybe not verbally, but will appreciate your effort.
Two: The Correct Stance
People are lazy, especially during long shoots. If you have the job as videographer you had better not be leaning your weight on just one leg. Stand with your feet approximately shoulder length apart with your body weight balanced between both legs. This stance is proven to improve stability in all physical activity and it definitely applies in this case as well.
Three: Electronic Stabilization
Once again, the manufacturers are trying to help you out. If you are shooting without the use of a tripod then turn the electronic stabilizer on, but be sure to turn it off when you put the camera back on the tripod. This technology has improved greatly in the last few years and makes a huge difference in the final shot.
Four: Avoid Zooming, Get Closer
The wide angle is doubtlessly the most stable setting. Zooming make the camera much more reactive to the slightest movement. While holding the camera in your hands this includes up and down as well as side to side. Many zooms are digital now and I frown upon its use. Only use optical zoom! Digital zoom only enlarges existing shots which start to pixelate and the quality plunges. If you can get closer without zooming, this will keep the angle wide and will stabilize your shot.
Five: Just Use a Tripod
The professional's best friend is the tripod. There is no shame in using one. Tricky movements should be attempted with a counterbalance system like a Glidecam. Most shooting, however, can be accomplished with the use of a tripod. Use it. It may be a little bulky to carry around but that is the difference between the amateur and the professional. Don't be lazy. Take a tripod and use it as much as possible.
Tyler Ellison is affiliated with utah wedding videos through Ellison Video Productions as a producer and marketing director.
Bluetooth Solution and Key Learning Points
The technology of Bluetooth will take small area networking to the next level by removing the need for user intervention and help keep transmission power very low to preserve battery power. Each transmission signal to and from your cellular
phone will use just 1 mw of power, giving you plenty of space on your battery to talk.
Bluetooth is a networking standard that will work on two levels:
1. It will provide agreement at the physical level, as Bluetooth is a radio frequency standard.
2. It will provide agreement at the level of protocol, where products will have to agreeon when bits are sent, how many are sent, and how the parties in conversation can be sure the message recieved is the same one that was sent.
The major draws to Bluetooth is the fact that it's wireless, inexpensive, and automatic. There are other ways to get around wires, including infrared. Infrared uses light waves of a lower frequency than the human eye can, and is normally used in television remote controls.
The technology of Bluetooth is intended to get around the problems that normally come with infrared systems. The 1.0 older standard of Bluetooth has a max transfer speed of 1 MB a second, while the 2.0 Bluetooth standard canmanage up to 3.0 MB a second. To make things better, 2.0 is compatible with 1.0 devices.
As a solution to wireless, Bluetooth will eliminate the need for messy cords, keeping everything nice and neat. It's perfect for those who like to talk on cell phones, as you no longer need to hold the phone next to your ear - which is great for those who travel a Bluetooth is easily the best in wireless handheld technology. When it comes to learning, Bluetooth can get quite complicated. To help you, you'll find the key learning points of Bluetooth below:
1. Bluetooth is an energy efficient, low overhead communication protocol that's ideal for interdevice communications.
2. Unlike infrared, Bluetooth doesn't require a line of sight.
3. Depending on the implementation, Bluetooth can have a range of up to 100 meters.
4. The specification of Bluetooth consists of a Foundation Profile Document and a Foundation Core Document.
5. The protocol stack for Bluetooth consists of core protocols, cable protocols, and even adapted protocols.
6. The transmitter operates around the 2.4 GHz frequency band.
7. The data channel will change frequency, or hops, 1,600 times in a second, between the 79 allocated channels in the ISM band.
8. Bluetooth utilizes a spread spectrum frequency hopping RF characteristic to ensure that independant networking operates when the other devices are in range.
9. A piconet is formed when one or more devices open up a channel of communication.
10. A piconet can have a master and up to seven slaves.
11. Communication of the interdevice is based on the concepts of channels.
12. All Bluetooth devices are capable of transmitting voice.
13. The channel has a total capacity of 1 MB per second.
14. There are two types of channels with Bluetooth - SCO (Synchronous Connection Oriented) and ACL (Asynchronous Connectionless).
15. The SCO channels are time oriented, andare therefore primarily used for transferring time critical data such as voice.
16. ACL channels are normally used for communicating data.
17. Data contained in a packet can be up to 2,745 bits in length.
18. In a single piconet, there can be up to three SCO links containing 64,000 bits a second each.
19. To avoid collision and timing problems, SCO links are reserved slots that are set up by the master.
20. The masters can support up to three SCO links with either one, two, or three slaves.
21. The slots that aren't reserved for SCO links can be used as ACL links.
22. The LMP (Link Management Protocol) will handle link level security, error corrections, and the establishment of communications links.
23. The LMP packets will have priority over user packets that originate and form the L2CAP layer.
24. The L2CAP layer will ensure an acceptable quality of service.
25. No more than one ACL link can exist at the L2CAP layer.
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Viral Marketing Secrets
Viral marketing is probably one of the best ways to promote products. The secret to this is to do it correctly. What does this mean?
Let's suppose you have written an ebook, how do you promote it? Well this is probably one method that is not used to its full potential. If done correctly, you could find your ebook being promoted by hundreds of people.
Let's look at how to achieve this. Imagine you have written an ebook, if you then promote this book that has links to some other products that you are selling, how it is possible to get other people promoting your products for free?
One way is to give your book away free of charge. Yes this is one of the best methods to get sites promoted quickly. If you look at how many sites are offering a free ebook for signing up to a newsletter for example you will understand the idea.
These free ebooks will normally contain links promoting various products. Most people love free products. This is one of the best ways to promote your products. Give away a free ebook that offers value to your visitors.
Another option is to give everyone who downloads your ebook an option to give it away, thus providing more options to get your links circulating on the Internet. There are more options of selling resell rights to your ebook.
Webmasters are always looking for new content to offer their visitors. You could offer resell or master resell rights to your book for example. Most people don't have time to produce their own products, so if you can produce a good quality ebook for example, then you will have a market for that.
The problem with viral marketing is that most people don't explore it to its full potential. It's good to offer resell or master resell rights to a product, but the real advantage is to offer to divide the commission received from sales with your links.
Let's suppose you offer 50% commission for all sales for everyone that promotes your products. Can you see the incentive for others to sell your products? If they don't have products but have an email list, then they will be more inclined to promote your products knowing they will receive a commission.
If you can produce a good quality product, then it should be easy to find other webmasters to promote it. The reason being that it is easier to promote various products for other people than spend time researching and producing their own products.
This can be one of the best ways to promote products, because it costs virtually nothing to sell digital products and if you find many people to sell them, it can be a great way to earn money online.
If done correctly, this can be a great way of getting your sites seen on the Internet. Offer an incentive for webmasters to promote your products. If they have a list of subscribers all they have to do is to send an email to everyone and every sale they make, will receive 50%.
If you can find joint ventures with webmasters that have big email lists, then this can be a great way to make sales. Offer them a proposal that is irresistible and you are almost assured of success.
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