- [Kari] Oh my gosh!
- Today's a pretty exciting day,
we're on a little adventure here.
That woman right over there, Kari,
she's running the LA marathon next month.
She's running to raise funds for a charity
so we're on our way to a place called Marley's Mutts
which is a dog rescue.
They do some really, really cool stuff,
and thanks to support from Canon,
we're donating $1000 to Marley's Mutts,
and hopefully we could raise some more
depending on how good you guys are opening up that wallet.
So yeah, this video is sponsored by Canon.
At least the first few minutes of it,
but I'll go over that in a minute.
Wait a second though,
does that mean I'm sponsored by Canon,
and can only say nice things about Canon?
Absolutely, they gave me that check,
I said, "Give it to me, tell me what to say."
(laughs) No, I'm just kidding.
And of course as always, there is going to be a giveaway,
but there's a little legal disclaimer that Canon's
making me put down here.
No idea why it needs to be there,
but yeah, some lawyer was like, "Put it in there."
So, there it is.
So we got Sam on the EOS R over there,
and then I got my own right here.
So we're gonna go, and get some awesome footage today.
But first, snow angels.
Ow, it's not even soft.
(Sam laughing) Why did I pick
the one hard spot?
Is it beautiful?
- [Sam] It's something.
- Let's go to the studio real quick
so I could tell you guys a little bit about the partnership
I got with Canon for this video,
and then we'll come back, and play with some dogs.
There's a lot of writing in these pages,
so I don't know what I'm allowed to show or not,
so I'm just gonna blur it out, boom.
Now before I became a YouTuber myself,
I've always been kind of confused
about how the whole sponsorship thing works.
And the truth is there's a million different
types of sponsorships.
This is my first time being sponsored by Canon,
and this sponsorship lasts approximately
one minute and 30 seconds in length.
Should include examples of how they use the camera
to save their favorite memories.
Hmm, my favorite memory.
(upbeat music)
Faster, faster!
Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
- Dang, these pictures are sharp.
It's like this camera has a 30.3 megapixel sensor.
- It's 'cause it does.
Did you wink?
- Yeah. - Yeah.
Must shoot this entire video
using Canon cameras and lenses.
Well that's gonna be tough,
what other Canon cameras could I possibly use
to film this segment?
Make sure everything's Canon.
CarePaK Plus offers protection from accidental
damage, drops, spills, power surges, and more
including normal wear and tear beyond
the standard warranty period.
Now everybody talks about the EOS R a whole bunch,
but what's new to me is this 24 to 105 lens,
it's my first RF Lens.
Now there's image stabilization built into the lens,
and it's actually pretty good.
I got a whole bunch of footage just zoomed all the way
into 105, and just handheld without a stabilizer,
and it came out looking pretty dang smooth,
and I know for a fact my hands are not stable
enough to do that on my own.
So there needs to be a verbal disclosure
repeated every 5 minutes.
This is an ad for Canon!
I'm just gonna be safe and just title this video
Sponsored By Canon, but then I might put a question mark
at the end just to make it a little bit click bait.
Now this is the first L-Series Lens to have Nano USM,
what does that mean exactly?
This lens is like this 50 millimeter,
F1.2 which is a phenomenal L-Series Lens,
and L-Series has like the best glass,
it's usually weather sealed.
It's super fast, perfect for photographers,
you just do-do-do-do, you could catch focus like that.
The downside of it is that it's fast,
so you could see it jumping especially for video,
fast auto focus might be a little jarring.
And then there's STM which we've seen in a whole
bunch of lower end lenses, and these aren't quite
as fast, they're still fast,
but not quite as fast for that pro level photography.
But they tend to be little bit smoother for video focusing.
So Nano-USM is awesome because it's super fast,
it's fast enough for any photography needs,
but also very very smooth and controllable for video.
And of course, it comes with dual pixel auto focus
which I've said many times in my un-sponsored videos,
but again, I still stand by it,
best auto focus out there.
In a crop mode, you get 4K on 30 frames per second
at a really good bit rate by the way
as well as C Log, so professional setting.
If that's not enough for you,
you can output 10-bit out of the HDMI.
And also until March 30th, there is a special going on
for this combo, 200 bucks off,
and a free EF Lens mount adapter.
Do not showcase nudity or violence,
maybe I should've put pants on,
well you can't see, so we're good.
