- What's up guys, good morning.
Is this on?
Let's see, check check check.
Is auto focus?
(hip hop music)
I found this spoon this morning
for my coffee.
This isn't just cold brew,
it's cold brew with MCT oil.
Check this out.
It's got like a kink in it.
I thought this would be a good opportunity to start
getting back into vlogging again.
It's been a while since I've done the daily vlog.
I don't think I'll go back to the daily vlog,
but I definitely think that there is a time and place
for doing some extra vlog kinda content.
I mean there's definitely times where you just wanna
introduce this kind of stuff into your videos,
but I also think, I mean, for me
during isolation I've found that I've been enjoying
watching people's vlogs and not just consuming
how-tos and things like that.
So if I'm enjoying it, then I have a feeling
that potentially you guys will be enjoying it, too.
So maybe doing some more vlogs would be great.
So today I have a few things I gotta get done.
First is get this intro finished for a new video.
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Definitely recently I've been trying to slow down
a bit with the creation process,
and really just actually put a lot more effort
into my videos.
There's a really bright light right now.
You know, this is just a simple tutorial I'm shooting
right now for a tutorial on a Pixel film studios plug in.
A cool plug in and you can track surfaces,
but you know, the video itself isn't super exciting,
it's a tutorial but I was like,
why don't I do some sort of flashy intro.
Grab the viewer's attention.
Grad your guys' attention.
I had someone on one of my comments
talk trash about the edelkrone because they were saying
oh they could do the same type of movements with a gimble.
And yeah, I mean you could,
but they're definitely not repeatable if you use a gimble.
It's definitely a tool that's really helpful
for solo creators because you set a shot,
shoot it, see if you nailed it, move on.
I'm working on a little project with DGI,
kind of a secret,
unfortunate that we can't really go fly anywhere right now,
but I think I have a solution to that.
All right, so let's talk about vlogging,
just in general for a minute,
because vlogging is like, I feel like it gets
a bad wrap to a degree because there's so many people
out there, I don't wanna call anyone out,
but you know, definitely people go out
and they just kinda shoot nothing really that exciting.
So I think what happens is you start to get
too much into the process of just
having fun and shooting it,
and when there's no structure, there's no story,
there's no over arching theme,
it starts to get lost and I think if you're able
to take a vlog and actually center it around
you as a creator or, like what it is that you're doing
you can have a much bigger impact.
And so that's why I wanna get back into vlogging
because I think this is a good way to show
not only some behind the scenes,
but also just some of the process
and some of the realities of what it's like to be a creator.
Like doing tutorials is great.
Doing short films are great.
Doing gear reviews and all the different stuff,
that's all fun but there's also the human aspect
of being a creator and it's kind of fun
to see the whole process of actually making videos
and what it takes to make videos
and the kind of situations you get yourself in
to make the videos, so here's kind of
my overarching thought.
My new approach to vlogging isn't like,
doing anything and everything.
It's more about being a behind the scenes
of the creative process.
For anyone who's interested in YouTube,
and I know there's a lot of you on this channel here
who are creators who are interested
in figuring out how to grow a channel
that people actually care about.
Vlogging is something that I think we can all
integrate into what we're doing.
I think everything when it comes to vlogging in general
has to be centered around more of this idea, this topic.
So my vlogs, my channel, are now gonna be centered
around the creative process and seeing what it takes
to be a creator and make x y and z.
Whereas if you're someone who's a van-lifer,
some people just wanna go on that journey
and experience the van life culture.
I mean, that's why travel vlogs are so popular
and so good, is people wanna go travel
and they wanna experience these different places.
So the reason that I got pulled away from vlogging
in the first place and actually created vlogs
is I didn't really have that thing
that I wanted to do, that topic, that niche if you would.
But I've done little vlogs here and there
and they're fun to do.
I enjoy the process.
I love shooting these kinds of videos,
but I just didn't feel that one thing.
So I think I have a better understanding
of what I wanna do,
and I hope that my little ramble rant here
gave you maybe some ideas on what to do
for your channel.
I'm really hoping that you guys are able
to pull something from my videos
that's gonna help you find success on your channels.
One of the main reasons why I like to create content.
Let's go see what else is going on.
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(drill whirring)
So I have to do a quick photo shoot.
My daughter just turned one month old, one month.
Easter is coming up so it's the perfect time
to dress her up like a bunny.
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So one of the things that's really annoying
with the GH5 is the auto focus sucks,
so I've really been not using it.
