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kailangel

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Hello,

This might be my first post in this forum, so forgive me if I break some hidden rules, but I hope it's ok to post links and ask for feedback for my videos in this forum..

I just got a Canon Powershot 230 HS + housing + Sealife 980 video light. I really have never done any videos, under or above water and got fed up editing videos on a PC after 5 minutes so you could say I'm a total newbie to videos.

I was quite pleased how my first 2 videos turned out, especially the first one was in tough conditions (I started with just 1/3 tank did a shallow camera test dive). I kind of think the tougher conditions on the first dive made it easier, because I just had to focus on the small stuff and not move around too much. The light seems to make a big difference. The first video is here: Cambrils sea creatures Sep 2011 - YouTube

The second video was a couple of days later. I was truly impressed with the dive site and the amount of life there, just 10km / 6 miles from my house and I've never really done any diving around here as I thought it wouldn't be very good. It was.

The second video: http://youtu.be/lKrNpZkh-Do

Editing done with iMovie cheap tricks that I could learn in 5 minutes (it's impressive how easy it is).

Would be good to get some feedback. Anything obvious that I'm doing wrong, camera / light adjustments, editing, whatever?

Thanks!
 
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  1. Try to minimize movement of the camera relative to the subject. I realize this can be very challenging when there's a lot of surge.
  2. Ask yourself what "story" you're trying to tell with the video. That can help focus the shooting-editing process.

iMovie is great, isn't it? :D

Have fun with it!
 

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