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Clean your video camera lens regularly. Get a good cleaning fluid and put some on a micro clothe then clean the lens. If you have a lens brush use that first, then clean the lens.

Know your video camera. Practice before your vacation. Know all the bells and whistles that are available to you. Know when to use them and the results you will get once you do use them. Don’t ruin your video by using functions you haven’t tried.

Use a stabilizer, i.e. tripod, monopod, spider, etc., when using the LCD. Use the view finder without using a stabilizer. Keep your shoulders close to your body and support the bottom of the camera with your left hand. Try to stand by something permanently grounded to support your body and minimize movement. Keep in mind the greater the close up the more movement will show on your video.

Don’t walk while taking video.

When zooming do it quickly and then keep the zoom, either in or out, for at least 15 seconds.

When panning, moving the video camera right to left or vice versa, do it slow and steady. Twist your body from the waist and do not move the camera.

Enjoy your vacation – Don’t take hours and hours of footage that you will never watch, just get a sample of shots that display everything you did.

Watch your background – don’t get trashcans, unsightly wires, in the shot. Move to another location to remove these obstacles.

Frame your shots – your subject does not always have to be in the center, however, there should be some basic composition to your shots. If you want a person in the shot while showing background, place the subject to the right or left.

Tell a story & Have Fun

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Well I was able to complete another vacation video. This one is from our Central California/Nevada, 1992 trip. We flew into San Francisco and stayed there for a few days visiting Fisherman's Wharf, Alcatraz, Lombard St. Then we drove over to the coast and down route 1 through the Monteray Peninsula, Hearst Castle, east over to Death Valley, then to Lake Tahoe, Yosemite, and Sequoia National Park. The trip was 2 weeks long. Barbara and Vince were about 14 and 11, respectively, and well Carol and I were younger. To view the clip simply click "California Vacation"

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I just put online a live testimonial given by Jason & Elaine Markowitz about their experiences in dealing with PTM Video in videotaping their son, Andrew's, Bar Mitzvah. It was held December 19, 2009 during the blizzard. It was a very interesting shoot and a lot of fun working with the Markowitz family. To view the clip, simply click Markowitz Live Testimonial.

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I've been doing a lot of transfers from VHS, JVC, and Super8mm tape to DVD for clients. Well, I decided to transfer and edit some of our old vacations. This is the first one I've transferred.

From July 6, 1988 to July 20, 1988 we took a trip to 4 of the Hawaiin Islands, Oahu, Kauai, Hawaii, and Maui. Barbara was 11 and Vince was 8 while Carol and I, well, let's just say we were younger.

Some of the activites we did was the Polynesian Cultural Center, a Hawaiian Luau, and took a helicopter ride over the Waimea Canyon. We also went to the Thurston Lava Tube, visited Pali Lookout, the windiest place on earth, and drove the Hana Highway to the 7 Sacred Pools in Maui.

The latter was quite interesting. It was 4 hours from Lahaina on this very narrow, winding road. On our drive we past several waterfalls, banana trees, and taro fields. The ultimate destination was the 7 Sacred Pools.

The 7 Sacred Pools was a religious site for the Hawaiian people. It started on a high plateau and 7 waterfalls cascaded down, 1 to the other, to the bottom which was the largest and that led to the Pacific Ocean. You could swim to the final waterfall which we did. Just as the last of the pools flowed into the ocean there was a sign "Swim at your own risk - Shark area". I had just purchased my first camcorder shortly before we left and I taped everything, over 6 hours of footage and I edited it down to 30 minutes.

I encourage each parent, grandparent, or guardian to invest in a camcorder. Keep the battery charged, keep it handy, and film all type of activities; playing, sleeping, crying, talking. Just a few minutes is enough. It will pay dividends over the years when you watch them 20 years from now.

To view a 6 minute clip, which includes 3 minutes of video and a 3 minute photo montage, of a 1988 video where the video was shot with an old analog camcorder, the footage is 22 years old, and where the pictures are faded, but the memories vivid; there's even some shots of me with hair (how old can you get) simply click Euculano Family Hawaiian Vacation.

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