Sailing Videos

 ​Our sailing videos are filmed from a safety boat and on-deck cams on the sailing boat. Real sailing. Real mistakes. Real learning. #SailingBlog #Over60sLearning https://pmrsailing.uk/

Not your average Zoom Call

 

Interactive online lessons with live experiments, green screens, and a studio team. Not your average Zoom call. #OnlineTuition #HybridTeaching

Student Benefits & Uniqueness

 

​Our students don’t just memorise – they understand. That’s what makes exam success sustainable. In the classroom, in the Lab, or Online #GCSESupport #ALevelTutoring #PrivateTuition

Call to Action

 Looking for expert tuition in Science, Maths, or Computing? Online or in-person in our lab & studio. Book now for September. #PrivateTuition #BackToSchool

Saturday – Music & Media

 Did you know we make our own soundtracks? Our studio uses a Wersi organ, church organ & synthesiser to score our YouTube videos. #MusicProduction #EdTech

Friday – R&D Focus

 

Friday – R&D Focus We don’t just teach science – we help invent the tools. From sensor testing to apparatus design, we’re always experimenting. #STEMinnovation #ScienceEquipment

Thursday – Sailing Crossover

 

Learning to sail at 65+? Follow our blog and videos on pmrsailing.uk. Honest, humorous, and full of practical advice for new sailors. #LearnToSail #Over60sSailing

Wednesday – Science in Action

 Teaching science the way it should be: with experiments. From titrations to chromatography – every lesson is practical, hands-on, and unforgettable. #GCSEChemistry #PhysicsExperiments

Tuesday – Behind the Scenes

 

Today in the studio: filming a lesson on osmosis with full multicam setup. Online doesn’t mean second best – it means better access. #OnlineLearning #ScienceEducation

Tuition Spotlight

Real teaching, real results. 1:1 lessons in a lab, classroom or online. GCSE & A-Level Science & Maths. Book a trial today. #GCSE #ALevel #Tutoring
 

 Summer’s for sun, beaches, and a well-earned break — but it’s surprising how much students forget over the holidays! Take a book or two on holiday.

If you’re heading into Year 11 or Year 13, a little study now can make a big difference later. Keep your brain in gear! 
#GCSE #ALevel #HemelPrivateTuition

Rain

 Today we thought we were going to get very wet, but as the day turned out, we didn't really get wet at all. We must have been on the edge of all that rain.

Unusual battery charging

 Some unusual battery charging. The battery would only make good contact with the charger while I held it. So the lightest amount of clamping holds the battery in place to charge. It might even work

Canon R5C

 The Canon R5C with the 24-70mm and the Tascam XLR sound box, and a Rode wireless receiver. Not exactly the lightest thing to carry around, so it normally gets put on a tripod to get stable footage. Usually, we also have a DTap battery added, which adds to the weight.

​Want drama in your shots? Get low.

​Want drama in your shots? Get low.
Shooting from ground level adds power, scale, and intensity — suddenly, your subject dominates the frame.
Change the angle, change the story. 
#PhotographyTips #ShootLow #CreativeAngles
 

Poor AI

 When you assume AI is quite intelligent, but find it is not intelligent enough. I wasn't clear enough in my commands to the AI to label port and starboard on a boat. One of the reasons I don't use AI very much.

Traffic

 One of the problems with going out is traffic jams and road closures. This weekend was particularly bad, with the M3 and M40 closed, and the M4 and M25 (here) in gridlock, taking 20 minutes to travel 2 miles. We spent more time on the road than actually being at our destination.

1:1 Tuition

 1:1 Online Tuition – With visualisers, Wacom tablets, and multi-camera setups, it’s the next best thing to being in the room. Personalised, interactive, and truly effective. #OnlineLearning #TuitionThatWorks

Too Hot

Working outside in the 30C heat. Had to take my shirt off to hang over the line to make some shade to keep the drill and screwdriver cool enough to pick up. Burning my feet on the astroturf.
 

Eminent Organ

 Although I can make all types of sounds on the other instruments, my favourite is still sitting down at the 3 manual Eminent organ with its 52 stops and a large library of other stops and playing some church music, some Bach or other classic works. It is a shame the UK distributor has ceased trading, as it is an excellent organ.

Redesigning the cam-buoy

Looking to improve the stability of the buoy means literally going back to the drawing board, or in this case, revisiting CAD to add a centreboard to the buoy, which will help with its centre of mass. Additionally, a passive system will be used to keep the camera oriented in the same place.

Buoycam

 We tested our Mark 1 version of the buoycam. We intend to fix a 360 camera because we know that the camera will rotate, but today was a proof of concept. It mostly worked until it didn't. Mark 2 is now under development.

Bust

 The good news is that the camera itself is fine, but the screen and base unit have failed. I don't know why. It fell into the boat but didn't get wet, so it will be taken to the menders soon.

Thunderstorms and boats

 

A thunderstorm moved in. The dinghies came in because dinghies and thunderstorms don't mix, but fortunately we were on the edge so little lightning and not much rain - so the cameras stayed dry.

Using the Visualiser

 Using the visualizer as a camera on a mount. Not just using the camera in the top down mode, but this is a versatile machine and swinging the camera around allows the students to see into items so that they can learn more about the function and what is going on.

ATEM Extreme

 When using Zoom for videos, we find that 4 inputs is often not enough. The ATEM Extreme makes a significant difference allowing up to 10 inputs and gives more control over the output. The control panel has built in streaming, multiview and 4 x Upstream, 2 x Downstream Keyers.

Free Boating

 Free Boating. Have an electric boat, charge the batteries from the home solar on a good day when all the excess electricity would be exported and we can spend several days out in the power boat with no fuel costs. Wonderful.

Genos

Play a chord progression, and the Yamaha Genos does the rest. With smart chord detection and AI, it creates pro-level accompaniment on the fly, and I really need as much help as I can get because lack of time is the problem.

The difference a day makes

The difference a day makes - 32C Sun shining, 18C damp 100% Overcast Both good for photographs but different types of clothing required.
 

Drone shots

 Crystal-clear skies, barely a whisper of wind—couldn't ask for better drone flying weather. Now is the time to get some of the high panoramic shots of the ground.