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Post by tallgirl on Oct 4, 2019 19:54:18 GMT
I've posted some of our family trip videos here before, though I'm not sure if I've shared all of them. Anyway, I just posted a new one to Youtube, and thought I would share. In August we visited South Africa, plus did a stopover in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe along the way. It was a wonderful trip, and they are destinations I would absolutely recommend! Hope you enjoy.
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Post by unknown pea on Oct 4, 2019 20:29:26 GMT
That was amazing to watch! Thank you so much for sharing it. Africa is #1 on my bucket list.
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Post by shevy on Oct 4, 2019 20:40:24 GMT
I LOVE your vacation videos. They're the best!
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Post by bc2ca on Oct 4, 2019 20:54:59 GMT
Thanks for sharing - I'm another fan of your family vacation videos!  DD and I watched this together - she was in Cape Town and just outside Kruger NP in January. |
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Post by tommygirl on Oct 4, 2019 21:55:57 GMT
What an awesome trip! Thanks for sharing it with us!
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Post by Sue on Oct 4, 2019 23:22:47 GMT
I love your vacation videos and especially love seeing how much your son and daughter enjoy themselves. I think this video is the best you've ever done. You've become a real professional. Just wonderful. Thank you for sharing with us.
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Post by 2birddogs4me on Oct 4, 2019 23:43:09 GMT
Thanks for sharing. May I ask if you used a travel agency? If so, who did you use? We are in the planning process for next year - and this exactly what we are looking for.
Any tips, references, etc - greatly appreciated.
Dawn
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Post by finaledition on Oct 4, 2019 23:47:10 GMT
Fantastic. I enjoyed it very much. Feel free to take more trips so I can take notes.  |
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Post by tallgirl on Oct 5, 2019 1:29:33 GMT
I love your vacation videos and especially love seeing how much your son and daughter enjoy themselves. I think this video is the best you've ever done. You've become a real professional. Just wonderful. Thank you for sharing with us. Thank you! I have probably made close to a dozen trip videos now, and I definitely learn from each one and refine the process a little further each time. |
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Post by tallgirl on Oct 5, 2019 1:30:28 GMT
Thanks for sharing. May I ask if you used a travel agency? If so, who did you use? We are in the planning process for next year - and this exactly what we are looking for. Any tips, references, etc - greatly appreciated. Dawn No, we didn't use an agency - we planned the trip ourselves. South Africa is pretty easy to navigate as there is no language barrier. If you have any specific questions, I'm happy to help! |
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Post by tallgirl on Oct 5, 2019 1:31:23 GMT
Fantastic. I enjoyed it very much. Feel free to take more trips so I can take notes. If I had more time and more money, I would do nothing BUT take trips and make videos from them! LOL. Luckily we do always have a couple of future trips in the hopper. Next up: Brazil! |
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Post by ToniW on Oct 5, 2019 16:02:15 GMT
Thanks for sharing your video! I really enjoy watching them!
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Post by HelenaJole on Oct 6, 2019 3:01:38 GMT
Ooh, you're close to a thousand subscribers!
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Post by Anita on Oct 6, 2019 5:20:37 GMT
Loved it!
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Post by AussieMeg on Oct 6, 2019 6:04:27 GMT
Wow, amazing! I love your holiday videos, they're so well done. I think last time I asked (a couple of years ago) you were using a Go Pro - is that right?
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Post by phoenixcov on Oct 6, 2019 15:50:58 GMT
This is the first of your trips I have seen. Really enjoyed watching it and especially loved your voice over.
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Post by gar on Oct 6, 2019 16:12:15 GMT
That was great - particularly as we may be going there next year!
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Post by TankTop on Oct 6, 2019 18:27:49 GMT
The part at the pool about gave me a heart attack!
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Post by finaledition on Oct 6, 2019 19:02:10 GMT
Fantastic. I enjoyed it very much. Feel free to take more trips so I can take notes. If I had more time and more money, I would do nothing BUT take trips and make videos from them! LOL. Luckily we do always have a couple of future trips in the hopper. Next up: Brazil! So without sounding stalker-ish, I have not ever seen your posts about previous trips so I went and looked at your other post that you shared your video mainly so I could see if you answered some questions so you wouldn't have to repeat the info (and you did). I think one of your replies you talked about how you used to scrapbook your trips and it evolved from there. And that really clicked for me as I gave up scrapbooking trips. The process was just too time consuming for this slow scrapper. A few years ago my daughter brought her Go-Pro to Hawaii and made a great video and that planted a seed for me. Last year I did a video of our Greece trip, but it was 90% stills and 10% video. And this year I went with the intention of putting together a video of our France/Switzerland trip. And knowing I was doing it changed what I video'd. So I do have a video I like, but I think your work has encouraged me to switch out the music. I used some stock iMovie music and it's fine for the first minute, but just keeps repeating. I also feel like I'm missing some detail that your voiceover provides. But I hate my voice (yours is lovely, btw), so not sure how I'll improve that. Anyway, all of this to say that you've really inspired me and given me much to think about. We have 3 trips next year so hopefully I can work towards improving the video each time, but you have really set the bar high! |
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Post by gar on Oct 6, 2019 19:09:36 GMT
The part at the pool about gave me a heart attack! Oh god, me too! |
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Post by iteach3rdgrade on Oct 6, 2019 21:23:19 GMT
Amazing trip and video!
