Personal uses of digital video

Maybe you have recently purchased a digital video camera and you are wondering what all you can do with it.Maybe you are considering purchasing a video camera and you want to know ho much you will use it.There a limitless possibilities for things that you might do with your video camera.

New parents might be some of the biggest users of video.If you have a new baby, you can video everything from the delivery room to the first steps.The great thing about digital video is that it is so easy to edit.Maybe you get over exuberant and take hours of video of the baby's first trip to the park.You can edit the footage down to just the highlights by simply pointing and clicking.Videoing your young family is a great way to preserve and to share memories.If Grandma and Grandpa live far away, they can watch your baby grow up by sharing video.Granted, it's not as good as actually cuddling and cooing with a new baby, but it is quite a bit more realistic than still pictures.

Vacations are another time that video recorders get a workout.It's fun to have the recorder handy for the special times at the beach or to permanently record your adventures at an amusement park.Once you have a collection of family vacation footage from different vacations you can use your editing software to make fun collections of the different vacations you have taken.

If you or anybody close to you is involved in sports, you will understand the importance of video.Nothing can capture the feeling of hitting a game winning homerun or finishing that first marathon like a video camera.From t-ball games to state tournaments, a collection of videos detailing your child's sport career makes an awesome keepsake.You might also want to use the digital video as a coaching tool.Pole-vaulters have used video to learn correct movement for years.Now, with the availability of digital video, other sports are using video in the same way.

Video greetings and video cards are other ways that you might use you digital video camera.If it is hard to get your kids to write thank-you notes, try suggesting a thank you video.For some reason, making videos is infinitely more fun than writing out cards.Your kids might dress up in the clothes they received to make the video, or if they got a gift card it might be fun to video the shopping trip in which the card is used.Use plenty of creativity when making video greetings or video cards.

Digital video can also be used to practice for theater or public speaking events.Are you worried about the big speech you need to give at your company's year-end party.There is nothing that will make you feel more confident than seeing yourself give a terrific dress rehearsal.Maybe you teach a class or do public speaking professionally.It never hurts to get a look at yourself doing your thing.To get a different perspective of your performance, set up a video and record yourself.

Posting your video to the web is a fun way to use your video recorder.The video websites like You Tube and Google Video make it so easy to upload your videos to the web; they practically do it for you.If you have enjoyed blogging and using still photography in your blogs, you might find that using video offers more options than using stills.

Whatever you do with your camera, practice to get the best product that you can, use your creativity and make it fun to watch.Then share your videos with other.