as you expected Europe's largest photo
video show Photokina has been canceled
it was planned for May the 18th to 21st
this year and it's not going to be
postponed the next time it's gonna show
up will be May the 18th to 21st 2022
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hi it's Simon from the ordinary
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description down below the coronavirus
is having an impact on our lives are you
working from home I certainly am I
started working from home on Wednesday
it's dramatically impacted how we live
our lives most of our photo video shows
have been cancelled or postponed NAB
2020 cp+
and now Photokina have been cancelled
the photography show and video show out
of the UK is postponed to later this
year and the biggest show on earth
arguably is the 2020 Tokyo Olympics the
Olympic Committee has come out and said
it's on and this morning when being
interviewed the Canadian Prime Minister
stated that when he was speaking with AH
be well he said that the Olympics are
going for it is their intent to keep the
Olympics going I don't know if this is
the wisest idea look how many states
since yesterday have told people to work
from home California New York I'm
working from home and the same pressure
here where I live in Ontario
Italy's having a rough time China is
having a rough time we're all having a
rough time and a lot of people's lives
are being affected sure it would be nice
to see the Olympics go on to have some
sort of event where we can come together
and have something positive but I could
also see this turn dreadfully negative
and see a whole bunch of people get
infected and well I don't even want to
discuss the worst case scenario I don't
know if this is a good idea I've got a
poll going right now please go ahead and
comment what do you think is this the
wisest idea I certainly don't think it
is I know this is a difficult time I
know you're affected I'm affected
I'm still working because I have to
support critical services I won't be
publishing videos about the virus to get
subs and views I and if you go ahead and
take a look at the the tags for this
video you'll see nowhere in there does
it talk or even mention anywhere
anything related to the corona virus or
anything like that I'm gonna go ahead
and stick to my vision and that's well
if actually you go back to the very
intro of this that's my vision right in
there and it's about delivering content
to you about news and rumors about
camera gear filming techniques and
content creation so what my promise to
you is as this as we're affected by this
and we're kind of stuck inside we're
stuck at home and we've got a sense of
cabin fever we feel isolated I'm gonna
step up my efforts to produce more
content I know I'm not a big star or
anything and I know that 5 or 10 minutes
a day isn't a big deal but it's kind of
my way of saying here's some content
here's something to get your mind off of
the coronavirus and unless news is
really affecting it I'm not gonna
mention it I don't want to mention it
and I know I'm talking about it here but
this is news that is related to the
corona virus it's effecting trade shows
I don't believe it's going to affect
announcements as yet I I think it's
definitely going to affect availability
but I don't know things are happening so
quickly
things are changing day by day and it's
a very very strange feeling certainly in
my household and when I'm on conference
calls with co-workers it feels very very
strange it's just something bizarre
about this it almost it almost feels
like the hours or days before a
hurricane you know something is
happening you can't do anything about it
and you're just hoping for the best
I want to finish this video on a happier
note thank you thank you for watching my
channel thank you for liking thank you
for subscribing and thank you for
participating in the community community
polls and providing comments engaging in
conversation early this morning I hit
three thousand subscribers which is a
significant milestone and I was able to
do that in five months sure other people
have neighbor do a whole lot better but
when I started five months ago at the
end of October I didn't know what to
expect I was hoping to be monetized
within nine months not two so I've
worked hard I've improved on things and
if you go back and look at those earlier
videos I had terrible room acoustics I
listened to your comments and I heard
some about saying your audio is and I
can't repeat it on the air because it
wasn't very nice but I knew that well
actually I didn't I didn't know it right
away it wasn't till I went back and
listened to things I realized how bad it
was I tried using filters and Final Cut
to approve on it and that just made it
sound worse worst of all it took me two
hours to edit the audio in each video
but I got better I got a lapel mic I
ditched my shotgun mic because it really
wasn't designed for the type of shooting
I was doing and I came down to the
basement because here the entire floor
is covered in carpet which absorbs sound
really well and the walls while made of
concrete half of it is insulation which
is absorb sound really really well so
the sound is much better but as you can
imagine the visuals are terrible so
that's why I have this yep that's a
green screen behind me and the reason
I'm using a green screen is it helps me
create a slightly more professional look
it's kind of dull looking but I really
want you to focus on me and actually not
so much me but what I'm saying I know I
do need to improve the set and that's
what I want to talk to you about I kind
of like what Gerald on done had done
he's got a simple four by three table
