G'day!

[timburgess]

Hi all!

As I've just registered, I thought I should say "hello".

I actually have had my own business (sole trader) for about 2 years now but in fact have not actually made the leap as I have a regular job that pays the bills. I started the sole trader side of things as my camerawork started producing the occasional job where I could make a bit of money or do a tit-for-tat deal and it was a way of expensing my not inexpensive equipment costs.

That said, I have been receiving the 'weekly wisdom' for a while and usually find it an interesting read.

Online forums are very very valuable and given that I use camera tech forums extensively, the bulb popped that I should do the *same* for soloing when I read the latest 'wisdom'.

The emergence of web stock footage sites means that there is now the opportunity for people like me to develop a small income stream with a good enough clip collection but it's not a decent income. I'm investigating another camera-related idea though and if it looks like it could produce regular income, I might make the leap - if I am brave enough.

I've been reading some of the threads already and there are some real gems of comments I've found. Hopefully in the future I can contribute too...

Glad to be here, Tim


Tim Burgess
Camerawork - Stock Footage - Footage Repair
http://homepage.mac.com/timburgess

[sam_leader]

Hi Tim,

Welcome! You're right, they are an extremely valuable resource and hopefully you will benefits from these as much as from your camera tech forums.

Look forward to seeing you around.

Sam

[Renee Barber]

Hi Tim, your work sounds very interesting. I'm a novice filmer/snapper, but I've already found it to be quite addictive. I had to laugh at my first attempts at video though; they made me seasick!

Anyway, I'm looking forward to reading your posts as I hope to soak up some tips!

Again, good luck on your flying solo journey.

[timburgess]

>I had to laugh at my first attempts at video though; they made me seasick!
I think everyone at some stage has done the "shakycam" video. Fortunately a lot of video cameras these days now come with pretty good image stablizers and with them turned on (and a steady hand), it can make footage a lot more watchable. That said, I find myself almost never shooting anything without a tripod these days.

>Anyway, I'm looking forward to reading your posts as I hope to soak up some tips!
More than happy to blather on about this stuff! I've found the videos on flyingsolo.com.au now and so having a look at them. Quite well done although I'm personally not a big fan of highly animated lower thirds.

Ciao..

Tim Burgess
Camerawork - Stock Footage - Footage Repair
http://homepage.mac.com/timburgess

[Burgo]

hello Tim,

Nice to see another Burgess on the forum

[Lucki]

Hi Tim,

Glad to have you on board.

I love photography too and was hoping to get back into it. So I look forward to your expertise and hopefully will be able to call myself a professional one day (I live in hope).

Cheers
Lucki

[Renee Barber]

Originally Posted by timburgess

More than happy to blather on about this stuff! I've found the videos on flyingsolo.com.au now and so having a look at them. Quite well done although I'm personally not a big fan of highly animated lower thirds.

'[H]ighly animated lower thirds?' Eh?

[Adam Randall]

Originally Posted by Renee Barber

'[H]ighly animated lower thirds?' Eh?

I think that means the ticker type things you see on high quality shows like Fox news