Creator Scale

#013 - Lights are one of the most overlooked pieces of equipment for creating a video. Sure, having a fancy camera and great sounding microphone are important, but without proper lighting, the video can look horrible or even unwatchable. In this episode I talk through six kinds of lighting that you can use for making videos, the pro's and con's of each, and recommend specific brands for the different categories.

Items mentioned in this episode:

• NEEWER LED Dimmable Panel Light
• ePhoto 2400 Watt 3 Light Kit
• CowboyStudio 2400 Watt Three Point Lighting Kit
• 500 LED Light Panel by Fancier
• Ikan On-Camera Dual Color LED Light
• Kino Flo Diva-Lite 401 with Travel & Lamp Cases

November 26, 2014

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#012 - She started making personal videos and uploading them on YouTube 5 years ago just for her family, but she quickly fell in love it. Amy Schmittauer has consistently been video blogging (or vlogging) for half a decade. In that time she's piled up 1.5 million views on YouTube and learned a ton about how video can work for your business. In this episode I chat with Amy about how she is able to produce three or more videos every week, which YouTubers she looks up to, what gear she recommends for the vlogging style of videos, and what keeps her from hitting record.

Items mentioned in this episode:

• schmittastic - YouTube
• Savvy Sexy Social - YouTube
• HVlog Boss Studios
• Philip DeFranco - YouTube
• iJustine - YouTube
• Turning Pro by Steven Pressfield
• Top 5 Beginner Tips for Vlogging with a DSLR Camera
• PewDiePie - YouTube
• JennaMarbles - YouTube

November 21, 2014

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#011 - If there was ever an episode to listen to with headphones, this would be it. Today's episode is gonna be a fun one and a bit different. I'll be chatting about what microphone you should use in your videos and instead of just mentioning a bunch of different ones I thought I'd actually record using a bunch of them so you could hear some of the differences firsthand. You'll hear 10 different microphones, what they should like and why I use some for certain situations over others.

Items mentioned in this episode:

• Blue Microphones Yeti USB Microphone
• Rode VideoMic Pro Shotgun Microphone
• Shure SM57-LC Cardioid Dynamic Microphone
• TASCAM DR-100mkII 2-Channel Portable Digital Recorder
• Audio-Technica AT899 Omnidirectional Lavalier Microphone
• Rode NTG3 Condenser Shotgun Microphone
• Heil PR-40 Dynamic Studio Recording Microphone
• Zoom H4N Handy Portable Digital Recorder
• Manfrotto 420B Boom Stand with Sand Bag
• Finding and Pursuing Your Quest: An Interview With Chris Guillebeau (via Gumroad)

November 18, 2014

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#010 - Sean McCabe had become a successful hand lettering artist, with clients paying him thousands for design work, but he felt another need. After sharing his lettering work online, he started getting emails from people wondering where to even start with hand lettering. He put a tutorial on his website and within a year 200,000 people had viewed it. Six months in he put an email opt-in form on the page and eventually spent three months on a new version of the page to promote his new video course Learn Lettering. Fast forward to earlier this year, 15,000 email subscribers later and Sean launched his video course to the tune of selling six figures in three days. In this podcast episode I talk with Sean of seanwes about his making his video course, his struggles with producing it all himself, and what he is learning now after just recently launching a daily video show.

Items mentioned in this episode:

• seanwes.com
• seanwes tv – Make a living with your passion
• seanwes podcast
• Learn Lettering Course
• Learn Lettering Sample Lesson - Designing Quotes
• Learn Lettering Sample Lesson - Mastering Letterspacing
• seanwes on Vine
• seanwes on Instagram
• How I Got 500,000 Views on My Work in 24 Hours & Why the Results Weren't Shocking
• Google Hangout on Air: Three Pipe Problems Live Sketch
• How to Make Timelapse Videos for Instagram
• 039: It All Starts with Writing | seanwes podcast
• 060: How Learn Lettering Made $80,000 in 24 Hours With the First $10k in 30 Minutes | seanwes podcast
• Should you podcast or make videos? by seanwes
• Amazon.com: Blackmagic Design Intensity Extreme HDMI Capture & Playback Device
• Amazon.com: On Stage CM01 Video Camera/Digital Recorder Adapter
• Amazon.com : Canon 6D Camera
• Amazon.com: Rode NTG3 Condenser Shotgun Microphone
• Amazon.com : Lilliput 7-inch LCD monitor with HDMI
• Amazon.com: Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920
• Canon EOS Remote App
• Mac App Store - Logitech Camera Settings
• The Nathan Barry Show #3 — Profiting from teaching with Sean McCabe
• Dribbble - seanwes tv animated intro by Sean McCabe

November 14, 2014

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#009  - The lens you use to shoot your videos matters more than you might think. Each lens gives a different vibe to your videos, has restrictions on apertures you can use and can be really flexible (or not) depending on whether or not it zooms. In today's episode I'm gonna help you figure out what lens you should use to make your videos. I'll be sharing which lenses I own and why, how a cropped or full sensor impacts the results you get from a lens, what features to consider when choosing, and why you might want to rent a lens and try it before buying it.

