I watched this several times and laughed over and over again, so I felt compelled to share it. Enjoy!

Several people have suggested that I periodically re-release older Izzy Videos from the archives. It makes sense to me because when I’m so focused on creating new content for the premium subscribers, sometimes I struggle to find the time to put out more than one free show per month. I don’t want to neglect viewers who only subscribe to my free feed, so releasing samples from the archives makes a lot of sense to me.

About Izzy Video 22

Izzy Video 22 was a fun show for me. I believe it was the first time I demonstrated three-point lighting. It might have been one of the first shows in which I included outtakes. It’s sort of nostalgic for me to watch this episode because it’s from two and a half years ago. Two and a half years! I can’t believe so much time has gone by.

Much has changed since then. Glimpster, LLC has become Izzy Video, LLC. Episode 22 was shot with my old Canon GL2 camera (I still have it, but it’s not getting much use ever since I switched to HD). Also in this video, you’ll see my old intro. It was a little too long, but still fun. The music, the tone of the video, is a lot more playful than my current videos. Hmm, have I really become that serious?

If you’re like me, you might find yourself frequently shooting video spontaneously, without a tripod. Sometimes my footage doesn’t turn out that bad, and other times I end up with shaky footage that could make a viewer seasick. This shaky video can be a real problem, whether for professional productions or family movies.

In this installment of Izzy Video, I demonstrate a powerful tool in Final Cut Pro called “Smooth Cam”. This tool is almost magical in the way that it transforms shaky footage into smooth footage. It’s not always perfect, but if you haven’t seen it before, it just might make you say, “Wow!”

It made me say “Wow” when I first saw it.

You can watch the video to see how to use Smooth Cam, and I also spend a little time showing how it works behind the scenes.

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In this Izzy Video tutorial, I give some tips on posing. Paying attention to how you pose the subject of your video can make a difference in your overall image, and it also dramatically influences how they feel about the way they look in the video themselves.

This video is archived in the members-only area.

This past weekend, my family went on a short road trip to Show Low, Arizona. On the way back, we stopped along the side of the road, put the video camera on a tripod, and shot some footage of ourselves. Since we were all in the picture, nobody was operating the camera. Also, an approaching storm was imminent, and I was afraid it would rain, so I rushed through the camera setup and forgot to adjust the exposure.

The footage turned out terrible. It’s too dark, flat, and unexciting.

In this installment of Izzy Video, I show a quick way to make the footage look (a little) better.

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