The practice video I uploaded onto YouTube was a successful exercise in terms of rooting out where the major trouble spots are with respect to creating the type of video I have in mind.  Just as with still images, model railroad videography presents unique challenges.  At the top of the list is handling the backdrop….

The Elephant in the Corner of the Room   The constructive criticism received on the LAJ practice video fell into two areas, the white balance and the bit of choppiness in sound transitions.  Noted, but also very simple to fix.  The purpose of the exercise was to experiment with some techniques but primarily to unearth…

I spent the better part of the weekend working on a practice/test video to test the waters as to what the challenges would be to produce something that was less “model railroady” in appearance. You can see the video HERE. Going in, I wanted to focus on three aspects of video production: Composition Lighting Audio…