Backing up

It is so important to back up those pictures, so easy too I use an Amazon Prime Photos account simply because I have on, but there are many others, all free for some photos. Since this is cloud backup the photos can be accessed by several different devices.

I see so many students carrying all their photos around on a phone then losing them all. All those memories gone. With so many free packages around can you afford not to back up?

Off to Vidcon 2020

Looking a bit like the alien from Predator, with the @Dji pocket Osmo on his shoulder Paul is off to @VidCon in London He hopes to see @AlanSpicerYT at @vidIQ and a few others on the creator track

A light and easy to use Jib. Great for small cameras like a GoPro or a small camera like my Olympus Tough. The jib is light enough to hold still at the full extension of this #Manfrotto monopod. The basic problem with most jibs is the time needed to set them up to achieve the shot. This jib is setup in less than 1 minute and using such a light camera it is possible to hold the shot steady. We often use a #DJI Osmo Pocket at the top. It has remote control, is steady and can achieve shots we couldn't do otherwise.

How many cameras do you need? I have 4 pocket cameras , three of these are waterproof to cope with the typical English weather. Some have GPS which many of my "Better" cameras don't have. Then I have the mobile phone - the ubiquitous camera - then a few slr's, a bridge camera, a blackmagic  4K camera and then a couple of 4K video cameras, a couple of GoPros a pocket osmo. Each has a different purpose, but when it comes down to it they all take photos and video. Gone are those days when I had just my Zenit E.

But how many cameras do you really need, for most this is just the mobile, and its back to the days of the Zenit E and a single lens.