Touch screen, LED, improve durability,
dust and water resistant.
If you guys have seen my previous videos,
yes, I can attest to the fact
that they're pretty durable. (laughs)
Yeah!
Thanks Canon for sponsoring this video,
now onto the rest of the video.
Also Betis says thanks for saving
all her brothers and sisters.
Are you licking the camera? (laughs)
Let's see if we can get them to play tug with each other.
Okay, here we go.
Okay,
go, now tug, tug with each other. (laughs)
Oh my God, they just ripped it apart.
Mom's gonna be so pissed, she just bought this.
Now what's really awesome about Marley's Mutts,
and the reason why we're so excited to donate to them
for this video is that they're a lot more
than just a regular rescue.
They do a whole bunch of really cool stuff.
For example, the positive change program,
you can look up their Instagram
to see more in depth, like all the awesome stuff they do.
They get dogs that are basically on death row,
and they bring them into maximum security prisons,
and the dogs and the inmates help each other out.
The dogs get some good training, and the inmates
have this new valuable skill,
and this positive thing to focus all their energy on.
So I think it's really beautiful that you take like,
both sides of like, extreme hopelessness.
You know, death row dogs, maximum security prisoners,
and you bring them together to just make this kind of
beautiful relationship, and does that sound kind of corny?
I'm just gonna have the owner of the rescue
explain it to you, he's better than I am.
- [Woman] That's funny.
- Come give me some hug.
Who knew the best kind of hugs were,
were no-armed hugs, you know? (woman laughing)
I love you, you're so special.
My name is Zack Skow.
I founded Marley's Mutts nine and a half years ago.
Yeah, so coming out of liver failure,
this was all kind of a beautiful accident.
I got my little therapist right here,
she's my motivation, she's my therapy,
she's a lot of things that I need
that help me get through this.
We've been kinda bangin' on the door
of various institutions for the last seven years.
It wasn't 'til three years ago
that we got approved to launch our pilot program
at Cal City Correctional Facility.
We take dogs basically directly from the shelter,
or from foster, and bring them into maximum security
prisons all over the state of California
to live and rehabilitate.
They help one another, it's reciprocal, right?
The dogs live there for three months,
and they're working towards their
Canine Good Citizen Certification, and in the process
the men learn to work outside of their race,
to work with one another,
to express their emotions honestly.
You know, our average inmate has about a 13 year sentence.
So when you've done that much time in prison,
you usually exit you know, more broken
than you are when you came in.
We try to reconnect them with themselves
using the dogs, you know?
And these dogs are like, just benevolent mechanisms
for good, they really help teach people
how to overcome, how to think about something
other than themselves.
How to get plugged into something altruistic, you know,
it really feels good to be of service to something
that can't serve itself, and that gives you self esteem,
and it gives you confidence,
and that's what these guys need.
Had about 10 guys get released from prison,
and I'd say six or seven are involved
in the pet services industry, you know?
Several of which are professional dog trainers,
and successful professional dog trainers.
So it's quite a thing to observe, and to be a part of.
It blows my mind to be honest.
Once we launched at Cal City,
and they saw productive we were,
they saw how unique, and kind of rewarding our program was,
we were able to spread it to other institutions.
And we're just continuing expanding.
We started our juvenile program yesterday
which is the first of it's kind in America.
First of it's kind girls juvenile live-in dog program
where dogs live at a you know, high security
girls juvenile facility for repeat offender girls.
And girls are the least advocated for group
on planet earth, really, juvenile defender girls.
So we aim to change that,
and to give them some love, and some light,
and some support.
- So all four of these doggies are all rescues.
For example chicken little here,
Kari found her just wandering the streets,
and she was super skinny to the point where you could
see her ribs, and she was like terrified
of everybody, and everything.
When I first met her, and Sam was actually there too.
We were doing a camping trip,
and she wouldn't even come near me.
But now she's just like the best cuddler ever, huh?
A lot of you guys ask about Lefty over here,
and how come she only has one leg up front?
She broke her leg, and her previous owners couldn't
take care of her, so they had to put her up for adoption.
The shelter did the amputation up here,
and Kari adopted her basically just after the surgery,
and she's been such a good girl ever since.
- One thing that we really like to specialize here
at the ranch is taking on special needs dogs.
So that means special needs
whether they're behavioral or medical.
