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How to Manage and Organize Travel Video Footage

March 26, 2019 by dadofdivas Leave a Comment

Recording videos when you travel can be a great way to document your trip, and truly capture the emotion of it. However by the time you’re done you’re likely to end up with lots of video files of the footage that you’ve captured, and the unenviable task of sorting through it all.

 

If you want to manage and organize your travel video footage more effectively, there are a few steps that you should take:

 

1) Come up with an organizational structure

The first thing you should do is come up with an organization structure that includes a directory structure and filename convention.

 

Both should be designed to make it easier for you to find the travel video footage that you need. For example a simple folder structure would be the Trip Name as the parent folder, and specific locations that you visited or days as subfolders.

 

The most common filename convention is year-month-date, but you can add location or other details to that if you prefer. Try to keep the chronological aspect of it, as it will make sorting it a lot easier in the long run.

 

2) Start organizing early

It helps if you start to organize your travel video footage early. In particular, you can skim through the video footage that you’ve recorded whenever you have any downtime, and delete any clips that you definitely won’t want to keep.

 

If your camera allows it, you may want to set it to save videos using the filename convention to save yourself from having to rename files in bulk later.

 

3) Add tags to video footage

One of the most useful tools available to you to organize your video files are tags. The information that you can add in the form of tags will be far more than any folder or filename structure can provide, making it perfect for travel videos.

 

That being said adding tags to videos can be time-consuming and you may not want to add tags to all your videos. Instead you can prioritize the videos that you want to tag based on which travel videos you feel require additional information.

 

4) Convert and backup videos

As a rule it is best to keep your travel videos in the original format and quality they were recorded in. However that isn’t always possible due to storage concerns or if you only need them in a specific format.

 

For example you may want to convert MOV to AVI to make it easier for further editing. So, you can do it easily with Movavi Video Converter.

 

In any case you should decide on a format, and also decide how you want to backup any important travel videos. That can be a challenge due to the space that they occupy, but at very least you should try to keep a backup on an external hard drive – just in case.

 

All said and done the steps above should help you to organize and manage your travel video footage more effectively. In the long run it will make it far easier for you to find the videos that you need quickly, and help ensure that you don’t accidentally ‘lose’ any important videos either.

Filed Under: travel Tagged With: editing photos, editing video, family, family travel, Home video, photo, photography, photos, travel, travel videos, video, videos

‘Must Have’ Gear to Pack for Recording Impressive Travel Videos

January 3, 2019 by dadofdivas Leave a Comment

'Must Have' Gear to Pack for Recording Impressive Travel Videos

Are you thinking of going all out and recording an impressive travel video on your next trip? If you are then it is important that you pack everything you need – and there are some pieces of gear that you simply can’t do without.

 

The most essential pieces of gear that you must have if you want to record impressive travel videos are:

 

  • Video camera

While essential, the type of video camera that you use is honestly up to you – and you should use what you already have rather than investing in a new camera initially. That being said if you are looking to buy a new camera anyway, you should focus on one that can capture high quality videos and is light – such as some of the mirrorless cameras.

 

  • Portable tripod stand

Tripod stands are arguably the best way to keep your camera steady while recording, which will make your travel videos look much more professional. Nowadays there are numerous portable travel options, and your focus should be on making sure it has the right type of head.

 

  • External microphone

Technically this is optional – but if you intend to record audio alongside your travel video, you really can’t do without it. In general a portable shotgun microphone is a good choice, though if you intend to record audio commentary then a lavalier or handheld microphone may be better.

 

  • Camera light

Another somewhat optional yet important piece of gear is a camera light. Relying on the built-in flash on most cameras is impractical, and so you will want to have a camera light of some kind with you in case the lighting conditions are poor. The exact type of light that you choose is up to you, but you should base it on what you feel the conditions will be like.

 

  • Spare batteries

Always bring spare batteries with you as you’ll go through them quickly on your trip. On top of that you may not always have the luxury of charging the batteries as soon as they run dry, so having spares is crucial.

 

  • Additional storage

Just as with batteries, having extra storage is always a good thing when recording travel videos. Ideally you should bring a few extra SD or microSD cards that you can swap in when needed, and an external hard drive that you can transfer the videos to whenever is convenient.

 

While these are the most important pieces of gear, there are others that you should pack as well – such as the lenses you want to use, a cleaning kit, and possibly a laptop or tablet. If you do pack a laptop or tablet, you will be able to convert your videos to the format that you want to store them in and for example could use Online Video Converter (www.videoconverter.com) for that.

 

All said and done if you pack the gear listed above you should have a much easier time recording impressive travel videos. As a final item you should try to pack it all in a sturdy and waterproof bag – so that it doesn’t get damaged while you’re on your trip.

Filed Under: travel Tagged With: family travel, photography, travel, travel tips, travel with family, travel with kids, video, video equipment, videography, videos

YesVideo Now Provides You The Easy Ability To Share Videos!

March 30, 2014 by dadofdivas Leave a Comment

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YesVideo Now Provides You The Easy Ability To Share Videos!

Some of you may remember that a while back I wrote a number of posts about what YesVideo provides customers. I had the opportunity to send in some of my videos and had a great experience with YesVideo and loved the outcome. If you did not see these YesVideo posts, I will share them below:

  • http://dadofdivas.com/fatherhood/saving-memories-though-my-photos-yesvideo-yesmemory-spon
  • http://dadofdivas.com/fatherhood/bringing-the-past-to-life-for-my-girls-yesvideo-yesmemory-spon
  • http://dadofdivas.com/fatherhood/keeping-my-family-in-the-loop-while-traveling-yesvideo-yesmemory-spon
  • http://dadofdivas.com/photo/capturing-simple-memories-can-be-as-important-as-big-ones-yesmemory

Recently, YesVideo introduced a new service that allows transferred videos to be easily shared online. With Video embedding being one of the  more popular things to do lately they made it happen and below you will see a video that originally I had converted to DVD, now being offered online. What is best about the service is how easy it is to use. With only a few clicks I was able to create a HTML code that I was able to use to share the below video with you.  Once the HTML was made all I had to do was “Copy & Paste” into this post and you see the results!    As I said, this system so easy to use and YesVideo does a great job at transferring your home videos into videos that you can not only share easily but the quality that you get on DVD is great too. I highly recommend that you check out this service today and see for yourself the amazing quality that it can provide you too. Check out the new service here – http://share.yesvideo.com/


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Shutterstock is a great Photos, Images & Videos source

November 9, 2013 by dadofdivas Leave a Comment

Founded in 2003 and headquartered in New York City, Shutterstock is an innovative technology company, operating in more than 150 countries and 20 languages. As a two-sided marketplace, our mission is to connect creative professionals with the best photos, vectors, illustrations and video from thousands of contributors around the world. If you use photos in your posts, you should definitely take a look at this. In looking at the site itself, I found that they had over 30 Million Stock Photos, Images and Videos. If this sounds like something that you would like to check out click here

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Shutterstock is a great Photos, Images & Videos source

November 9, 2013 by dadofdivas Leave a Comment

Founded in 2003 and headquartered in New York City, Shutterstock is an innovative technology company, operating in more than 150 countries and 20 languages. As a two-sided marketplace, our mission is to connect creative professionals with the best photos, vectors, illustrations and video from thousands of contributors around the world.

If you use photos in your posts, you should definitely take a look at this. In looking at the site itself, I found that they had over 30 Million Stock Photos, Images and Videos.

If this sounds like something that you would like to check out click here

 

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