Are you ready for me to vlog?

Sunday Bob was browsing his usual techy sites and came across an ad for a camcorder on sale. In a fit of consumerism I bought one. We've been working without any major purchases so camcorder seemed like a great idea! We have a video camera but getting data off the tape and into the computer was apparently a chore and this takes memory cards. The reason for getting the cam? Well pretty much my parents are going to be limited now to UK vacations, due to my Moms health and with the price of airfares us going back to the UK isn't going to happen anytime soon and so the camcorder idea seemed a great visual way to keep in touch along with our phone chats, IM chats, emails and letters.

After the initial charging Sunday I was ready to go Monday and did a little recording (testing/playing), and just did another few minutes. I just played it back on the cam and discovered that:

1. I talk in a REALLY funny voice to the dogs!
2. I look a mess in the afternoons! Midday hot is not a good look for me! Also don't turn the camera on yourself when you are zoomed in at something else, close up of your nose is NOT a good thing!
   
3. If people see these first vids they are gonna think I am crazy cos I have 15 minutes of dog/house/garden footage, and 15 seconds of me.
4. I don't like how I look very much, moreso 'cos I look at the screen not at the lens. Seriously I don't have a nervous twitch, not that I'm aware of anyway!
   
5. People are NOT gonna believe I am English as my accent is going and I am sounding more American everyday.
6. Do I really talk like that? Why can't I have a nice girly voice? Oh yeah that's cos I'm not a girly girl!
7. Our house is pretty dark, due to the fact the curtains/blinds are closed (so the house doesn't get too hot), remember to SWITCH THE DARN LIGHTS ON or open the blinds!
8. Take footage of more than just the dogs, or my tomatoes!
   
9. Not much happens around here on a daily basis.
10. I have a long way to go before I start vlogging anything interesting!
    

Seriously though I hope to get some video tutorials and stuff done in the future once I stop doing the mad shaky thing, and maybe dig out the tripod. This baby has time lapse recording so that should be cool!

So yeah be prepared for me vlogging! Scary times ahead! lol!