Recent content by Jugglerguy

I posted this same question on two other photography forums. This forum got by far the most replies, which I really appreciate. I got one reply on Photo.net, but it was just what I was looking for. I'm not sure what the reason is, but if I set up my camera two meters (or more) away, I can...

I can get very close for regular photos (and I assume video, although I can't remember doing that). It's zooming that seems to be the problem.

I'm not anywhere near that level. Definitely rookie videos here. This is just a hobby and I'm doing it more for fun than for money, but I'd like to keep improving. I figured I had to start somewhere. I have 9,000 subscribers and just got serious about it about eight months ago, so I guess...

I agree. I don't mind spending some money, but my hobby is rocks, not photography. I'm making weekly videos for YouTube, so making this as easy as possible is important too.

I just bought some good lights and the room is well lit with LED shop lights. Come to think of it, I didn't have my new lights set up yet, I was just working on getting my cameras set up. I did have the overhead LEDs on though. The footage just seemed blurry. Doesn't a high ISO result in a...

Thanks, there are some good ideas here. I hadn't thought of putting the other camera in full view and not hiding the fact that I'm getting close ups. I also hadn't thought of playing the sound back from the original video as a guide to help me know how to move my hands to match. Can someone...

No problem, I'm sure there's someone here that can help me out.

Thanks Andrew. I know it sounds easy to do that with a script, but it's really pretty difficult. I'm pointing to different areas of a specific rock and then grabbing another rock to talk about. It's not like a general description of what's happening. Is there a camera or maybe a setting that...

Hi. I'm a fairly new video maker. I'm making videos about rock hunting and lapidary arts. I am trying to improve videos that I make in my basement, showing how to tumble rocks, among other things. I would like to be able to shoot a video of myself standing behind a table showing rocks or...