MT Stringer
Member
I was bored last night so I sat and watch a lot of videos. Actually, I watched some and skipped over others.
Why? Some of them are just plain terrible. Some are made by a single person with very little video experience. The videos are herky jerky - eough to make your head swim. Others, and a lot of them - are published with meaningless rambling by the person. Over and over. "Just like I said..." C'mon man, get to the point!
I have done a lot of photography from wildlife to high school sports, but very little video. Can it be all that hard. Hold the camera steady for heavens sake! Don't pan around as if the camera is mounted on your head. I am feeling dizzy just thinking about it.
All I wanted to do was get a little schooling on preparing for when disaster strikes. Here in southeast Texas, and near the gulf coast, my concern is hurricanes or tornadoes and the resulting aftermath we have to deal with (power outage, home damage, etc).
I have been through several hurricanes including Alicia in 1983, Rita in 2005 and Ike in 2008. I was at work during the night Alicia came in. Not fun working in a chemical plant during those times. With the imminent threat from Rita, we chose to flee, as did many thousands of others. To say the least, that was a debacle.
We also left when Ike approached, and I am glad we did. We had water damage in every room of our house except the kitchen. The wind blew off shingles and in came the rain!
I think we have a good food supply, and plan to stock up on water and a few cans of Spam each time I go to the store.
Video guys, you can do a better job. I know you can.
OK, my rant is over.
Thanks for reading.
Mike
Why? Some of them are just plain terrible. Some are made by a single person with very little video experience. The videos are herky jerky - eough to make your head swim. Others, and a lot of them - are published with meaningless rambling by the person. Over and over. "Just like I said..." C'mon man, get to the point!
I have done a lot of photography from wildlife to high school sports, but very little video. Can it be all that hard. Hold the camera steady for heavens sake! Don't pan around as if the camera is mounted on your head. I am feeling dizzy just thinking about it.
All I wanted to do was get a little schooling on preparing for when disaster strikes. Here in southeast Texas, and near the gulf coast, my concern is hurricanes or tornadoes and the resulting aftermath we have to deal with (power outage, home damage, etc).
I have been through several hurricanes including Alicia in 1983, Rita in 2005 and Ike in 2008. I was at work during the night Alicia came in. Not fun working in a chemical plant during those times. With the imminent threat from Rita, we chose to flee, as did many thousands of others. To say the least, that was a debacle.
We also left when Ike approached, and I am glad we did. We had water damage in every room of our house except the kitchen. The wind blew off shingles and in came the rain!
I think we have a good food supply, and plan to stock up on water and a few cans of Spam each time I go to the store.
Video guys, you can do a better job. I know you can.
OK, my rant is over.
Thanks for reading.
Mike