By the way, check her out.
I got this whole kangaroo thing so I can work still.
And she's got a wifi had so that the wifi signals
don't fry her brain.
It's really frustrating to work with manual focus and vlog.
It just doesn't really work that well
and you don't really need to have
perfect focus all the time.
Like I don't mind if it bounces once in a while,
but this camera, it's awful.
So I actually ordered a new camera.
Something that has really good focus and stabilization.
What do you think it is?
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All right, all right, all right.
I know some of you are like,
why the heck are you getting an Olympus body
when there's all these vlogger cameras out there,
like the Eos R, Sony,
especially with the Fuji XT4 coming out.
But here's the thing, when it comes to a camera system
you gotta remember it's more than just the camera body.
I'm heavily invested in micro 4/3.
I have tons of lenses,
I have all these different camera bodies.
I did really like the E-M1X, and that camera
was fantastic for vlogging except for the fact
that it's a massive body.
- This is ridiculous.
I did shoulders today.
- So essentially it's a very similar camera
but in a super tiny body and it has a lot
of power under the hood.
I mean the 4K looks great out of it.
It's got 120 frames per second slow-mo.
I'm not doing crazy things, not 4K60.
You're not doing 240, but at the same time
for a vlog camera this is all I need.
And I wanted something with good auto focus
and stabilization.
So for me, I'm like this is a winner.
So this is the E-M1 mark three.
And yeah, I'm gonna be switching to using this
for a lot of stuff now.
And the cool thing about a system like micro 4/3
is you can carry a few camera bodies around
and it really doesn't weigh down your bag.
So for me, small lenses, and I'm probably take
the E-M1 mark three to do a lot of vlog style stuff.
Quick, good auto focus, good stabilization.
And then the GH5 for when I want 4K60,
for when I want some of the other features
that this camera offers.
All right and now I've made the switch over to
the Olympus.
We're gonna try this out.
I'm actually shooting log right now.
I just wanna play around with the log on this camera.
Decide if I wanna go that route
or if I wanna just shoot in the flat
or in the natural setting.
If you guys are in the market for a new camera yourself,
there's actually a pretty awesome film competition
going on right now from Gear Focus.
If you guys haven't seen this website,
it's a place where you can go and sell your camera gear,
any other filmmaking gear.
Instead of using eBay or Craig's List
or one of these other places.
And it's a great resource for creators.
I actually just signed up recently,
and I'm excited to start selling my old gear
on there as well.
But they're actually doing a film competition.
My buddy Armando just reached out
and told me about this,
and I think it's an awesome opportunity for all of you
to win some cool prizes and potentially win some cash.
The whole idea is focus on the good
because there's so much negativity going on in the world
right now and we're just in this crazy situation.
So they decided to do this short film competition
focused on the good.
And my buddy Armando, Dave, Lee, Sidney, and Connor
are all judges in this competition
and you have till the end of April
to get your film submitted.
So guys, I'll put a link down below in the description
for where you guys can go check out more details around this
but it's an awesome opportunity to make something fun,
be a little creative, and also have the potential
to win some money or some camera gear along with it.
All right, let's play around with this camera a little bit.
Let's just shoot a little b-roll and see
what kind of footage we can get with it.
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If you have any questions about the E-M1 mark three,
I'm gonna do like, a full review around this camera.
Play around with it a lot more.
Make sure it's something that I wanna use
on a regular basis.
So if you have any questions, put them down
in the comments down below.
What do you guys wanna know about this camera?
Is it something that you would even consider?
I mean, I know micro 4/3 people might be interested,
but everyone else is probably like
why didn't you just go to full frame or APSC.
You know like there's just lots of good cameras out there.
But I'm a true believer that it comes down
to the operator and not the camera.
You can do really cool stuff with any camera out there.
You just have to find a camera that works in your workflow.
Cool.
I gotta go shoot a video for a sponsor.
Gotta rock this out the rest of the day.
So I just wanna say thanks for hanging out with me today,
and getting a little behind the scenes peak
at what it's like to create under isolation.
And like I said earlier in this video,
go check out that contest, that competition with Gear Focus.
Great opportunity to potentially win some prizes
and maybe a little cash, I don't know.
But at the very least it's just a cool thing
for this community to come together and do something
that's fun and positive and just make some cool videos
and be creative.
And so guys, that's it.
I feel like I need a tagline at the end of videos.
Create.
Maybe if I just did this every video.
Create.
No, I'm not gonna do that.