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Merry Christmas to you all
I created this collage to explain my feelings about Christmas. Everyone has their own. This is what I like to believe.
During this holy time, know that all times are holy, that every religion holds truth, that each tradition is sacred, and that it is in the simple sharing of love that we make our beliefs come alive, and our dreams come true. Let this Christmas Day remind us that Christ came to invite us to offer love to all humankind, and to open the door of God's kingdom to every soul.
Merry Christmas December 25, 2011 
...getting people to sit through your videos can be challenging, considering 33% of viewers say "no thank you" and move on after watching just 30 seconds.
Your video is being judged on its content, presentation, production quality, style, and the valuable information it provides.
What this tells us is that your content must be truly remarkable to maintain your audience's attention.
Here are the 12 tips to instantly improve the production quality of your video marketing content to give it a nice little boost.
This is very helpful. I'm going to do it, how about you? Via Robin Good 
Pam Brossman has been using video marketing for years and she’s managed to build a business that consistently brings her over $100,000.00 per year. 
"A new web technology is promising to do for video what the internet did for text.
The possibilities of this technology are endless.
Although similar functionality could be partially achieved using a closed environment such as Flash, Popcorn uses a new standard called HTML5, which is built directly into the browser.
To explore the potential of the technology, Canadian director Katerina Cizek used Popcorn.js together with a 3D graphics technology called Web GL to create a new documentary.
The web-based documentary allows the user to explore a simple 3D environment and click to view one of six narratives. The environment you see is linked to the weather in Toronto at the time you are watching – so if the sky is overcast there, it will be overcast on your screen.
The narrative segments are linked to Wikipedia articles and Flickr photographs that update as people upload more photos.
The documentary itself was made without much video, relying instead on photos provided by the residents of the tower and recordings of their comments. ...
Because the documentary is essentially a 3D virtual environment, the viewer gets to control aspects such as the camera (viewing) angle.
Via Robin Good 
A manifesto can help keep creatives, professionals and many others on course.
It's Thanksgiving and even during these tough times, there is so much to be thankful for. And we can all use a little more inspiration to keep us going.
I hope you enjoy these different manifestos. Keep going. Keep your stories alive -- we all need to hear them! Via Karen Dietz 
I'm learning that portrait photography can be tough in more than one way thanks to my participation in the December Challenge. I'm already getting bored ...
Some resources for our LifeStory Photographers 
At Victoria Hospice we’re into the third year of a Life Stories service for patients registered with Hospice. This is a program that I initiated and continue to be involved with as a trainer and a mentor for our Life Stories Volunteer Interviewers.
Even if you’re not involved with palliative-care patients, you may find yourself at times interviewing someone who’s very frail and elderly. There’s no guarantee that time is on your side. Via Kathy Hansen 
Most people when they consider a life story project think of a book. There are a lot of good reasons for producing a book. But I'll be honest. I have a video bias because producing video personal h...
I personally think there is a need for both. I sure do love Dan's view on this. 
Answer (1 of 8): You can upload your art on DeviantArt.com for people to look at and comment on; not sure if it is against the website policy to discuss selling items. You can also check Etsy.com which is a place to sell your stuff. 
Paula embodied the spirit of folk tradition and classic storytelling. She kicked off the campaign with videos and tweets that encouraged viewers to participate. She focused on the “how”, with videos on how to set up your kitchen, how to put on your make-up for the camera, and more. Her voice encouraged home cooks across the country to submit their own recipe videos online. 
Professional Wedding and Portrait Photography...
A LifeStory Photographer now open in Harrison, Arkansas. Check out her specials. 
http://t.co/OFmYMey0 Better Articles Directory » Why Aren't More Video Production ...
Yeah, why aren't they? 
