Saturday, February 18, 2012

Someone you know celebrating their birthday?

For $5, you will get a cute video for your family member or friend. $5. I am performing these today and can offer delivery within hours.

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Testing out my new ping.fm account.

Sunday, November 20, 2011

TOP RATED SELLER on Fiverr.com



So happy! I was in tears on that dewy morning of November 17th, 2011.

THANK YOU FIVERR.COM!!

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

NEW ARRIVAL - Camera

Yes! I got my new camera and all my new gear. As you can see in the video below, I am quite excited!

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Fiverr.com Featured Gig Status

I was informed today by Fiverr.com that one of my gigs, my Fortune Teller gig, has achieved "featured gig" status...meaning I now have the prized fuchsia sash on the avatar of my gig, and I am certain to stay close to the top of the search.



So delighted, gloriously elated, with this happening to one of my gigs! Can you tell? LOL!


Saturday, October 29, 2011

Fiverr.com Facebook Feature

Wow! I feel so blessed! Fiverr.com has featured me again on their facebook!



What timing too! It's a real reward for me, considering just this morning I finalized orders on new camera equipment and editing software. LOL...who am I kidding...Totally sick of dealing with the coolpix hesitation, I have been wanting a dslr for friggin years now.

I did some major shopping around as I am not someone who just buys on whim. I had been looking at the Nikon 3100, then the Nikon 5100...thinking about staying with Nikon because of the lens compatibly...my DH has a number of old Nikon lenses...then the Canon D60 was recommended by a friend. Here is the kit at amazon . I looked at that camera real close, read reviews, watch videos about it, and the only thing that concerned me was that there is no auto focus on the video. I looked at the Nikon D7000, and that camera does offer autofocus on the video, but has less megapixels(mp) and less frames per second (fps), and comes with a slightly higher price tag.

The lack of auto focus plays into my use in two areas. Videotaping the Raw Mean Millie Mouthoff gig, and videotaping my dogs running out back.

With regards to the former, I figure the manual focus is going to force me to be better with that gig and really think it out more, and sure, it might be a bit more tedious and I can't fling the camera around like I do now with my point and shoot coolpix, but I think the extra effort will produce higher quality results. I think of the clown on the ice skates. You know those guys that pretend to be clumsy on the ice, they have more skill than the featured skaters. It takes skill to deliver something intentionally clumsy, and so I will still deliver an intentionally amateurish Mean Millie Mouthoff gig, but it will have a cleaner, clearer look to it, and a bit more thought behind the angles used.

The dogs out in back? I think a better product for all their running would actually be stills captured at a high speed, and the 60D can most definitely do that, especially when coupled with the SanDisk Extreme® Pro™ SDHC™ UHS-I Card - 16GB.

Ahh yes, the issue of which memory card to purchase took me the better part of the afternoon and evening to determine. I have a SanDisk (SD) now for my coolpix and never had not one issue with it, so I was leaning towards SD anyway, and then I read that the ones amazon is offering, the Extreme class 10, are actually discontinued items that better photog houses like B&H are not even carrying anymore. That sold me on the Pro, and I bought it direct from the SD site, as a lot of what is sold on eBay are counterfeit. 

I am also outfitting my gear to include:

A multi-coated UV filter...why put cheap glass on expensive glass, right? Also, some of those cheaper glasses can not only corrupt your image with glare and ghosts, they can corrupt your lens, in that, when you screw on the filter, poor engineering of the cheap filters can scratch your expensive lens...not taking any chances.

A remote switch I read that the 60D can make internal noise and it could be picked up on the video. Again, not taking any chances, really looking to deliver high quality.

A better tripod ...Oh gosh, I can not tell you how many times I have fought with my 40 year old one to remain level. Legs slip into the socket...Grrr...

A lens hood. Never tried one, but for $6, I thought why not keep it on hand for indoor/outdoor use to deal with glare.

As far as the interchangeability of the Nikon lens onto the Canon body, I can do that. There are adapters, and showing that to my husband, put his mind to rest on that aspect of this major purchase.

Finding out about this Fiverr.com feature was the icing on the cake today! I am really loving Fiverr...totally changed my life...and it's good to feel the reciprocation of that love. xoxo MWAH MWAH!