I’m not sure about you, but one of my biggest pet peeves is watching You Tube videos where the crafter isn’t in the frame when they are crafting.  I vowed that I would figure out a way to know where I am in the frame when I am doing videos and I wouldn’t be one of “those” You Tubers.  Unfortunately, our tripod system doesn’t allow for me to really be able to see where the frame is.  So now I am one of “those” You Tubers and hate it so badly that today I decided I had to trash two videos because I’m out of frame more than I am in frame.  And here is where my problem is.  I was going to make a mark on the counter so I knew exactly where the “frame” would be.  But every time I touch the camera, it moves the “frame’ to the left or right.  Every time I change the memory card or batteries, I move the “frame.”  Every time I bump it with my head I move…you get the picture.  I wish I could come up with a solution but we’ve already replaced the tripod, the camera, the software and the computer he does the post-production work on.  I think it would be great if we could use one of our bigger cameras that you can turn the video screen and then all I’d have to do is look up and I’d know I’m in the frame.  Of course I have absolutely no idea how to work that camera so there’s probably another learning curve.  And of course I’d have to talk my director, producer, editor into giving up said camera for this purpose.    I guess the bottom line is this.  For now I’m destined to be one of “those” You Tubers, darn it.

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