As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I have been diving into DSLR video over the past few months. The DSLR Camera has, as Philip Bloom described, "democratized cinematography." What he means is that the affordability of DSLR cameras has made cinema quality video...
One of my favorite resource websites is Free Stock Music. The title is pretty self explanatory. The site hosts all genres of stock music. From electronic, to corporate themes, Free Stock Music is a great resource. Here are a few of the projects I have used their...
The adjustable mics, four-track recording and extended battery life of the TASCAM DR-40 give you the flexibility you need to record tracks anywhere.
We killed the bulletin, and started a magazine!
About two years ago I was called back to my home church to be the Associate Student Pastor. Up until that point my youth ministry team had consisted of one person, me. Of course I had volunteers and student leaders, but as you well know-- if you don't create the...
I have heard about these little guys for a while now, and I must admit, the novelty of the device is enticing. Here are a few ideas I had for usage, and a few concerns I have about the quality of the...
Eons ago fellow youth ministry geek Matt McGill wrote a blog post called EVANGAtweets. This weekend our student ministry is discussing evangelism in our weekend worship service. In honor of Matt I quickly whipped up a few EVANGAtweet slides to cycle through...
Should you buy the new iPad? Well, I was very lucky that a church member wanted to buy 4 staff members at our church the newest edition. After a few days playing around on it I want to make a few comments on why you need an iPad even if you have an iPhone. 1. There...
"What's LARPing?", you ask. Well, you may just want to go re-measure yourself on the geek scale. If you look down on the far end of that scale, near infinity, you will find a term called LARPing. It stands for Live Action Role Play. That's right! It's Dungeons and...
Back in January, Chris Davis and I were at YS! Palooza together, and we were talking about shooting video. Chris was lugging around a giant HD camcorder and tripod that he used to shoot this video. We began having a chat about the video function on most new DSLR...
