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5 Drone Tips for Photo & Video Not only are drones pretty common these days but they are also in that stage of development where prices are dropping and quality is rising. The thing with drone footage is that from the outside it looks pretty spectacular at times and seems to be a

Which Vlogging Camera Should You Buy in 2026? Given the fact that this website is quite literally a one man band there is absolutely no way I can keep up with the camera market. That's why you don't see any camera reviews or even all that much camera news here… its just all a bit much f

Don’t Make Viewers Play Catch-Up One of the great truths in making videos is that the most important part of video, is audio! The vast majority of viewers will forgive substandard video quality but will switch off in a heartbeat when there is bad audio. This rejection rate gets m

Make Eyes Pop on Camera with This Simple Lighting Trick One tiny little detail that is often missed on lighting tutorials is the idea of positioning one of your lights to cause a little reflection in the subject's eye. One of the most obvious examples of this is when beauty vloggers use

Shooting Secrets Creators Don't Show You When you look at a lot of the videos that well known creators produce and upload, they all look pretty slick from the outside. Because of that, when you first start out for yourself, you tend to get the idea that they are these super smooth

Lighting Setup Masterclass for YouTube A few years back now I started shooting videos for my wife who wanted to start her own YouTube channel. Up until that point I was mainly involved in editing videos and as far as shooting them went, it was strictly "point and shoot" family and

$100 Cinematic YouTube Studio Setup (Full Guide) When I first started shooting footage for my wife for her YouTube channel I really didn't know too much about shooting in that specific situation. I was always more an editing guy than a video shooting guy! So when I began I figured out

Zooms or Prime Lenses? One of the questions that may come up for you when you move up to a dedicated video shooting camera like a DSLR or an MILC is that of lenses. There used to be an assumption not too long ago that a Prime Lens (fixed focal length) was always going to be better than a

Film Composition for Beginners Shot composition is another of those seemingly "unseen" factors that determines how your audience will respond to your videos. When I say "unseen," I mean unseen by the audience although possibly unseen by you the creator as well! Your audience will not

Your Color Grading Looks Wrong… Here's Why A while back now my wife started doing the final editing of some of her videos rather than having to wait around for me to get to it. Anyway that was fine cos' hey, it's not like she was paying me! Anyway one of the first hurdles we had to g

Amateur Camera Gear Not Worth The Money in 2026 Although the title of the video below refers to "Camera Gear," it actually goes way broader than that and is well worth watching. The harsh reality is that in the past four or five years the changes or improvements to most cameras has been

How to Walk with a Gimbal for Smooth Footage Over the past few years there have been some incredible advances made in the field of stabilizing handheld footage. Action cameras like the GoPro and the range from DJI have brought some amazing internally driven stabilization features. On

Why You Should Stop Making "Fancy" Videos Almost every time I add a video from Casey to the Friday Roundup, it is going to be pretty much specific to using DaVinci Resolve in some way. More often than not it will be something to do with color correction or using Fusion. However this

Why Your Edits Feel Choppy (and how to fix it) I would suggest that this video is vital to anyone that has heir basic shooting and editing tools under control. You will find lots of advice on the internet about how to cut and all the different types of cuts you can use. However most

OK so I guess this week I am a day late and have pretty much always been a dollar short! By way of explanation for the delay in the Friday Roundup you really only have to look at the top image. Most readers probably don't know that although I am Australian I have actually been living

If you’re making YouTube videos, home movies or are basically operating at a "below Hollywood" level of video creation then the truth is you probably don't need a complete guide to codecs! However if you are like most people and are checking out various resources on the internet to improve

The ‘5 Second Intro’ Is Dead, Here’s Why… It is interesting to see how over time, the viewing habits and responses of people watching videos on YouTube has evolved. In the recent past, the most successful style of video was the one that started with a demanding or at least wildly enthusi