Filming the diver

🎥 Filming for YT Shorts & TikTok = vertical 📱, FB/IG/Twitter 💙 square ⏹️, longer YT vids = landscape 🌅. Multiple formats or one + adjustments❓ #videoproduction #socialmediastruggles

 

VCV to OAX 800

VCV excels in crafting sounds! 🔊 Perfect for beginners, its modular design lets you create any sound or effect. Eager to integrate it as a VST plugin in the Wersi 800 for limitless sonic possibilities! 🎛️🎚️ #VCV #SynthMagic #Wersi800 #VSTPlugin

Setting up the Podcast

 Setting up the studio for the weekly Podcast this week on Food Waste

Diver in a Measuring Cylinder

Just dropped a dowel into a measuring cylinder to measure the force and upthrust as it hit the water and sank to its maximum depth. 🌊📏 #PhysicsExperiment #WaterResistance #ScienceFun

 

My Webcam

 My little webcam. A Blackmagic 4k camera with an Olympus 12-50mm power zoom linked to a stream deck to control the zoom and focus at the touch of a remote button. #streaming #tech

Blue Butterfly

 Spotted a rare visitor, a blue butterfly, in my Mum's Southampton garden yesterday. Such a treat, as they're not often seen around here. It's smaller than the usual butterfly, but I don't know which species. #nature #butterflies

Experimenting with sounds

 Experimenting with different sounds and generators within Ableton live

Digital Coulomb Meter

 After seven and a half months of waiting, the Digital Coulomb Meter finally arrived. Not the one I ordered, but it's the only one I could get. I seem to have so much equipment on backorder with various suppliers.

Deciding on a new Equatorial Mount

 Visited Tring Astronomy Centre to decide on the best new equatorial mount for the camera and telescope. Looking at the Skywatcher HEQ5 and EQ6-R - still undecided is the EQ6-R just too big for the scopes and too heavy?

Monitoring the Video Podcast

 When Paul and I do the weekly Video Podcast we don't have anyone else to film or monitor the production so we have to set up everything and then monitor as we go. using the RodeCaster Pro to capture the sound and a Blackmagic ISO Pro ATEM  to capture and record all the video

New DNA Model in the studio

 Just created awesome thumbnails of a DNA model! Experimenting with a vertical slider to capture the rotating model on camera and showcase its intricate structure in the upcoming video. #science #DNA #modeling

Abdominal Aortic Aneurism Exam

Just had an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Ultrasound as part of my 65th birthday celebrations. Great news - it's less than 3cm! Thanks to the efficient screening by NHS and the well-organized Hemel Hospital #healthscreening #NHS #ultrasound

I hope you can make out more in the image than I could the two white lines where the green crosses are, is my aortic artery and the very helpful nurse explained what the image meant.
 

Upgrade Day

Excited to upgrade my Blackmagic cameras to 8.1 and test out their vertical shot capabilities! Also trying out the 18.5 Beta on my test machine to see how AI and YouTube Shorts/TikTok loading performs. #TechUpgrades #VerticalShots #AItesting

Day off

 I am looking forward to my first day off in a few weeks. I intend to sit down and play the organ and relax. Of course, whether I actually get time to get to play the organ is another thing because I have a long list of things to do in my spare time

Cobalt Chloride Equilibrium

Teaching dynamic equilibrium? Try this experiment! Add acidified Cobalt Chloride solution to hot and cold water and see it in action in just one minute. Quick, easy, and repeatable! #chemistryteacher #scienceexperiment

 

Keyboard to Ableton Live

Connecting the new keyboard to Ableton Live and unlock a world of sound possibilities! From classical instruments to cutting-edge software synths, the creative potential is endless. 🎹🎧 #musicproduction #AbletonLive #synthesizers
 

Book Stand

Memory is a fragile thing - so I always jot down important tasks. But sometimes, I forget to check my notebook. That's why I use a mini bookstand to keep my list in sight! #MemoryHack

 

Canon EOS R5C hand and Neckstrap

 Mounting a handstrap and a neck strap on a Canon Eos R5C using the Smallrig cage makes a useful combo.

Busy Easter

 Easter is a very busy time for me. With the holidays in full swing, I'm full to capacity with students who are revising for their upcoming exams. It's inspiring to see many of them grasping the concept of revision for the first time. #Easter #students #exams

Building a DNA Molecule

One of my students came around on Easter morning to build the DNA molecule. It took all morning, but we got there in the end and had a good learning experience as well.

 

Starting to assemble the DNA Molecule

 Easter day work - to build the DNA Molecule. I have created a few nucleotide bases, but it's still a long way to go.

Pasco Bus

 At @Bett2023 I saw the @Pascoscientific Bus complete with driver. I now want one.

Web creation

 Although blogging and social media platforms are popular, websites still have their advantages if they're kept up-to-date and easy to update. Personally, I use Nicepage to handle the heavy lifting. #webdesign #onlinemarketing

Filming

 Greasing the slider with a little bit of candle wax to make the sliding a little bit smoother.

Editing the Slide rule Video

 Editing the slide rule video to show the students what life was like BC (before calculators) using a slide rule and tables for calculations. The students often wonder why logs and are amazed how I can beat them doing a calculation using a slide rule. #sliderule #calculations #logs #mathematics #education

What's your Go to Camera

What's your go-to camera? For most, it's the only camera they have, the phone. I still love my Olympus Tough, but I suppose it's now really the Canon EOS 5RC

 

DNA Molecule

 Now the proud owner of a DNA molecule. My son has been volunteered to build it and paint the top and bottom and to hang it. @CochranesOxford 

AverMedia AX310

The Difficult made easy. The AverMedia AX310, along with its other functions of placing and controlling an Avatar on the screen, is something we took ages to work on and create, made easy with the AX310 and a free app.