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Glad to you liked it - more to come!

Thanks for sharing!

I DID ALL THAT???? DAAAAANNNNNG. Seriously, thanks. I've learned a lot in the past FEW of years and I want very much to save people some of the frustration that I had trying to figure things out. It's nice when someone notices. Thanks for the encouragement and for watching!

No baseball caps on my channel....🤣

Pffft... what do you care??? Seriously, I've had no issues at any frame rate with the Shinobi II. Thanks for watching... as if you care.

@@MattSpaugh thanks 🙏🏽

There is truly nothing like it. I'm close friends with quite a few rodeo clowns, I'm sure we could help you get over your issues. 🤣

@@MattSpaugh 🙂 Tried it before, didn't work, I still cringe as soon as I see one. But we can hang out once they wash the makeup off haha... OK; that's hard since I'm in Sweden 🙂

That makes my day. I've figured out that basically I'm making the videos that I wish I'd seen a year ago - answering questions and showing technique. I'm glad you found something helpful, thanks for watching!

My pleasure - glad you found something helpful on the channel. Thanks for watching!

Sadly, the CineEye2 is no longer available but fear not - it was replaced with the CineView. If you look on my channel, you'll find a video about it. It's called, "Secret Weapon for Filming Yourself". The CineView HE has an HDMI passthrough (in and out) so you can run from your camera to the Cineview, and then to your monitor. This is the set up I use. I have the CineView HE and it works great. I use an iPad Pro as my client monitor but you can also buy. a receiver if you want to transmit to a HDMI compatible monitor. Hope that helps, thanks for watching!

Sounds like you're busy! I think for the shot you're describing, the sitting and jamming, if you can get that 35-150 in the 50-60mm range, you shouldn't have to get it too far back to get both hands in the shot clearly and have everything look pretty natural. Good luck with it, I'll add a slider video to my ever-growing list of scripts. Thanks for watching!

@@MattSpaugh Had to get back to you again, sorry for clogging the comments section... I've decided, due to the really little space for me and the stuff to move around --> out with the C-Stand and I'll replace it with a motorized desk on wheels. Then there's this Neewer Overhead Camera Mount Rig with two vertical poles and one horizontal connecting these... where I can hang and attach all cameras with magic arms and at least one light, probably fill. I'll only have to keep one light stand for the key light because it's quite heavy (Godox UL150) but that can be replaced later on with smaller lights I already have. So.. experimenting time soon.

@@HomesickMac sounds like a plan!

The pan and tilt resistance is adjustable - and they're adjusted via a wheel so there are no hard stops - no 1-2-3 settings, it's variable. The counterbalance is fixed. Hope that helps, thanks for watching.

Glad you found it helpful. Check out part 2 if you haven't already. Thanks for watching!

Funny you should mention that. I literally just started work on a script describing my process. Stay tuned - and thanks for watching!

@@MattSpaugh Thank you Matt! Really looking forward to that.

Voting yes for this!

Excellent - I've got another one on the way that talks more about how I color correct and grade my videos too. Thanks for watching! Now GO and DO!

Thanks for the kind words. I have a love/hate relationship with umbrellas. I love the low cost and ease of setup but the spill can be tough to tame sometimes. Once you start adding cutters and flags and it can get to be more trouble than a soft box and grid! Thanks for watching!

Thanks Mike! I have to admit, I got lucky matching myself in the frame between the 50 and 75 - only took two takes! Thanks for watching!

There is a single HDMI input - no output. I use an Accsoon transmitter that has input and output so I run through that first and have the monitor at the end of the chain. Hope that helps, thanks for watching!

I have no idea what you're talking about... I never went near those Fritos...🤣

I've been fortunate to have worked with a lot of people who were happy to share what they knew. I can't imagine having the ability to help out others and not taking advantage of it. Thanks again for watching!

I don't know if I'd go that far... but... hey, I'll take it. Thanks for watching!

Thanks!

I get a deposit of 25% for a customer to reserve the dates. I get the next 25% as soon as the shoot is complete and I know I have solid, usable images, and I get the balance when the images are delivered. Hope that helps, thanks for watching.

@@MattSpaugh hello and thank you for taking the time for a speedy reply. I wasn't interested in the terms, as much as how you charge for the job. You touched on it in another video, saying, 'each is different. ' 'Sometime the school pays for your time, sometimes you make money from printing, others the school makes the money, etc. ' I found what I was looking for. Thank you 📸🌞

Everybody's different. I'm right handed and prefer to focus with my left hand. The main issue for me was just the fact that the arm and the tightening knob were on the same side. Thanks for watching.

When they're provided by the client, they're being paid by them. I do however get their information and send them a $50 gift card - unless y'know, they're total jerks - which has never happened. Hope that helps, thanks for watching.

There it is folks... unsolicited testimonial. Thanks for watching!

Thanks - that means a lot. I have a couple of other ideas along these same lines for future videos. Thanks for watching and for the kind words!

Thanks. I still use this mic regularly - especially for all the rodeo events that I do. Thanks for watching!

None of the monitors that I've owned have ever had that function. They all have to be turned on and off independent of the camera. Hope that helps, thanks for watching!

@@MattSpaugh Thank you 🙏

Not that I know of. I'm curious why you would not want a single 'pool' of battery power that both the camera and monitor are using. FWIW, after years of using larger batteries I've changed and now carry multiple smaller ones. For my rodeo videos, I use the smaller NP-F550 batteries in my monitor and keep an extra in my pocket along with a second NP-FZ100 for the camera.

Thanks so much. Stay tuned for more content like this.