it's a nice wooden table the background
is I think it's painted purple or he's
using purple lights and he's got a light
in the foreground shining onto the table
and he's got two lights aiming at him
and I like it it's simple it allows him
to have cameras on the table and lenses
and to showcase stuff so it's very
simple Peter Gregg has a Christmas room
camera conspiracy she's just working out
of his office or sometimes he's outside
in the seat streets of Toronto shooting
vlogging what should I do
what do you think would look really good
for a studio yes I want to get away from
this newscaster thing I think I'd like
to sit down at the desk and have
something similar to Gerald but I really
like to know your feedback
you see I listen to your feedback not
only do I respond to most of your
questions or comments and I do read them
all but I also take them I listen to
them and I do act on them it was around
midnight and Canon had announced the r5
would have 8k video and so as soon as
that happened well I what they didn't
announce it it was a Canon Australia
that had announced it so I I ran down to
the basement I quickly threw things
together I didn't have time to write
things up and I just spoke as I'm
speaking now I thought it was terrible I
think I'd left some things out I did
some of Em's and Oz I apologized and I
just thought it was absolutely terrible
but when I woke up the next morning I
was stunned
and by the time I got home from work
there was well over 20 comments saying
wow this is so much better yeah ditched
the teleprompter just speak the way
you're doing it it's so much better and
since then I've stopped using the
teleprompter okay I haven't completely
stopped using it it's there right now I
use it for the intro and the high this
is the ordinary filmmaker and the reason
I do that is when people first come in
that first 15 seconds if you're not
perfect and bang on they leave a good
50% can leave within the first 15
seconds so I keep it for that and then
the rest of I use is point form but I
listen to you guys I've ditched it this
is completely adlet sometimes there's a
little bit of case of verbal diarrhea
but that's something else for me to work
on as I stated way back in November one
of my goals is to improve my
presentation skills the way I deliver
content and that's gonna take me many
many more months and maybe even years to
perfect look at Peter McKinnon and some
of the others they just are able they're
still polished
and Peter Gregg I don't know how he can
just get up day after day and just you
know add limit the way he does he does
it so well so give me your comments and
also be critical I I do not take offense
I I'm getting free advice you guys are
helping me out a lot and I appreciate
that my goal is to get to ten thousand
subs by the end of this year and I'm
looking to change my studio at that
point and the reason for that is well
it's there's several reasons one I don't
want to bring skilled trades into the
house while this coronavirus is around
and it's gonna cost a bit of money my
wife is currently out of work because of
the virus and you know I've got a job
right now but I don't know if that's
going to change and this is probably
gonna cost one to two thousand dollars
YouTube is giving me a little bit of
money each month and I can put that
aside so by the time I hit 10,000 subs
around December I'll have enough that I
can go ahead and invest in my studio and
make it better so please send me your
comments let me know what else I can do
to improve upon my channel but this is a
big THANK YOU to you I wouldn't be here
if it wasn't for you for your comments
for your participation and I do
appreciate that I I'm amazed at how many
really smart people watch my channel
professionals and hobbyists alike and
that means a lot to me I'm not a person
with a big head I do believe that if we
work hard we can achieve something and
we can reach our goals and one day I
would be really really happy if I could
get to a hundred thousand subs but I
know I can't do that right now I know I
can't do that with my current set I know
I can't do that with my current skills
and I need to improve them and I know I
need to upgrade my gear and since we got
a few extra minutes here let me tell you
about my plans my roadmap for gear
sometime around summer I'm I'm looking
to buy a new camera and right now that
looks to be the eos r6 the r5 I know
most of you I'd say about 60% of you
watching want the r5 but for me
especially living in Canada with a
dollar that's just tanking right now
that's a very very expensive camera
where's the r6 I
think is gonna give me everything that I
need I don't need 8k sure it would be
nice
sure I've got a machine that can process
it but I don't really need it for a
YouTube channel and I certainly don't
need it to make family films
I mean who out there can handle 4k let
alone 8k or even 6k yes I know it's
great for master files of so much
information in there but I think for the
price point I'll pick up the r6
I'll get the 24 to 105 of my
general-purpose lens
I'll get the lens adapter so I can take
my EF the one I'm shooting the EF 51
point two millimeter and I'll use that
for YouTube and then I'll consider
picking up the 15 to 35 and I can use
that for both my run and gun work as
well as YouTube work because once I get
that camera my distances are going to
change and that's another reason to kind
of wait to do my studio work is I'm talk
up the camera cuz that kind of changes
things right now I think there's about
I've got a 15 foot difference between
where the camera lens is and where the
green screen is thank you for watching
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