Photographers always seem to be obsessed with gear. If you don’t believe me go and visit any of the photography websites and forums to see how intense people get when discussing gear. It is like the photographs are there just to prove how great the equipment is. As a professional photographer who actually earns money from pictures, to me gear is a necessary evil but has always been seen as a means to an end - without it I can’t do my job, but at the same time I don’t take it to bed every night or fantasize about it. |
Capture your computer screen and audio with GoView, then instantly share your recording online.
This looks very cool and it's FREE. Via Baiba Svenca 
Here’s one more followup on New York Times columnist David Brooks’s project to collect stories from folks older than 70, a series he’s calling “The Life Report” … 
Masher is an online free service which allows you to easily create video mashups, utilizing not only your own uploaded material, but also the rich and growing library of clips, images and music tracks provided by the service itself (though third-party providers).
Masher provides you with a very simple editor interface in which you can add, juxtapose and edit your media clips by simply dragging and dropping them on a timeline. It is also possible to overlay simple titles and add some basic effects to any video.
To be honest, I was quite impressed with the ease with which you can work in Masher, and although I spent only 10 minutes testing it out, I was surprised with the results. In less than 90 seconds I was able to put this together: http://masher.com/player.jsp?key=ff18beef-1996-ad26-ff66-0000fc97018c&adscheme=0 and altough it is a piece of tropical nothingness, shows that if you have a topic and know what you want, Masher can really help you to put together a video even when you may have no available material at all.
Via Robin Good 
Video attorney bios for legal marketing and content marketing should focus on visual storytelling, not just cost and frequency...
Corporate storytelling, personal branding, back-stories -- it's all here in these 3 videos about lawyers in a particular San Francisco, CA law firm.
And they really work! Or at least 2 of them do. The last one, not so much. I guess I was looking for more of a personal story like in the first two videos, instead of "This is a nice place to work and we have fun."
What made them work? Sharing a personal story right off the bat. And the first 2 videos were all about the "How I Got Started" topic -- one of the essential core stories to master for any business/entrepreneur.
Each video also had a problem/challenge to overcome and a key message at the end. Do these videos have so much punch they are going to change the world? No -- but they certainly are doing the work they need to do: they are engaging, give us background, and entice us to call these lawyers.
There are good lessons here for us to replicate in our own videos.
Thank you fellow curator Gregg Morris @greggvm for sharing this article! Via Gregg Morris, Karen Dietz 
Most organizations have forgotten the art of storytelling, which is why their messages aren’t being remembered. Here are three points to consider.
There are good messages in this article for us all to remember -- about why storytelling is important and the impact that it makes.
AND -- this article includes tips for what you'll need to share your stories effectively, along with a few ideas on where to share your stories.
It's an enjoyable read for a Thanksgiving holiday weekend :) Via Karen Dietz 
Every snapshot a person takes or keeps is also a type of self-portrait, a kind of "mirror with memory" reflecting back those moments and people that were special enough to be frozen in time forever. Collectively, these photos make visible the ongoing stories of that person's life, serving as visual footprints marking where they have been (emotionally, as well as physically) and also perhaps signaling where they might next be heading. Even people's reactions to postcards, magazine pictures, online images, or snapshots taken by others can provide illuminating clues to their own inner life and its secrets.
Wow, how great is this. Via Kathy Hansen 
It's fair to say that most clients think of a life story in book form rather than video. That's why I previously wrote 5 Reasons You Should Consider a Video Life Story where I extolled the virtue...
Another great piece from Dan. 
Are you journaling about your day to day activities? Maybe you should consider it. Two reasons why you should. ... Via Kathy Hansen 
My business may be small but my story isn't.
Tell your Business Story! Artists Are My Heros Produced by Art Ability World...
Now this is what an Artist Does. Great job Sian Lindemann. 
In this generation, we prefer to tell our stories through the lens of a camera [...] (20+ Ideal Gifts for Photographers http://t.co/8yAh8OkF...)...
How fun are these ideas. I'm going to get a "Canon Camera LENS MUG" for me. The Bokeh Kit looks fun too. What do you think? |
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