Wedding & Event Video Expo in Vegas
February 23, 2007 by Kim · Leave a Comment
The 2007 WEVA Wedding & Event Video Expo is set for August 13-16 in Las Vegas, Nevada. This is a great place to learn about the latest video technology and trends and meet up with other videographers. They have lots of great workshops available also.
I plan on booking my reservations soon. You can find out more here.
Hope to see you there!
Tips on Taking a Great Family Photo
February 15, 2007 by Kim · Leave a Comment
A family photo can be a great addition to a video scrapbook. It can be pretty pricey if you go to a professional photographer. Plus, you might have to worry about copyright issues if you use another photographer’s photo in your video scrapbook. So here’s some great tips on how to take a great family photo yourself.
- Get your family members close together. Try to get everyone’s heads close together for a close up.
- Make sure everyone wears bright solid colors. Plaids, stripes, and polka dots can be very distracting.
- If you want a picture outdoors, try to take your photo in the morning when the sun is just rising. The lighting is better at this time. If you’re not a morning person, the second best time to take a photo is in the evening just before the sun sets.
- Shoot with the sun behind you. But make sure that your family is not squinting.
- Take lots of pictures. Vary up the poses if everyone is cooperative.
- Make sure the background is not distracting.
- Once you get the “keeper” shot, get your family to ham it up and take several silly shots. This will also be fun to put in a video scrapbook.
- Use a tripod to steady your shot! If you don’t have one, you can buy one for less than $20. You’ll use it more than you think. Plus, most tripods will hold both video cameras and digital cameras.
- Don’t line up your family members in a row. Arrange them in a natural pose to add interest.
That’s all I can think of right now. If you have any other tips, please share them by leaving a comment.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
February 14, 2007 by Kim · Leave a Comment
Want to create a unique video Valentine for your sweetie? Why not create a customshort? A customshort is an animated video that you can customize. Customshort supplies you with a short animated clip and special software that allows you to replace the pictures in the video with your own pictures. The best part about it is it’s FREE.
I created one for my husband. It only took a few minutes to make.
Check out the following sample and then check them out at customshorts.com.
Today is Doing Business in Your Bathrobe Day
February 12, 2007 by Kim · Leave a Comment
Today is Doing Business in Your Bathrobe Day… a day for entrepreneurs to celebrate their freedom. Kristie T., co-founder of WebMomz.com, is giving away some fabulous prizes for this great event, including a Video Scrapbooking Starter Kit donated by Scrapbooks Alive. You don’t even have to be an entrepreneur to enter.
So hop on over to WebMomz and enter to win some fabulous prizes.
Don’t Forget to Clean the Glass
February 9, 2007 by Kim · 1 Comment
I recently put together a Video Scrapbook for a friend. He brought a huge stack of pictures over for me to scan in. I went right to work. After I had scanned and cropped all the pictures and imported them into iMovie, I noticed that several of the pictures had smudges and streaks on them. I then checked my scanner and realized that the glass was dusty. Uggggh! I guess I hadn’t used it in a while. Most of my pictures are taken with a digital camera now so I haven’t even needed my scanner.
So it was back to the drawing board for me. I had to re-scan all the pictures. Now I will always remember to check the glass on my scanner before I start a new job.
How to Cut up a Chicken
February 6, 2007 by Kim · Leave a Comment
Marie Ynami of Mommy Community put together this great little video for a friend on how to cut up a chicken. This is a simple video without any bells and whistles. However, it completely serves its purpose. Marie did a great job of inserting titles and putting in disolves between scenes.
After watching Marie’s video, I realized this is an excellent idea for a video scrapbook. You’ve probably seen traditional scrapbooks with pictures of Mom or Grandma in the kitchen with their favorite recipes pasted next to their pictures.
Why not take this idea to the next level in a video scrapbook!
So grab your video camera and head to Grandma’s house. I’m sure she would love to make you your favorite dinner. Make sure you video each step of the process with Grandma narrating. At the end of the video, you could even create a slide of the recipe if needed.
In time, you could get several videos of her making different dinners and put them together on one DVD with scene selections of each meal. This would make an excellent Christmas present for family members.
I sure wish I would have gotten a video of my Granny Jo making her famous fried chicken, fried potatoes, and fried okra. Mmmmmm! I know that’s not possible anymore. I guess her great cooking is only left in my memory because she never even wrote down her recipes.
So take a peek at Marie’s video and be thinking about how you too can create a Cooking Video Scrapbook. If you have any ideas you would like to share, please leave a comment.
Tips for Organizing Your Home Office
February 6, 2007 by Kim · Leave a Comment
Several of my Mom Masterminds friends put together this great little Organizing Minds Want To Know ebook on how to organize your home office. There’s tips on how to organize your Favorites folder, how to use a white board to manage your projects, how to create to-do lists, and how to use decorative storage solutions for your office. The best part about it is it is completely FREE.
So click the link below to grab your copy!
Super Bowl = Super Tired
February 5, 2007 by Kim · Leave a Comment
First of all, let me apologize for not posting yesterday. But I had 33 people at my house for a Super Bowl party. It was a lot of fun. But I’m super tired now! Since I still have sports on the brain, I figured I would give you one of my favorite things to do when videoing/photographing my children in sports.
Make sure you get video/photos of your child getting ready for the big game. Get him/her putting on their shoes, eating a healthy snack, doing stretches, putting hair up in ponytails, etc. This will add an extra element of interest in your video scrapbook.
Doing Business in Your Bathrobe Day
February 3, 2007 by Kim · Leave a Comment
The 5th annual Doing Business in Your Bathrobe Day 2007 is February 12. My Mom Masterminds friend, Kristie T., of www.webmomz.com is sponsoring this fun event. This event is a time to celebrate the freedom home business ownership offers people.
Even if you’re not a home business owner, you can still join the fun by entering to win some great prizes. I donated a Video Scrapbooking for Beginners starter kit. There are more than 25 great prizes you could win. It’s free to enter. So go check it out…
Happy Groundhog Day
February 2, 2007 by Kim · Leave a Comment
Here’s a cute little video about Groundhog Day 2006 that I found on YouTube. Enjoy!
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