Then Matt-Man over at Bagwine Ruminations started vlogging. Sure he first vlog was a video tour of his living room, but he's been a bit more creative as of late and posted a truly hysterical car vlog with his son Ryno.
I've been seriously toying with the idea of my first vlog for a few weeks. I had concerns about privacy - would a vlog give out too much information? (We all know there are hundreds of folks out in cyber land just waiting for me to flub up and give some hint as to where I am so they can stalk me - right .....)
My greatest concern? It's not like I haven't posted some revealing HNT photos, but I have a lot of control over those. I can take 100 pictures to get what I want. I can crop the "bad" parts of me out of the photo before I post it. I can even add filters to the photo if I really want to obscure the view of parts of me that I don't like. I can't do that with video. I had to decide if I could stand to post this video - as it is - flaws and all (Have I mentioned that I am a bit of a perfectionist? Well, I am, and when you're not perfect that is a really bad thing!)).
I know it sounds silly - one or two of you might even be thinking I'm a goofball - but it is really hard for me to put myself out there like this, which is exactly why I decided to do it!
You'll notice this video is in two parts - my camera will actually record a 12 minute, high resolution video, but YouTube will only upload a 10 minute video - oops! Fortunately, Jay turned me on (hehehehehe) to the virtues of Windows Movie Maker (I didn't even know Rhonda had this in her) and I was able to split this into two parts fairly reasonably. I know this video it titled "Commute", but it's really more about showing a little slice of rural life with a little of me a la mode.
if you are so inclined, go grab a cup of coffee, or a beer, and spend the next 10 minutes with me!!
... do you need a refill?? Here is the second half of the commute!
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