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    watch Shaving - A comedy skit

    Hey guys, I wanted to share a little skit I shot with quirky humor. Its based on shaving. Strange right? Let me know what you think! Thanks! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M5Dug1ETVY
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    Krotocam Mini - For GoPros and small cameras - DIY Steadicam

    Hey everyone, I wanted to share an updated mini version of the krotocam. Its light, easy to balance and I demonstrate how to balance it. It even got featured on diyphotography.net here: http://www.diyphotography.net/how-bu...-diy-steadicam . Feel free to check it out if you are looking to build...
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    watch GoPro meets the Krotocam Mini (DIY Steadicam) Demo

    Hello everyone, I just wanted to share some footage I got with my original GoPro mounted to my Krotocam Mini. Its basically my Krotocam design but with one less bracket and the weights are re-positioned elsewhere. Thanks and let me know what you think. Demo...
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    Krotocam - DIY Steadicam

    Hey guys, just wanted to share what I call the Krotocam. Essentially a DIY steadicam....because there isn't enough out there already right? Ha. Anyways, its easy to build, pretty easy to balance, looks pretty good and costs between $30 and $40 bucks. I also talk about a problem I found when...
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    watch Splintered Past - DIY Steadicam short

    Hey guys, just wanted to share a short demo I made using my DIY steadicam. Its a Splinter Cell inspired concept of Sam recalling an event in his past life. The DIY will come out hopefully this week. Thanks and let me know what you think! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV6T3ENV3QE
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    RotoRig - Camera Jib and Shoulder Rig in One

    Update: My DIY is now up and ready for viewing. Thanks for the support! Hey guys, I just wanted to share my RotoRig I built, which is essentially the diy version of the Aviator travel jib or MK4. Except my design doubles as a shoulder rig. Feel free to check it out and let me know what you...
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    watch Strength of One - DIY Aviator jib

    Hello everyone, this video was put together testing out my new DIY jib / shoulder rig in one. All inside shots had the jib mounted to the tripod and all outside shots were freehand jib shots and shoulder rig shots. Thanks and let me know what you think! As a side note this will be the diy...
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    DIY Follow Focus Adapter - $6 - Fits Virtually All DSLR Lenses

    Hey guys, just wanted to share an idea I came up with for pulling focus on the cheap using a gear tie. Plus this will work on very small focus rings such as the Canon 50mm 1.8 lens. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp9IV2t483Q Let me know what you think.
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    Attach an LCD Viewfinder to a swivel screen - DIY style

    I came up with a simple way of holding an LCD viewfinder to a swivel screen without adhering it to the screen itself. Simply using velcro! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRV56C_C0rA
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    DIY Monopod Dolly Adapter

    Hey everyone, I just wanted to share an idea I came up with to use your monopod on your camera dolly. I didn't see anything else out there that allowed for this so I built one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8xL06qlvJI
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    Monopod Dolly Trick

    Hey guys, I wanted to share a little trick to easily give your monopod some dolly type shots. I would consider this to be something for those to give a shot if they currently do not have a dolly or just want to add some variety to their shots. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFxGeAsGEa8
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    White Balance Card - Tip

    Hey guys, just wanted to share a simple tip for getting custom white balance. Plus its free! Hope it helps those on a budget. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujVQlle5JVg
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    Perfectly Sync Audio in Premiere Pro

    Hey guys, I wanted to share a way I came across for syncing audio in Premiere Pro. I know when I was looking on YouTube for a solution to a particular problem I was having I was unable to find what I am about to show you in this video. Essentially I had my two sets of audio a half a frame off...
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    watch Short: Cycles

    Hello everyone, I wanted to share a short I created. The story, or idea behind it, is that a man finds himself unable to determine if its a dream or a reality that he is stuck in. There is no dialogue exchanged as you will see and the entire thing was shot on a monopod. It is a little under...
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    Audio sync issues

    So I have an interesting dilemma that I am finding. Here is what I am trying to do. I am making a video explaining a little boom setup I have. I have two pieces of audio. One piece is from a Tascam DR-40 that was recording me from a shotgun mic on a pole at a rate of 96kHz / 24-bit wav. My...
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    DIY LED Light Panel - $6

    Hey everyone, I just wanted to share a simply light panel I designed. Its cheap and only takes a minute to build. One commenter pointed out that it could be a nice thing to have for under water or in the rain type stuff. Knoptop even wrote up a little article on it if you would like to read...
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    KrotoCrane - $20 DIY camera crane / jib

    Hello everyone, I wanted to share with you my small, light, portable camera crane. The first video is an overview of what it looks like and what can be done with it which is about 5 minutes in length. Watch this one first as the build video is long. If you're wondering what kind of shots I was...
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    watch Awake in the Woods -My DIY camera crane/jib Short

    Hey everyone, this is a demo I put together of me using only the camera mounted to my camera jib I built. As for specs it will reach approximately 8ft (depending on tripod height), can fit in a small car and should only cost $20 or less. I will create a tutorial later on, but wanted to test it...
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    watch Power Grab! - VFX short

    This is a little clip I made using some video assets I created and tweaked in after effects. I suppose its actually my first crack at creating a super power look. Let me know what you think. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgndnFFYlIA
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    Video asset res. and frame rates?

    Hey guys, looking for some advice here. I decided to make a completely separate YouTube channel for just uploading free pre-keyed video assets. Now my first few have been recorded at 1080p with 30fps. Do you think it would be better to record at 720p with 60fps? Thanks and let me know what...
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