The Food Program

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Not to many times in life do we receive the opportunity to do something completely outside of our comfort area. My wife Kara and I went on a trip to Yamasa this past March with the Friends for Life organization. Kara spent her time fitting hearing aids and I filmed and helped document families that are sponsored in the food program. I created the video above to help gain awareness of the program and the need for basic necessities in Yamasa. Seeing the living conditions and how much the food program means to these people put a shock into me that definitely changed my perspective on things.

I appreciate the little things so much more. I find myself never wanting to waste anything, and the people in these communities showed me an unexpected passion for helping one another. Some people who owned very little were giving their food away to help others who had nothing. In one word, I would have to describe it as inspirational.

Please repost this video to your Facebook wall or Twitter feed or give it a “like” on Vimeo. Any way you can help spread the word about this program is helping these people. All of the people in the Dominican would simply say “Gracias”.

Magic Lantern

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Magic Lantern ReviewFor those photography lovers out there that also want to shoot amazing video with great sound, I introduce to you, Magic Lantern. A fellow photography friend, Colin Swift, and I have been researching Magic Lantern for quite some time but we were a bit worried about what it could potentially do to our camera. We both own the powerful prosumer Canon T2i/550D. Magic Lantern is essentially a lightweight piece of software that you install on your SD card that you put in your camera. It doesn’t replace your DSRL’s software, but instead runs over top of it. Brilliant. I recently took the leap of faith and installed Magic Lantern on my camera. This is what I found… More… →

Dominican Volunteer Trip

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Shooting video with DSLR
Sometimes it’s not easy to ask for help, especially if you are a 28 year old competitive male that has a history of trying to do everything himself. In this post, I am putting my instinct aside and am asking for a helping hand for those that can offer some assistance.

My wife, Kara, and I are heading to Yamasa, Dominican Republic for a week long volunteer trip to help those who cannot afford any type of medical treatment. We will be traveling down March 19th with a group of Audiologists and nurses who will be fitting hearing aids and providing medical treatment. This is the first time I personally have done anything like this, and I really don’t know what to expect. More… →

GoPro Videocamera

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GoPro Hero

If you like action sports and capturing life’s exciting moments on video for the world or your family and friends to see, the GoPro is the camera of choice. This little compact videocamera can capture 1080p HD video footage at 30fps and the Hero 2, which just came out, has an even sharper lens and better focus capabilities than its original counterpart.

I personally purchased the GoPro for capturing video footage of my paintball bachelor party, which was one painful yet amazing experience. I also brought the camera on my honeymoon to Mexico and took some footage of my wife and I zip-lining and snorkelling. I was highly disappointed in the underwater capabilities as the videos online that show very crisp video is just not realistic at all. The original GoPro is not great under water, but it shoots at amazing quality in normal conditions. (see example below). More… →

The iPhone 4S

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iPhone 4s

I’ve been asked by several people how I like the new iPhone 4S and I haven’t brought myself to say one bad thing about it. A mobile device in my world is one of the most important pieces of equipement I own, so I didn’t take this decision lightly. I am constantly on the go and with a 24/7 hour career, being involved with many community clubs, and most importantly a family man, I need to have instant communication and organization in my hands at all times. A time saving mobile device has become a necessity to me in everyday living.

I’ve previously owned flip phones, my wife has a blackberry, (God bless her), and I’ve played with various android devices that many friends and colleagues use. The Blackberry was not even an option becasue they’ve fallen so far behind in innovating for their phones. If I just needed the phone for talking to people and checking email, I would definitely consider it because they are built like bricks and they are sturdy. I like the Android OS and it can accomplish pretty much anything the iOS can, but let me be clear when I say, Android is like a Chevy, and iOS is like driving a Cadillac. You can tell the difference by just driving it. More… →

Why I chose the t2i

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t2i

Photography is my newest passion that I’ve dived into in the past 6 months. I purchased the t2i for 2 reasons. It first shoots high quality video in full 1080p HD, and secondly, it takes amazing pro looking photographs without the pro costs. Here is a bit more detailed info on the t2i if you’re looking at taking the leap into photography.

18 Megapixel camera: First of all, the megapixels is not the whole story. When you’re looking to buy a camera the megapixels should be the last thing you look at. I’ve seem 12 MP camera’s outshine 15 MP camera’s so you really need to do some research and look at example’s online of what your potential camera can take. Many photographers on Flickr and other photo sites list what camera and lens they were using when taking the photo. Canon and Nikon have always been known to be great quality camera’s because of their great censor’s and sturdy builds. More… →

Getting Video Ready for the Web

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video killed the radio star

Getting video ready for the web has been made much easier because of great online services such as Vimeo, YouTube, and Facebook. Many software applications including iPhoto for Mac enable you to simply send your videos directly to these online video hosting providers. They allow you to share your videos with family and friends with one click. What I would like to share with you today are a few ways to get your video on the web from your digital or video camera. It’s not as hard as it sounds and sharing those precious home videos is important, so let’s dive in. More… →