Learn How to Make Videos for Your Business – 20/21 March 2013 Workshop

Are you interested in learning how to produce your own videos in-house? Would you like to publish video to the Web and author your own DVDs? Join Adrian Lee for 2 days of intense, entertaining and informative training. Click here >> http://videolane.com/courses/basic-videography/ In this 2-day Basic Videography Course, you will learn: 1. The Basics of ...

Studio on Water for a Basic Videography Course in Singapore

Completed an exciting session for January 2013 of the 2-day Basic Videography Course in Singapore.  Participants came to learn video making for unique reasons… and they loved the water! A business owner wanted to create product videos for marketing on YouTube. A corporate participant wanted to shoot and edit videos for internal corporate communications. Two educational ...

What is the Best Video Format for YouTube

MP4 or MPEG-4 is my favourite web video format. Why? The picture quality is sharp and the file size is small. We all know file size is problematically huge for most video files. MP4 video solved that problem. What’s more? MP4 videos are playable on the web as well as on mobile devices. You can ...

12 Videography Questions and Answers on Recording a Lecture

What’s your burning question about video recording a lecture or a seminar? After my presentation at an Audio-Visual Technology Seminar, I received plenty of questions from new Event Videographers (whose jobs are not Videography but require video production in their work).  Here are 12 selected questions about camcorder techniques, sound recording techniques, video lighting techniques ...

What to Do with Rejected (Duplicate Upload) Message from YouTube 2

When I logged in to my YouTube account, I was shocked to see my most popular “How to Draw Spiderman“ video being rejected as duplicate upload. The video clip was posted in the year 2007 and had been there all along while OTHER people copied it and posted it to their own YouTube account. So ...

5 Creative Marketing Video Ideas for Niche Products

How do you reach out to more potential customers for your niche product? I stumbled upon an article about guerilla marketing from the engineer’s point of view that helped a startup company reach 10 million niche product downloads. What has this got to do with Videography and Web Video Production? A lot, if you want to ...

Sony Vegas Pro 12 Review – New Features 1

Here’s my short review of 5 new features (out of 40 over new features) in Sony Vegas Pro 12 and decide if it’s useful for me as an Independent Videographer. 1. User interface enhancements Explorer window now has an option for Thumbnail view. This is a long-awaited and useful feature. Property setting option to first ...

7 Recommended Books for the NEW Event Videographer

While researching new information to enhance my Basic Videography Course, I found some great books… …and I want to share them with you. These are 7 highly rated Amazon Kindle ebooks… Rated 4 to 5 stars. [slideshare id=14764516&doc=tipsfortheneweventvideographer-7recommendedamazonkindlebooks-adrianlee-121017061142-phpapp01] #1. How to Shoot Video That Doesn’t Suck “It’s about how to think like a director, regardless ...

Adobe Premiere Elements 11 Review 1

I purchased and installed Adobe Premiere Elements 11 yesterday. Needed it for teaching basic video editing techniques to beginners in my 2-day Basic Videography Course. After using it for a full day together with my students, I have discovered its pros and cons. Here’s my honest review… (Click Here to Download Adobe Premiere Elements 11!) ...

Why is YouTube Good for Business – Infographic Video 2012

Why are companies sending their staff to my 2-day Basic Videography Course? They want to make their own videos for YouTube. They want to use social video to promote their company. Most importantly… They want to know how to make videos PROFESSIONALLY. BUT… Is YouTube really good for business? This updated infographic video by James ...