Thanks! I've been so encouraged by the comments on this video. Thanks for watching and for the kind words.

I'm sorry my editing doesn't meet your standard. I do show hard hits from time to time to accentuate the toughness of the competitors but I don't make my videos to glorify the violence or show animals potentially getting injured. My goal is to try and capture the spirit and the atmosphere of these events.

Thanks a lot - I'll take all the encouragement I can get! RUclips is hard (for me, anyway) and I'm really glad to have found some topics recently for my videos that are resonating with people. Thanks again for the kind words, and for watching!

Thanks - I miss seein' ya around. Come to Gainesville!

@MattSpaugh I plan on it brother. I'll be in Rhode Island doing a shoot the 15th to 20th but I'll come on the 21st

@@wfdmedic770 awwwww yeah.

Great video!

@@LKline81 Thanks!

Glad to hear it! That's my biggest goal - to flesh out those often overlooked details and help people save time and effort. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment - I really appreciate it.

Awesome! I definitely will be doing more of this type of content. As I mentioned in the video, I've wanted to do it for a long time but I just couldn't seem to get my thoughts straight on how to present it. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.

I've used mine on several jobs now and compared to my old Ninja, it's a huge upgrade. Thanks for watching!

Different jobs mean different scenarios for lighting - I guess they call it a 'hair' light for a reason. 🤣 Thanks for watching!

Glad you found it helpful - thanks for watching!

Much obliged! I've always been frustrated by tutorials that leave out crucial information. It seems like no one ever talks about distances and specific focal lengths. This seems to be getting good traction so I definitely will do more in the future like this. I actually made a video at some point about using bulk fiberglass window screen material as ND for windows to cut down daylight but I struggled to get the point across clearly. I think I'll re-visit that. Thanks for the encouraging words - and for watching!

@@MattSpaugh Oh yes, focal lengths.. You inspired me to actually try the 35mm f2.8 Samyang full frame lens on the A6700 so I'll be getting around 50mm and I can angle it to the room corner. I've just moved and need to redo the whole studio - I'm using three cameras at once for my videos and they live on on C-stand that I'm planning to roll around the tiny room. ALl tips are welcome haha. Cheers!

@@HomesickMac Sounds challenging. I did a three-camera interview shoot today and it 'bout broke my brain. Good luck with it!

@@MattSpaugh I'm recording / livestreaming directly into Ecamm Live. The challenge is to run 3 cameras with a M1 MacMini from 2020, I can connect two capture cards to Mini's USB-A ports and the third one can _only_ come in through my Atem Mini Pro. I've tried with advanced powered Thunderbolt hubs but none of those is recognized as a video source. So no capture card into Th-dock and then to Mini. Only Atem works, and it's all fine with this setting, I've done 100 livestreams like that. Every camera is powered with a dummy battery, all is tucked nicely around the C-stand where I only have one power cable coming out. Hardware wise the new challenge is to built everything up again after the move to this new flat and to plan for the cable lengths between cameras and the computer/Atem so that I can move the whole thing within the room.. Software wise it's a breeze with Ecamm Live.

@@HomesickMac I checked out your channel - great playing. I'm primarily a drummer so my guitar style has always been a percussive approach (read: ham-fisted). I'm not familiar with Ecamm Live. I've produced a weekly three cam stream for years. It's a church service that I recently switched to a hardware solution. We're using the Osee GoStream Deck as switcher and encoder. The learning curve was a bit steep at first (for me, anyway) but it's been a good move and very cost effective. Rave on!

Thanks! I'll definitely be doing more of this style of breakdown - the response has been really good (for me, anyway). Thanks for watching!

Thanks for watching - and the kind words!

Thanks so much. I was honestly afraid that something this granular would be off-putting to people. Yet again, I mis-judged my audience - ha. Thanks for watching.

@@MattSpaugh The eye line tip alone was worth the price of admission. The rest was excellent as well.

@@bobkrist1 Ha - yeah, I get a little too hung up on that sometimes. Drives PAs crazy; "up a little... no, to the left... wait, down just a smidge... a bit more... boom!" It's usually easily done in post if you make a point of shooting wider than you think you'll need. Have a good one!

@@MattSpaugh isn't that one of those things that can just be done in editing though?

@@drummer173 yes, as long as you shoot wide enough to crop as needed.

Thanks for watching. This was a long time coming. I've actually tried on a few occasions to create something like this - very specific about distances, focal lengths, etc - but it just never came together in a way that I felt like was clear and concise. From the comments I'm getting, I'm pretty sure I'll do more of these.

Thanks for the encouraging comment. They do take a ridiculous amount of time - for me at least. I like to try and learn something new with each video I do. On this one I wanted to create the 'hand-drawn' looking animations. Getting them to flow like I wanted was a challenge but hey, new skill unlocked! Thanks for watching - more to come!

@@MattSpaugh did you do it in AE?

@@drummer173 Nothing that fancy. I did the drawings in Illustrator and animated them using masks and keyframes in FCPX. Probably not the most efficient way to do it, but I got the result I wanted and felt like I had good flexibility in FCPX to adjust timing, etc.

Must second this. Not the typical light my basement with led’s for RUclips lol. Killer job.

@@spencerbigum1309 HA - thanks! Definitely more to come along these same lines. Thanks for watching!

Fingers crossed! Thanks for watching.

Thanks Peter - these events do come with their share of challenges but the rewards are great indeed! ON the shot you mentioned, I typically set myself in a line between the entry and the barrel. That night I had to move back about 12 feet and the results were surprising. You wouldn't think that moving that amount would make much of a difference but it made tracking the action much easier. Thanks for watching and for your kind words!