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Post by tallgirl on Oct 6, 2019 22:42:44 GMT
Wow, amazing! I love your holiday videos, they're so well done. I think last time I asked (a couple of years ago) you were using a Go Pro - is that right? Yes, it was mostly done on a GoPro. The far away wildlife, and some low light shots, were with a DSLR. And there are a few iPhone shots, too. |
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Post by tallgirl on Oct 6, 2019 22:51:08 GMT
If I had more time and more money, I would do nothing BUT take trips and make videos from them! LOL. Luckily we do always have a couple of future trips in the hopper. Next up: Brazil! So without sounding stalker-ish, I have not ever seen your posts about previous trips so I went and looked at your other post that you shared your video mainly so I could see if you answered some questions so you wouldn't have to repeat the info (and you did). I think one of your replies you talked about how you used to scrapbook your trips and it evolved from there. And that really clicked for me as I gave up scrapbooking trips. The process was just too time consuming for this slow scrapper. A few years ago my daughter brought her Go-Pro to Hawaii and made a great video and that planted a seed for me. Last year I did a video of our Greece trip, but it was 90% stills and 10% video. And this year I went with the intention of putting together a video of our France/Switzerland trip. And knowing I was doing it changed what I video'd. So I do have a video I like, but I think your work has encouraged me to switch out the music. I used some stock iMovie music and it's fine for the first minute, but just keeps repeating. I also feel like I'm missing some detail that your voiceover provides. But I hate my voice (yours is lovely, btw), so not sure how I'll improve that. Anyway, all of this to say that you've really inspired me and given me much to think about. We have 3 trips next year so hopefully I can work towards improving the video each time, but you have really set the bar high! Thank you! I have probably made about a dozen trip videos now. The first few were photo slideshows, and then evolved into video set to music without any real audio, to my movies now that tend to either have audio or voiceover. I learn from each one, and always wind up vowing to do something differently next time! I’ve also really refined what I film in the first place. When I started out, I filmed too much of some things and not enough of other things. Now, I’m much better at knowing what I do and don’t need, and I’m more efficient at getting it. Lots of funny things happen off-camera that I wish I’d captured, but I get enough to make a movie from. It’s not ‘everything’ that happened but it’s enough to get a flavour of it all. Finding good music can be a struggle for sure. I’ve just started using Epidemic Sound for a lot of my music - it’s guaranteed copyright free, but you do need to be an active subscriber when you post to YouTube (it’s $15/month but I’m only active during the months when I post and then I cancel!) |
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Post by HelenaJole on Oct 6, 2019 23:00:14 GMT
I've been using Epidemic Sound! Picking music can take sooo long. I've collected a pretty good list, but still, sometimes nothing on there seems *quite* right.
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Post by librarylady on Oct 6, 2019 23:12:15 GMT
Marvelous, and so well done.
Now, I shall have check your other videos as I have not seen them.
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Post by Alexxussss on Oct 6, 2019 23:43:20 GMT
Wonderful! I felt like I was watching a professional tv show on the Travel Channel (at least when they used to show travel shows!). You are an inspiration. I will definitely check out your other videos and would love to learn more about your process. TFS!
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Post by tallgirl on Oct 7, 2019 1:47:34 GMT
Wonderful! I felt like I was watching a professional tv show on the Travel Channel (at least when they used to show travel shows!). You are an inspiration. I will definitely check out your other videos and would love to learn more about your process. TFS! I'm happy to answer any process questions you have; not sure which part you are curious about, but I'm happy to help. |
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Post by HelenaJole on Oct 7, 2019 2:34:48 GMT
I've been using my phone on a gimbal stabilizer and it works pretty well (generally... gimbal needs re-calibrating now, I think). I also have a Canon 60D that I usually only use for still photos. I did try getting some video with it on our Korea trip, but I ended up not using any of the footage since it was too shaky. I've been wondering if I should get a gimbal for that (would need a different one from the phone gimbal) or maybe get another smaller camera. How do you film with your Canon 77D?
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Post by tallgirl on Oct 7, 2019 2:41:30 GMT
HelenaJole Very carefully! LOL. I used to have a 70D, same camera line as the 60D, and had difficulty filming with it, due to the weight. The 77D has the same chip as the 70D, but is a step 'down' the Canon line - it's got a plastic body instead of metal, and is smaller. Which is why I chose it: it's much easier for me to hold steady for video work. It is still difficult to film with a heavy lens, though. I sometimes use the Warp Stabilizer effect to steady the footage when processing it. (Sometimes this works well and sometimes it makes the footage look even worse, though.) For me, a dSLR gimbal would be too cumbersome to manage while on a family trip. I do sometimes think about trying a mirrorless camera, or even a compact, the next time I am in the market for a new camera.
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Post by annabella on Oct 7, 2019 3:11:08 GMT
I love your vacation videos, you did a fantastic job with this one!
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