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Top 3 Ways How Videos Brings Us Together

Photo from: http://themetapicture.com/family-bellies/ Over the summer a lot of things has changed for families. Many of us had captured footage on many different devices. Maybe some of you even have old tapes that are sitting on the shelves for a long time. Before most of us return to school and work, it’s a good time right now to just relax with everyone and enjoy the last few days of August and watch what has happened this year so far! Here are the top 3 ways on how to use family videos to get us closer together: 1) Gatherings help bring […]

3 Tips on How to Film Great Home Movies

Summer is almost over! Footage from families are starting to pile up in everyone’s homes. As technology advances, it’s also easier to film anything at almost any moment. I mean, who wants to not film their children grow & share it? Check out some tips below on how to get the best possible footage from your hand held device, cell phone or DSLR! 1) Slow smooth shots: After transferring home movies for many years, the worst videos are when the camera is zooming in and out, panning and tilting everywhere with no sense of direction. It makes the audience feel […]

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How to Identify Your Video Format

There are many types of video formats that has come out in the past 50 years. I will explain the most popular formats during the past 50 years as we get many people bringing in tapes they can’t identify.   The most common one is the VHS tape. It came out around 1980s and is slowly phasing out today. Despite of this, we still see VHS tapes being sold at stores. The magnetic tape is half inch in width. Image from http://en.wikipedia.org   Betamax looks similar to BetaSP, but they are not. Betamax is an older type of tape, it came […]