Demonstrate Your Credibility

Demonstrate Your Credibility

Ask Me Questions

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Stay In Focus smallerI have a question for you.

What is keeping you from shooting, editing and uploading videos that tell your stories well?

I am here, eager to help. All you need to do is ask.

You will get my expert advice and instruction as I get to help you make better video and audio recordings.  My goal is to help you get the most out of the videos you record.

I want to give you the advantage of my experience because giving to you builds me up too.  Sure, I want to increase my business as a successful consultant, however, the only way I will be able to that is by helping you get excellent results.

I need to know the challenges and questions that you have so that I can eventually put together products that solve those challenges and answer your questions.  Until then, I can only offer what I do on a one-to-one, individualized basis.

Whether you are doing all the work yourself or you are hiring a team of professionals, knowing about the tools involved in video production is going to be an advantage for you.

The gear that I use may be different from what you are using.

I will be able to best help you when you tell me exactly what make/model of camera, smart phone, tablet, mixer, etc… that you have access to.  I will look for the manual online and see about walking you through the set up and operation of the gear that you already have.

So, go ahead, ask me anything you want about making video and audio recordings.

Editing is my specialty.

I really enjoy editing audio and video files that I have had a hand in recording.  That is where I take the best footage there is and put it together and make it fun to watch.  The reason why I am motivated to get you recording better video and audio is so that we can have good files to work with when editing them.

Ready to start?

Shoot something and let me see it. If that is beyond your current skill set, no problem.  Let me know what is holding you back.

Who I am:

I’m Philip Quintas and I make it easier for customers to trust you before and after they buy from you by creating simple videos that help you help more people.

If you want one-to-one help with making better videos, I can answer your questions and even write, shoot, edit, upload and promote videos for you or any combination of these services.  Sign up using the Email Address* and First Name* form on this website to get direct access to me, my experience and offerings.

Talking Pictures That Move

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Talking Pictures That MoveI imported some posts from my old Blogger blog to lend a little more credibility to this website.  You can learn some tips about video production from me here.

Although my focus has shifted since I began to post, my mission is essentially the same.  I continue to help people learn how to show up (and look good doing it) on the web.

Media has changed a lot since I got involved in video production.  My roots go back to the days of 8mm motion picture film.  I still have the viewer/editor I used to cut up and reassemble those old rolls of photo-chemically enhanced celluloid.  Back then we used to scratch the emulsion off a fraction of a frame and apply glue to make an edit.

When I was in my mid 20’s I paid a one-time floating deposit at the Tucson Community Cable Corporation and took a series of courses on studio and field production, editing and other related subjects….(to be continued)

Connecting a Microphone To Your Camera

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I am writing this because I was asked the question, “How do you plug a microphone into a camera?”

 
Most cameras have a microphone built in for recording sound.  The reason this works well is because it is a complete, closed system.  As soon as you plug a microphone into your camera, you open up the system and can potentially introduce some problems. These problems can be anything from recording worse sound (than just using the built-in microphone) to recording no sound at all.
The main reason you would plug a microphone into a camera is to get the microphone closer to the sound you are recording (through the use of a cable or a wireless system). Other reasons include: keeping the sound recording consistent when the camera is moving or to take advantage of different types of (or better quality) microphones.
What I’d like to do is share what has worked for me.  In this post I will give you the most basic information on the subject.  Successfully connecting and using an external microphone with a camera can become a very complex topic (there are a number of different types of camera audio inputs and many different types of microphones, therefore the combination of possibilities is huge and way beyond the scope of this blog post).
 
Please feel free to ask me specific questions by commenting below.
 
To connect a microphone to a camera you’ll need to have a cable that has the same type of connector (of the opposite gender [yes, there are male and female connectors]) as the camera’s microphone input.  Also, you’ll need to have a cable with the same type of connector (again with the opposite gender) as your microphone.  Sometimes these are the same cable and sometimes you will need an adapter in-line between the two (depending on the camera and type of microphone you are using).
Plug the microphone into the cable that fits it and then the other end into the camera directly (or, if necessary, into the adapter and then plug a cable from the adapter into the camera).  I recommend you use as few adapters as possible, because each component of a microphone to cable to camera system has the possibility of malfunctioning and can make troubleshooting more complex than necessary.  Many times plugging a cable into the camera disconnects the built-in microphone, so (if your camera is compatible with the microphone you plugged in to it) just use the camera as normal and you should be good to go.  If not, then we need to talk.
Remember to always use headphones to monitor the sound as you are setting up and recording.  If your camera does not have a headphone output, make test recordings and listen to the results through a playback system that has headphone capability.  This will allow to verify that you are getting good, clean (not noisy or distorted) audio. 

 

I welcome your questions and will do my best to help you as best I can.