I need a new video
camera. Ok, that’s not really true, I
already have quite a collection of cameras that can take video, it’s more like
I WANT a new video camera. I’ve decided
that I want to do a video a week instead of a blog for 2018. 52 Weeks of Life. How does that sound? There are a few reasons for this.
One reason is that
while growing up and even into adulthood, my father would always tell me
stories about his life. I loved
them. I would hear about his time in the
U.S. Air Force, bits about when he was in high school, and how he grew up on a
farm. I loved the stories and still
remember quite a few of them. My father
passed away back in September and now I don’t get to hear the stories
anymore. Anyway, back before he passed
on I asked him if I could set up a camera and he could tell some of his stories. I got a resolute “NO!” to that. He didn’t want to do that at all. It was his choice and I respected that.
But now I’m in my
50’s and writing a blog is nice, but you don’t really see anything that’s going
on during the time. You just get to read
whatever I write. Now granted if I do
videos you’ll still only see what I want to film, but still the visual medium
is much more fun than writing sometimes.
When I was pretty young I knew my Great Grandmother on my mother’s
side. I even used to write her letters (She
lived up in Montana, far away from where I was at the time.). Imagine what it would be like if I could sit
down now and watch videos of my Great Grandmother when she was in her 50’s. That would still probably be back in the 1930’s
or 1940’s! I know there are some old
reel to reel movies, but I’m not sure who the people are on them and they don’t
have any sound. Not as much fun without
sound!
Ask yourself what
you did last year. Do you remember what
was going on in each month or week last year?
I may not if you ask me, but I can go back to this blog and select any week
of the year and after reading what I’d written know how I felt, and what was
going on at the time. Imagine being able
to go back when I’m in my 60’s and watch, or even show someone what was going
on in my life in 2018 with videos! I can’t
pass that opportunity up!
And this will not
only teach me about filming and editing, I’ll hopefully learn more and more
each week about how to edit and process videos.
Will I be much better at filming by week 22 next year? Who knows?
But I think it’s still a fun thing to do.
So why do I need a new
camera if I already have a bunch of cameras that could probably easily do the
job? I’ve decided I want one with an
attachable microphone. It’s just
something I want. I probably don’t need
it, but I think sound will be an important part of the videos. Maybe a new camera that I can screw some kind
of lens on if I need it? (What the hell would I need a different lens for if I’m
just vloging? *chuckle*) Being honest, if I’m going to do this, I
should do it to the best of my ability.
I don’t want to just post crap on my YouTube channel. Well…maybe it’ll be crap, but hopefully it’ll
be good crap. *chuckle* It can’t possibly
be worse than some of the other crap that’s on television now!
I’ve looked at some
cameras tonight in a shop called Best Buy and they are outrageous. Anywhere from $400 on up and those are
without attachable microphones! I’ll
check a few other shops next week, but I’ll probably end up ordering something
from Amazon. They have some very nice
looking cameras with microphones starting at around $110. I’ll see what I can find and hopefully be
ready for all of this on Week 1, 2018!
Moving on to wings,
I love chicken wings! There is a place
near where I live called Wing Stop. They
pretty much serve two things: chicken wings, and French fries. There are all kinds of flavors of wings and
one of my all-time favorite thing about this place is that I can order and pay
online and then just drive over and they hand me a bag with my order in
it!
Now it’s not just
the convenience of ordering online that I like (that’s actually really fun!
*chuckle*), the wings are always fantastic!
The people working there smile and greet me happily. I love the place! It’s a bit on the pricy side, but still I do
think the food there is well worth the price.
You can take a look at my order right here:
I ordered 15 mild
wings and they smell wonderful! A very
nice treat for my weekend. So off I go
to eat my wings and finish up relaxing before my return to work. While I do that, everyone keep asking
why! And think how nice this will be
next year when I don’t just write about getting wings from Wing Stop, I'll
actually show some video about it!
*chuckle*
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