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Archive for December, 2009

How Addicted are you to Facebook?

I have to admit in 2009, especially at the end of the year I have been on a Facebook roll.  I don’t know what happened, but I started updating my status and actually talking to people online that I haven’t even talked to offline. So do yourself and take the quiz and ...
December 29th by chip 1 Comment

Audio for Canon DSLR Cameras

I have been enjoying using my Canon 7D almost daily for filming various projects and doing tests. One thing I knew I was going to face is the audio capabilities, or lackthereof.  I called up Guy Cochran of the dvestore and he told me about a solution he used for getting good aud...
December 26th by chip 2 Comments

Encoding for Livestream.com

Here is a video showing how to upload and encode videos for Livestream.com for their on demand service....
December 25th by chip Comments Off

Compressor preset for DSLR cameras

This is probably the last video tutorial I will do for 2009 and I have done many of them this year.   By far, the most popular is the Flip Video Workflow. Some folks ask me why are you giving away your knowledge for free?  You should be like Izzy Video and charge for it. [...]...
December 19th by chip 2 Comments

Canon DSLR edit workflow with MPEG Streamclip

Here is a brief tutorial on my workflow for transcoding HD footage from the Canon cameras using MPEG Streamclip....
December 19th by chip 1 Comment

Help-Portrait Baltimore

I had the opportunity to volunteer on December 12th for an organization called Help-Portrait.  Help Portrait is a movement of photographers who are using their time, equipment and expertise to give back to those who are less fortunate during the holiday season. The Baltimore se...
December 13th by chip 4 Comments

How to wrap your Macbook cord

I was on radio with my friend Mario Armstrong and a new friend Dana Stibolt of Macmedics and after Mario’s radio show Dana gave us tips on how to properly wrap our Macbook cord. If you are like me, I run through these cords.  Enjoy!...
December 10th by chip Comments Off

Holiday Thoughts and Wishes

I just wanted to take the time out to say Happy Holidays and best wishes for a great 2010....
December 8th by chip 11 Comments

Tascam DR-100 Portable Recorder

I, like many bloggers run test to see how different pieces of equipment works and test new workflows.  There is an abundance of reviews  online, so I just decided to add one more to the  list. I recently purchased a Tascam DR-100 Portable Digital Recorder for the purpose to ge...
December 6th by chip Comments Off