{"id":7789,"date":"2018-03-12T10:10:41","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T16:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/?p=7789"},"modified":"2018-03-12T10:30:27","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T16:30:27","slug":"adjusted-reality-vlog-2-its-my-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/12\/adjusted-reality-vlog-2-its-my-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Adjusted Reality Vlog #2 &#8211; It&#8217;s my birthday!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Check out my second vlog in honor of me getting older!<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='629' height='354' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jh93vWmjsuI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' allowfullscreen='true' style='border:0;'><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In this episode, I talk about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My husband got me very cool birthday presents, including a green screen &#8211; check out how #sopro I am in that preview pane!<\/li>\n<li>Another cool present, we got accepted to be ambassadors for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wattagecottage.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wattage Cottage<\/a> (and I got the news on my actual birthday!).\u00a0 Check out that sweet hat and I show off some #sockdoping.<\/li>\n<li>Then, I reminisce about the five coolest things I did whilst 38 &#8211; including becoming an Ironman, obviously.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m really enjoying doing these, and I&#8217;m going to keep at it.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve already got the next few written out and I want to try doing one every 2 weeks, at least.<\/p>\n<p>My notes to myself for next time:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>28 minutes is better than 35+, but let&#8217;s really try for 15 minutes or less.\u00a0 On these one-take type videos, it&#8217;s hard to predict, but obviously, I need to narrow the scope of what I&#8217;m talking about.\u00a0 And I think my next subjects do that (but we&#8217;ll see).<\/li>\n<li>Mic levels &#8211; I&#8217;m using a new mic (another birthday present), and it&#8217;s a little quiet (it seems ok playing back on the PC, but I had to turn it up wayyyyy high on the PS4).\u00a0 I&#8217;ll turn it up next time to be a little louder than I think it should.<\/li>\n<li>Lighting &#8211; I&#8217;m also using a new light (yet another present, my husband wants me to be pro at this!), and it&#8217;s GREAT but washing me out a bit.\u00a0 I think I&#8217;ll have to play with the settings.<\/li>\n<li>Music in the background?\u00a0 I&#8217;m trying to decide if it would add to the entertainment factor (i.e. not just me talking forever) or would just be annoying.<\/li>\n<li>When I do live streaming at work, I practice a little more.\u00a0 And I know what I&#8217;m going to say and ramble a little less.\u00a0 I&#8217;m going to make sure and do at least one dry run without the camera on for each video, I think it will help me.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While these &#8220;my life yadda yadda&#8221; ones have been good to warm up with, I&#8217;m going to try and do a handful of more informational ones next.\u00a0 So, if you have a preference between tips on your pre-race routine, setting up triathlon transitions, lifting heavy, or healthy breakfasts for people that hate eggs and oatmeal, let me know and I&#8217;ll make that one first!<\/p>\n<p>Funny note: I started with a striped shirt on that day, but had to change, because the green screen was going CRAZY!<\/p>\n<p>So, if you&#8217;re still reading (HI!), let me know if you have any feedback for me on what you like to see in videos.\u00a0 Shorter?\u00a0 Background music?\u00a0 Hit me up.<\/p>\n<div data-counters='1' data-style='square' data-size='regular' data-url='http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/12\/adjusted-reality-vlog-2-its-my-birthday\/' data-title='Adjusted Reality Vlog #2 &#8211; 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In this episode, I talk about: My husband got me very cool birthday presents, including a green screen &#8211; check out how #sopro I am in that preview pane! 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