When I started my video transfer business, I had intended it to be a small part-time business that would be a nice way to meet neighbors. I made all kinds of videos into DVDs and digital, but subcontracted the film transfers to a guy who does transfers full-time. I...
David Pogue produces videos and writes articles about personal tech issues. His work appears in the NY Times, PBS "Nova," Yahoo Tech, Scientific American and more. His new article "Digitize Those Memory-Filled Cassettes before They Disintegrate subtitled Bite the...
In a stunning reversal, the DOT and FAA announced the routine commercial use of small unmanned aircraft systems in the United States. This means commercial drone use will soon be legal. Starting in late August you can now use your drone for commercial video projects....
Get Ready To Produce Video For The NY Times You can produce video for the NY Times. If you can point to a short doc or samples on the web and can pitch an idea, you could produce an OP-Doc for the NY Times. Op-Doc is short for opinionated documentaries. They are...
Amish Barn Raising You can sell time lapse video just as you would any other business service. Chances are you have the right gear to make time lapse videos, or if not, you could rent the gear easily enough. This is a business service you could offer. It's simple to...
Lufthansa and DJI Drone Technology Lufthansa Aerial Services, a division of Lufthansa Consulting, today signed a deal with DJI to use the world’s leading drone-maker’s aerial platforms to develop commercial applications for its key customers. A recent pilot project to...
Your ability to sell video production services determines how well your business does. So it's definitely worth your time to master some techniques. When you are talking to potential video clients, you want to close the deal as soon as possible. But you have to...
Video marketing 2016 has changed. YouTube is still the elephant in the room, but it's on a downward trend compared to Facebook's 4 billion (and growing) streams per day. Facebook's video views grew more than 50% from May through July of this year! Video marketing 2016...
Based on Nielsen’s metered markets, Super Bowl 50 averaged a 49.0 rating, meaning that 49% of U.S. homes with TV sets had the game turned on. That is a remarkable number and no wonder advertisers are willing to spend big bucks for those eyeballs. These are some of the...
Still photos can be very useful elements in videos. While certainly not the first, Ken Burns's use of still photos in videos set a new watermark for what stills could accomplish. There are tons of stock photo houses where you can search millions of images. Flickr...
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