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Shooting From A Different Level

Viewing the world from the eyes of a 2 year-old can open up a world of new photograph opportunities as everything changes when you get down on their level.

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First Rolls of Film On My “NEW TO ME” Minolta X-570

I recently spent a week traveling with my wife and kids from our home in Charleston, South Carolina back to Kentucky to visit my family. This trip would also serve as a great test period for a “new to me” camera the Minolta X-570.

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Michael Cheser Michael Cheser

WE WEREN'T EXPECTING THAT!!!! GIANT WATERFALL Got In Our Way - Fly Fishing The Blue Ridge Parkway

Making a trip to the mountains to hunt down some trout used to be a pretty normal thing for me in college. Getting older and obviously gaining more commitments I have not had the time to make as many trips and it’s in all honesty quite sad. This past year, 2020, I have made some life changes and things have become much better, more free time, a better job, and all of this combined means more time to spend doing the things I love doing again.

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Michael Cheser Michael Cheser

ONE TIP that will change the way you EDIT MUSIC (SUPER FAST)

Don’t edit music slowly like a noob. You can basically DJ right here in Premiere and remix music all day long with a few simple steps. This technique can make cutting music for your videos very easy, so no more trying to shorten music with cuts and beat-matching or cheap amateure blending effects.

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Premiere Pro Legacy Title "Crash" Fix - New Cinematic Titles

Welcome to Monday's With Mike! Adobe Premiere Pro has made a change to the way we make titles and it's much better but if you don’t know about this you're probably suffering from constant crashes like myself. This tutorial is going to show you how to use Adobe’s new Graphics Panel and how to stop your software from crashing every time you go to make a new title.

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Could The iPhone Replace Professional Cameras? - iPhone Photography

I have never been a big supporter of leaving your camera and relying solely on smartphone cameras, but times are changing and so are our views on different things. With new technology and the ever-increasing need for better cameras inside of smartphones, companies like Apple have really stepped up their game to create phones that people are buying more for the camera and less for everything else they offer. So the question is, will iPhones or other smartphones replace the professional camera? Or at least, will they replace the higher-end consumer cameras? They’re close to the same price, have comparable results, and offer more features than just a camera; so will the only people spending money on larger format cameras be professionals in the future?

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