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Seven viral videos shot in one take

Check out these cool videos, completely void of cuts, fades and wipes, just one take from beginning to end, in order of popularity… OK Go – 32,635,466 views This was the first video I ever saw of this band from LA. One thing I particularly like is the paint-stained suits, clear evidence that they had many takes before getting it right. University of Quebec – 9,772,294 172 students from...

Marc Hindley

Le iPhone

I was moved to write about taking my iPhone to France after reading Christopher Phin’s column in MacFormat, in which he describes how his wee companion proved particularly useful on his trip across the Channel. I was heading for Paris with my wife and youngest child, more specifically Disneyland. Having got engaged there some 10 years ago, it was nice to revisit it since the new Studio Park was...

Marc Hindley

Film it and they will come!

This colourful Loopallu video pushed my YouTube channel past 10,000 views this week. That’s 10k in only three months from just 10 videos. All 10 videos have been produced for MorayFirthLive.com and MorayFirth.TV, the social media projects I’m involved with over at Canary Dwarf, where we’re now providing video services for website clients as a marketing tool. That’s a stadium-sized...

Marc Hindley

A telephoto for the iPhone

It was a Twitter link I couldn’t resist: The Ultimate List of Photography Gadgets and Gizmos, but it was largely populated by stuff I already own or knew about. Except for one. Call me a sucker, but it’s something I have to have… a telephoto for the iPhone.

Marc Hindley

Harleys hit the Highlands

Over 2500 motorbikes thundered into Strathspey at the weekend for what has now become the premier Harley-Davidson event in the UK. Thunder in the Glens is a moving experience. I go every year and it gets better and better. I once asked a biker friend if he was going along, and his reply was: “No. They sound like lorries and go just as slow.” Looks like I touched a nerve with the Kawasaki...