How to look really bad on a webcam

2 Biggest Webcam Faux Pas I am not talking about not wearing any makeup or having bed head. I am talking about understanding how to use the webcam so you are recognizable. When I saw this video of two guys talking for 20 minutes, I thought I could help some bloggers take better video with their webcams. So how do you look really bad on a webcam? 1.  Have the light source behind you. As you can see in this picture light...

Photo to Slideshow Tutorial

Making a Feature out of Your Flattering Farm Photos You have a group of photos that you want to post on your blog but you don’t want to just list them the boring old way. These photos need to be show cased, have a little “Wow” factor. You’ve taken the time to follow the directions given at 5 Tips For Flattering Farm Photos. The shots are especially nice and need to be a whole presentation. One way to...

Upload Videos with Tubemogul

Update: Tubemogul branched out with their video upload service. It is now OneLoad; but it is basically the same. This will save you time posting your videos. With Tubemogul Oneload, you upload your video once. Then it sends it to all your social media (youtube, twitter, facebook, linkedin, ect) for you. At youtube I always would get timed out and have to try again. Have not had that problem with Tubemogul. After you have...

Compress Videos For Faster Upload

It is hard to find high speed internet living in the country. Since I take and share video regularly to 4 sites, uploading a large file can make me cringe. On a low bandwidth day, it could take hours. The answer is to compress the files. The program I found that handles file compression without reducing the quality of the video is Handbrake. I still limit my videos to 2 minutes. But by compressing the file to about 40% (no...

5 Steps to Better Video

5 Steps to Taking Better Video: For your viewing pleasure Video is my favorite media to put on my websites. I would rather create a video than write a post any day. After taking videos for years, I thought I would share some tips that can help you take better shots with any camera. Even if you don’t have a dedicated video camera, your point-n-shoot likely has a video setting available. Go ahead and try it out. It will...