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Category Archives: Family Films
A busy 2 months of filming and editing
From a quiet start to 2013 of only one short film of a trip to Twickenham saw a busy March and April which has led to 11 films of varying lengths and topics, some uploaded to YouTube: Edinburgh – a … Continue reading
A merry bag of montages – Australia family holiday short films (better than the directors cut)
4 weeks spent in Australia during Britain’s Summer school holidays 2012 resulted in 6 hours of video footage and 2,000 photos (3 hours compiled with music) of our time in Sydney, Melbourne and Port Douglas. Edited using Sony Vegas, burnt … Continue reading
Australia holiday montage – the time of our life!
Over 7 hours of video footage of a once in a life time holiday to Australia (Sydney, Melbourne and Port Douglas) during August 2012 has finally be edited to create 3 films of 5 hours. The 3 films spread 5 … Continue reading
2012 a year in the making
2012 was the year I decided to take my humble family home videos and see how far I could push it. I started a blog, planned to make some films of Bicester, continued to film Stagecoach, made a number of … Continue reading
Wendover Woods – an autumn walk
A wonderful UK sunny autumn Sunday took the family Robertson out for a walk in the woods. Wendover Woods just outside Aylesbury is one of the best woods in the area. I took my trusted Canon 550D and 20mm lens … Continue reading
Halloween at Warwick Castle (fastest time from filming to final edit)
A family day out to Warwick Castle for the Halloween events gave me another opportunity to make a short film of the proceedings and upload to YouTube. We had previously been to Warwick Castle for Halloween 2 years ago and … Continue reading
Bicester Karate at England National Championships 2012
A day out with my family at the Bicester Karate at England National Championships 2012 in Loughborough brought out my Canon 550D camera with a 50mm prime lens and 20mm prime lens. The light was not brilliant (very yellow) – … Continue reading
Olympic adventure
I have finally got around to editing our family days out to London 2012 Olympics. Having delayed getting any tickets we got late tickets for the women football at Wembley and a trip to the Olympic stadium for the athletics … Continue reading
Holiday video filmed and ready to edit
4 weeks in Australia and I have taken loads of footage using 3 cameras (Canon 5550D, Sony CX130 and a GoPro). I have imported the footage into Sony Vegas and simply put each day’s filming into individual media bins. I … Continue reading
Family Holiday Video Planning
I usually take my video camera on family videos and simply film what’s in front of me. The last family holiday I did a bit of planning before and after to see if I could make it into a short … Continue reading
