The Kenney Family!

Here is another video from the NDHSA Convention talent night. This is the Kenney family, whom I am proud to call my friends:



Enjoy!

More videos:

Here are a couple more clips from the talent night:
 First we have our friends, Tim and Louisa S.



And here we have a short skit performed by a couple of homeschool parents. The skit is called "The Stool", but seeing as they had a chair instead of a stool, the called it "The Chair."



And here is a clip from the Homeschool Choir's first practice. I didn't get the final performance on tape, or I would share that instead. Just keep in mind that we are just practicing, we still needed a lot of work!



Thanks for watching, I hope you are enjoying all these videos!
  Andrew B.

Problem solved!

I apologize for the technical difficulties, but I believe I have the bugs worked out now. Lesson learned: Do not use SVRT (Smart Video Rendering Technology, a feature of PowerDirector that allows you not to have to re-render video if it isn't being changed...) when you want to upload to YouTube. Somehow it doesn't produce the correct bitstream or something... Whatever the reason, it works much better if you take the time and render the whole video, not just the parts that have changed... Anyway, enough technical mumbo-jumbo!
 I did re-upload my first videos now, so if you had linked to my old ones, you will have to reset your links... I am also uploading some more videos to YouTube right now, however I don't know when I will get around to posting them here. You can always just check out my YouTube channel here: http://www.youtube.com/user/ManofCourage18
 Goodnight!
  Andrew B.

More convention videos

Here are a couple more clips from the NDHSA Convention. This was taken Friday morning at the start of the convention:



 And another clip from the talent night:



 Goodnight!
   Andrew B.

Talent Night continued

Here is the video of the music performed by a very talented young man by the name of Paul S.

First video post with my NEW Camera

Hi all,
 I had a little extra time this afternoon and thought I'd take a short clip of me playing banjo to upload to YouTube. Check it out in HD!
 


 Andrew B.

A package in the mail...

I got a package on Thursday that contained this:

Yep, that's right! ARB Productions will now be coming to you in HD! More to come soon...
   Andrew B.

For Sale:

For sale:
Computers:

Camcorder:

And Geese!

For complete listings, check out my page over on BisManOnline, the area's most popular (FREE!) online ad website: http://www.bismanonline.com/user_andrew
 Andrew B.

Disappointment...

I have recently been trying to find a decent high-range consumer camcorder that fits my needs, (And budget) when I was pointed to the Canon EOS Rebel T2i video-capable DSLR. Yesterday, I went to BestBuy in Bismarck, and was able to get my hands on one for a while and get a feel for the camera. WOW! I have to say I was impressed! I had taken along a SDHC card so I could bring home some footage for comparison with some other cameras, and I have to say the footage is very impressive. The difference between the T2i and a Canon HF-M31 which I also got some footage from is like night and day... The HF-M31 had terrible motion trailing, and poor stabilization compared to the T2i... I thought I had found something, until I read the following sentences from http://www.digitalcamerainfo.com/content/Canon-Rebel-T2i-Digital-Camera-Review-21736/Video-Features.htm :
 "However, the camera does have file size limitations of 4GB or 30 minutes — at which the clip will automatically stop recording when reached. You can begin recording again as a new clip, but you must press the record button to start recording again."
 That sounds like an annoying problem, but something that could be dealt with. The real deal breaker came at the bottom of the page when I read:
 "The T2i also suffers from overheating issues, which is something we've seen from most video-capable DSLR cameras. It is unclear how long the camera can record video before automatically shutting down due to sensor overheating, but we got an internal temperature increase warning from the T2i after roughly 45 minutes of continual use in video mode. When this warning appears, Canon recommends you stop using video mode on the T2i and let the camera rest, which isn't something you may necessarily be able to do if you're in the middle of an important shoot."

 Ouch! That I could not deal with, as I do mostly event recording which often ends up being a couple of hours at least.  O well, storing the footage from the T2i would have been a problem anyway, as it records at a bit rate of 47 Mbps! Even the standard definition footage is very large, at 22 Mbps it takes up almost as much room as most HD camcorders do! Needless to say, the quality is very good!
 So now I am back to browsing the web for the best camcorders that don't cost a fortune, while trying to save up a fortune to purchase one! :-) The search goes on... Anybody have a good suggestion?
  Andrew B.