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Hey guys!
For today's vlogmas I wanna talk a little bit about sort of the behind the scenes of
vlogging and running a YouTube channel.
So I've been doing this for about two years now and I still consider myself to be a beginner
when it comes to vlogging and filming.
And this is very much evident when I went for my vacation in Punta Cana recently and
I was trying to do a travel vlog but I ran into a few issues that I wanna talk about
today in this video.
I get a lot of questions from you guys about starting a YouTube channel and getting into
vlogging so if you're interested in doing that in the future hopefully you guys will
find this video helpful and maybe you guys can learn from my mistakes and you guys can
keep these things in mind for when you're traveling and trying to vlog in different
situations.
So before I get into all the issues I wanna show you guys the short clip that I do have
from Punta Cana and then I will talk about the different issues that I had.
The first issue that I had was portability.
So usually when I'm vlogging at home I'm holding the camera with one hand and usually that's
fine because I'm either home or walking down the street or I have a tripod and I don't
really run into problems there.
But when you're traveling, you're kinda juggling your passport, your luggage and everything
else you need for your travels and it can be really hard to have the camera in your
hand and trying to vlog the whole time.
Not the mention, when you're on vacation you're constantly trying to balance having fun and
really experiencing things and also stepping out of that and filming the experience so
you can make a nice film about it later on.
So portability was definitely an issue.
And I think something that can really help with this is having a dedicated camera bag
so that you can easily access your lenses and your camera and all your other equipments.
I've seen some where it looks like a regular bag or a regular purse or a backpack style.
Something else that I've also seen is a clip that you can clip onto your backpack strap
so your camera just kinda rests right here on your chest.
You can also hook it on to your belt so that you can be hands free and have both hands
free to do whatever else that you need to do during your travels.
So the second issue that I ran into is flying the drones.
So you all see these really nicely made travel vlog and they almost always have this very
nice aerial view that's shot with a drone.
So I bought my drone earlier in 2017 right before I left for Amsterdam with hopes of
doing something similar only to find out that when I got to Amsterdam that there are all
these really strict rules and stipulations about where you can fly your drone that made
it basically impossible for me to fly the drone in Amsterdam.
It's really important to be aware of these local laws so you don't get arrested for something
as stupid as flying your drone.
So something similar happened in Punta Cana where I wasn't allowed to fly the drone inside
the resort, which is understandable but I was allowed to fly the drone at the beach.
And let me show you guys the footage of that.
So as you guys can see it's really wobbly and has this like weird jello effect and I
think it's a combination of both from it being really windy at the beach and also maybe some
problem with the gimbal that's part of the drone.
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So the next issue that I'm gonna be talking about is the internet speed and the data storage.
So you guys know that if you're traveling out of the country sometimes having wifi can
be really spotty and unreliable and that can be a problem if you have an upload schedule
or if you have some clips in the cloud storage service that you need to access.
So for example, I did a Q&A video in Punta Cana and we did have wifi at the hotel but
it was really slow so for me to upload that video, it took over 7 hours!
I think I did it overnight and then I woke up and it was still uploading.
I went for breakfast, and I came back and it was finally done.
So something like that you definitely need to keep in mind if you have a strict upload
schedule.
Something that I do recommend is having a good organization system, whether that means
having a portable hard drive, or having a cloud storage service like Google Drive or
Dropbox.
I know a lot of schools have unlimited Google Drive so that can be really helpful in organizing
all your clips into dates and different vlogs and things like that.
Having a good system in place early on only makes it easier for you to build on it and
when you have a large number of clips, they're much more manageable and you can easily find
the clip that you need to find if you have a good system in place.
Some of the items definitely recommend is having a portable hard drive, or having lots
of memory cards so that if you run out of space, you don't have to do anything you can
just pop in a new one and you're good to go.
So the next issue that I ran into was the weather and sort of the durability of the
camera equipments.
In Punta Cana there were days where it was really humid and as soon as I stepped outside
the camera lens would fog up and it wasn't really good for filming.
There were also days where I was on a boat and I didn't really wanna have an expensive
camera with me that couldn't handle getting wet or being submerged in water.
I think when I was on a boat on one of the days.
There were a ton of people with GoPros and a lot of these actions camera that could handle
being wet and actually getting some footage under water which I thought was really cool.
So if you're interested in that type of action shot and just filming in a lot of different
weather conditions then definitely look into getting a GoPro or some other action camera.
So the last thing I'm gonna talk about is something that I did right and I'm actually
really proud of it and I just wanna share this tip with you guys.
So usually when you're traveling you have a ton of things that you need to charge from
your cellphone, to your laptop, and even more things if you're vlogging so like your camera,
your action camera and whatever else that you have with you.
So something that I used is called Anker powerport and basically what it does is it uses one
outlet but it has all these USB inputs so you can charge your iphone, you can charge
your other cellphone, you can charge you camera, you can charge everything you need to do with
just one power outlet, which I found to be really really helpful.
And all the chargers are in one place so you're not randomly leaving your phone charger at
a hotel.
So it's really nice to have that accessory with me.
I use it at home also just to keep all my electronics charging in the same area so I
can have everything in one place.
So that's something I definitely recommend even for just day to day living but definitely
for traveling.
I think that's all issues that I'm going to talk about in this video.
I hope you guys can learn from my mistakes so next time you travel you guys can have
all the right equipments and you can get cool footage and can upload on time and everything
will be in order and beautiful.
I hope you guys found this video helpful and I will see you guys next time.
Bye!