We'll take on behavior cases that we need to work with,
and I'll work with them, and then work with
the new adopters, and do training sessions with them.
If you've ever heard of Freddie Mercury,
she's a deformed dog.
So we like to take on you know, special cases
that other people may not
have the resources to be able to help.
- Thanks Marley's Mutts for having us out there,
I'm gonna put a link in the description
if you guys wanna contribute, and donate.
For all of you that contribute, thank you, you guys rock.
And even if you can't,
as long as you're watching this video,
you're still contributing a little bit
because at the end of this month,
I'm gonna take all the Adsense that this video makes,
and donate it as well.
Anyways, look at this hot mess, like what?
Why are you guys all there?
That looks so uncomfortable.
Stop eating that, she keeps munching on leaves and stuff,
but she keeps throwing it up.
I always liked dogs, but it isn't until I met Kari
like a year ago, and then now I'm living
with all these dogs, and I'm honestly super happy,
and I'm a very proud paw-ther.
Get it? Paw-ther. (laughs)
Paw, sorry. (slurps)
Anyway, let's head to the studio,
and let's talk about this giveaway real quick.
Alright, so on today's giveaway menu
is this Canon 80D and I gotta be honest,
this is probably the hardest giveaway I've done.
Primarily for sentimental reasons, but again,
for legal disclosure, Canon is not associated
with the giveaway, or the donation.
And the reason why it's so hard for me
to give up this 80D is because it really represents
a point in my life where I had like 20 subscribers,
and I was like, you know what,
I'm gonna give this YouTube thing a real shot.
So I did a whole bunch of research,
and then went to the camera store that day,
I picked it up, and basically was like alright,
we're doin' this.
And right now I'm shooting this on the Canon EOS R,
and naturally it's just sharper, and better
just across the board, so I am gonna officially
make the switch to this camera being in EOS R.
But literally just 'til a few videos ago,
this was my desk camera.
And my mind is literally still blown that this channel
has come so far thanks to you guys.
And I still remember the day
when I went and just picked this thing up,
and was like, "Don't know if this YouTube thing's
"gonna work, but I'm gonna try it out."
And the reason why I went with the 80D at that time
was that I've been using Canon cameras
from way before that even.
My first camera was a T2i, and that's the camera
I used to land my first decent jobs.
And then I upgraded to the 60D because it had
good auto focus, and then eventually
I started getting more commercial jobs,
got the C100 Mark II,
and used that for a whole bunch of job,
and eventually upgraded to the C300 Mark II
where I did a ton of video work.
So I was already kind of familiar with the Canon system,
and all those cameras I just mentioned,
I paid full price for, I didn't even get a discount.
They've always been super reliable to me,
and I actually never had any issues with any of
the Canon cameras, and the only one that broke on me
was because I had it in my pocket
when I crashed the paraglider.
Yeah, the camera was in my pocket,
I landed, and I fell right on my pocket.
Paraglider was still open, and it just like
dragged me like, 30 feet across gravel.
Yeah, I got pretty jacked up. (laughs)
And the thing is, I'm kind of sentimental
so I kinda wanna hold onto it,
but I'm also not the type to hold onto stuff
that I know I'm not gonna use.
A lot of people out there that love to collect
cool things, and that's awesome, but that's just not me.
If it's something that I'm not constantly using,
or getting enjoyment out of constantly,
I'm the first one to list it for sale.
But this 80D managed to survive all my fire sales
of trying to pay off credit card debt.
So whoever wins this giveaway,
I hope this camera brings you just as much luck
as it did for me.
I'm gonna sign it though because I definitely
don't want it go to someone who's just gonna resell it.
I want it to go someone like me like two years ago
where you kinda have this distant dream,
and you're not sure if you could achieve it,
but only way to find out is to go and try.
And basically this and a computer
is everything you need to get started from the ground up.
So here we go.
Yeah, check that out.
In order to win, you gotta do three things.
One, go pet a dog,
two, go tell a family member you love them,
and three, leave a comment down below,
and good luck to guys,
oh, oh, oh, or girls by the way.
Girls can win too,
I don't think any girls have actually
won anything on this channel yet,
and that's definitely not on purpose.
It's just that 94% of my viewers are male,
and we randomly select the winners,
so it's just statistics.
But yeah, guys and girls totally welcome
to join this giveaway.
(lighthearted music)