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From having only one camcorder at your disposal to preparing your interview subject, these tips used by the pros can help you record a professional interview that resemble those you [...]

Mount Meru in northern India rises 21,000 feet above the Ganges River, nowhere near as high as Mount Everest, the peak that gets all the expeditions and the IMAX films. [...]

Whether you are a photographer or cinematograher, composition is one of the most influential variables when trying to capture images with impact. Depending on the subject matter and situation, how […]

Chances are you bought your HDTV with one purpose in mind: to watch movies, sports, or the many network and cable TV series like Lost and The Sopranos that look [...]

Shooting video and making movies with your camcorder is a lot of fun. You aim the camcorder, press the Record button and magic happens. But, how do you go about […]

Here's a little known secret among videographers. It's not so much the type of camcorder that you have that really makes the difference between good video and bad video; it's […]

Nothing has inspired the purchase of camcorders like a new family member on the way. Grandparents and parents feel a sudden urgency to video when a precious bundle of love […]

Have you ever tried moving your camcorder really close to your subject? I mean REALLY close. Most camcorders' autofocus mechanisms adjust to provide sharp focus to within millimeters of your […]

A camcorder works in two ways. In one mode, you have auto everything. All you do is press the pause/record button to start recording, press record to stop and the […]

Are you starting to edit your home movies and videos? You may have checked out a few editing programs and experimented with creating your own edited masterpieces. If you have […]

Many of us fondly recall the good old days of low-end technology, a time when we lived happily without computers and the Internet. And, a few of us have even […]

An inexpensive Hi8 camcorder, Radio Shack mics and a mixer, a VCR and a small monitor--that's about all the equipment that Oakland, CA's Televideo Production Services uses to videotape depositions. […]

Capturing minority groups on video is always a delicate and sensitive process. I frequently feel self-conscious when pointing my camcorder at people with different skin color. I've discussed the problem […]

Ever notice when you take two shots of the same subject--say, a landscape, a city street, a group of people--that one shot often looks, well, better somehow, though you can't [...]

Variety is the spice of life, as they say, so if you want to add more flavor to your videos, you need to break free of the mold and experiment […]

If you're like most videographers, getting the best visual quality should be uppermost in your goals. But, what about capturing great audio to go along with those great visuals? Better […]

Photographers have been in the trenches for a hundred years before us, acclimating people to be subjects for our lenses. Starting with only rudimentary cameras and sheer determination, they braved […]

It's inevitable. If it hasn't happened already, you'll eventually shoot video in an auditorium. Aside from potential problems with lighting and available electricity, how will you record the sound? Authorities [...]

You may think that shooting unobtrusively is just for spying on bad guys or hotties at the beach; but covert videography has many other uses, even for casual shooters. If [...]

This fledgling video producer bought the best equipment his meager budget would allow, and, fueled by his creative drive, flew headlong into his first production shoot. Back home in his [...]

The openings to 'Saturday Night Live' and 'The Tonight Show' feature montages of fast-paced shots of the city at night. Set to up-tempo music, these dynamic spectacles of light rev […]

Making video is about perspective -- your perspective. Video lets you share your unique point-of-view with your audience. Through the camcorder, you invite the audience to see what you see. [...]

The television revolution changed the way Americans view the world. Now the camcorder is making that view much more personal. From reality-based shows like Real TV and America's Funniest Home [...]

The Quickest Way To Document Your Valuables It often arrives in the middle of the night, when you least expect it. It robs you of your most prized possessions: family [...]

What's the Story? At every Videomaker Expo we listen to teachers who are struggling to use video in the classroom, either as a learning resource or as a course in [...]

I've learned a lot about using video equipment since I got my first camcorder, so I'm going to take this opportunity to write a letter to myself when I was [...]

If singer Kenny Rogers had been talking about camcorders instead of playing cards in the song, 'The Gambler,' he certainly would have sung, 'You got to know how to hold [...]

It was like stepping into a land designed just for video/photo opportunities. That's how I felt during my first visit to three European capitals. At every turn I was inspired [...]

I've just had my head candled like a new-laid egg and the procedure, a CAT scan of my sinuses, got me thinking about uses for video in science. While the [...]

It was a dramatic moment the night rescue workers pulled two teens through the final few yards of raging water to safety. An incredulous Chuck Dennis shut down his Zenith [...]

For 50 weeks a year, life seems to move with the predictability of a spinning washing machine. Then, all of a sudden, the countdown you've run for months reaches zero [...]

The Hi8 footage Ron gathered on his video shoot looked great when he viewed it in New York, but was ruined when he played it back at home in San [...]

The background image on my computer is a still I grabbed from a home video -- or maybe it's an away video. It shows my wife knee-deep in a mountain [...]

Hey, You! Yeah, you with the camcorder stuck way back in the closet, somewhere between the dusty suitcases and the pile of old hats! Time to get up off you [...]

One of the best ways to learn the art of video editing is to watch the pros. So before you begin your next editing project, I have a homework assignment [...]

Tips on using a camcorder to record the action at a Little League baseball game are presented. Suggestions for planning and shooting a videotape of a NASCAR stock car race are included.

Mastering camera movement is vital for videographers working with hand-held camcorders. Tips on static shots, stationary moves, traveling moves, lens usage, frame composition and editing are presented.

You don't have to travel to Europe or the Amazon to enjoy the thrill of outdoor videomaking. the USA is brim-packed with opportunities to hone and display your outdoor video [...]

Jimmy Jones sifts through his letters like he does every morning. He hates junk mail, and there is always plenty of it. He doesn't care much for those window envelopes [...]

Camcorder enthusiasts can capture the beauty of nature in a backyard garden as well as in more exotic locations. Tips on shooting angles, perspectives, lenses, tripods, light, reflectors, diffusers and exposures are presented.