• 35mm L — http://geni.us/35mmcanon
• 50mm L — http://geni.us/50mmcanon
• 85mm L — http://geni.us/85mmcanon
• 100mm L “Macro” — http://geni.us/canon100mm
• 24-105mm L — http://geni.us/24105mm
• 55-250mm EF-S — http://geni.us/55250mm
• 10-18mm EF-S “Ultrawide” — http://geni.us/1018mmlens
• 18-135mm EF-S — http://geni.us/18135mmcanon
• 40mm "Pancake" — http://geni.us/canon40mm

November 11, 2014

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#008 - How do you build a online brand that stands out in an industry or niche that most people considering "boring"? Think personal finance, law, anything technical like engineering or math, and home improvement, etc. Well today's guest on the podcast, Matt Giovanisci, has built his audience and business around swimming pool and hot tub care through his YouTube videos for Swim University. (Some of which, like "How To Change The Sand In Your Sand Filter", have hundreds of thousands of views.) In this episode I chat with Matt about how he got into making videos online, what his process is for planning and shooting these videos, how makes sure he adds comedy into them, and how he got started without buying any gear.

Items mentioned:

• Swim University - The Ultimate Guide to Pool & Hot Tub Care
• SwimUniversity - YouTube
• Pool Care Rap Video - YouTube
• The Making of: Pool Rap Song - YouTube
• Listen, Money Matters - Manage your money like a badass.
• "All My Money" Personal Finance Rap Video - YouTube
• The Making of "All My Money" - YouTube
• Inside the control room: turning NFL football into primetime television - YouTube
• Amazon.com : Canon XA10 Professional Camcorder
• Amazon.com : Canon EOS 6D Digital SLR Camera
• Amazon.com: TASCAM DR-40 4-Track Portable Digital Recorder
• Down and Dirty Lighting Kit | Wistia Learning Center

November 7, 2014

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#007 - Want to hear the question I get more often than any other question when I release a new video? The most popular question isn't ever about the content of the video, a special effect I used or from anything I said. The most common thing people ask me is: "what camera do you use?" In this episode I breakdown 7 different categories of cameras you can use to make videos and I give a bunch of examples of each, what brands and models I prefer, and some of my favorite accessories to add to get the best results out of each of them.

• MAIN — Canon C100 Mark II— http://geni.us/c100ii
• VLOGGING — Canon 80D — http://geni.us/80Dcamera
• VLOGGING — Sony RX100 IV — http://geni.us/sonyrx100iv
• PHOTOS — Canon 5D Mark III— http://geni.us/5dmark3
• OVERHEAD — Sony RX10 III — http://geni.us/sonyrx10iii
• OTHER — GoPro Hero 6 Black — http://geni.us/goproblack

November 3, 2014

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#006 - If you have no money for camera gear, lights, or software that can often hold you back from making videos. Luckily, our guest on today's episode of the podcast, Thomas Frank of College Info Geek, shares how that isn't holding him back from making weekly videos on YouTube. With less than a few hundred dollars worth of equipment, he makes short-form talking head videos for college students. In this episode Thomas shares how he makes his videos look great without investing a ton of money on a bunch of gear, tips for planning out your videos before you sit in front of the camera to make them, and how incorporating b-roll into his videos speeds up the process.

• College Info Geek | College Tips for Smart Students
• The College Info Geek Podcast | College Info Geek
• Thomas Frank - YouTube
• If Life Seems Hard – It's Time To Get Stronger / IMPOSSIBLE
• strengthcamp - YouTube
• Elliott Hulse - YouTube
• Should you podcast or make videos? by seanwes
• JonTronShow - YouTube
• Caddicarus - YouTube
• SpaceHamster - YouTube
• PeanutButterGamer - YouTube
• Down and Dirty Lighting Kit | Wistia Learning Center
• Amazon.com : Sony NEX-5T
• Amazon.com : Lutron Lamp Dimmer

October 29, 2014

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#004 - If you shoot a video in an automatic mode, like Aperture priority, you can get some fairly unnatural looking video. It won't look smooth. Movement will look jittery and jumpy. And when your videos don't look like real life, the viewer will be distracted from the message you're trying to deliver. That's why you'll want to shoot in manual mode to pick the proper shutter speed and frame rate to get the best looking video possible. In this episode I discuss what to set those at and how they effect what your video looks like. Last episode we talked all about aperture, which introduced us to the exposure triangle, so if you haven't listened to that one yet, you might want to before this one.

http://www.DIYVideoGuy.com/4

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#003 - There are a ton of camera settings you can tweak and play with, but there are three that are the foundation for making your image look properly exposed. Aperture, shutter speed, and ISO. In today's episode of the podcast I discuss aperture. What it is, why it matters, and how it helps you get a buttery blurred background in your videos.

Items mentioned:

http://www.calebwojcik.com/blog/video-background

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