A video from our recent Singapore to Hong Kong cruise on Sojourn

[Able Seaman H]

You will have a great time. It's a lovely part of the world to travel around and You will enjoy Sojourn. There are some very well put together shows onboard at the moment which is a bonus. I particularly enjoyed Sessions and Midnight Hour.

 

Henry ;)

[Mr Luxury]

You will have a great time. It's a lovely part of the world to travel around and You will enjoy Sojourn. There are some very well put together shows onboard at the moment which is a bonus. I particularly enjoyed Sessions and Midnight Hour.

 

 

 

Henry ;)

 

 

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Edited January 7, 2016 by Mr Luxury

[D999]

Thank you! Wish our videos were a tenth as professional as yours.

We're looking forward to following in your wake next month.

D.

[Able Seaman H]

Henry,

 

I showed my husband your video. He's interested in what camera you used and what editing package. Why do I feel we are going to be adding to his stash of equipment! Thanks.

 

Joanna

 

Thank you! Wish our videos were a tenth as professional as yours.

We're looking forward to following in your wake next month.

D.

 

To be honest it isn't really about the camera or the editing. I use a Canon 70D and Final Cut Pro on the Mac but it could just as easily be the free iMovie editing suite which came with the MacBook and I also use a Panasonic camcorder. I upgraded the editing package more so that I could easily import footage from my video camera.

 

I have a little talk whilst on our Mediterranean cruise teaching people how to make better holiday videos. Everyone makes the same mistakes and so I have developed a simple formula which produces videos like these.

 

I quite fancy helping others when we are on board, particularly on cruises where there are a lot of sea days. The ship is a wonderful playground to practice photography or video, it's like shooting fish in a barrel.

 

I am actually not very good at editing compared to many but that has the advantage that the technique doesn't overpower the content.

 

You need to have an eye for a good image but loads of people I meet on board have that with their stills photography and we see lots of examples posted up on here.

 

Henry :)

[findacruise]

Thank you Henry. Also good news about the shows, sometimes can be a weakness on smaller ships.

 

Joanna

[Suite Travels]

I'd love to watch this but it is not loading on my iPad.

 

Won't load on my IPAD as well and it is new.

[Chairsin]

Suite Travels -- did you try accessing CC by your browser rather than the CC Forums App ? That worked for me.

[Able Seaman H]

A lot of people have been struggling to view the video on an iPad or other mobile device. The people who own the rights to the music I used are a bit harsh about how and on what devices their work can be used. I totally understand, it's their material.

 

To get round the problem I've re-made the video using a track from Handré, our cruise director on last years South Africa cruise. Those of you who have travelled with him will know that as well as being a lovely guy he is also an accomplished pianist and composer.

 

Hopefully this will work better. The song used is Hazy Horizons, from his album Aquasphere.

 

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Henry :)

[Mr Luxury]

Very good Henry much better with Handre music.

I did notice the Alfred Hitchcock trick of appearing in ones own film [emoji12]

[Able Seaman H]

Very good Henry much better with Handre music.

I did notice the Alfred Hitchcock trick of appearing in ones own film [emoji12]

 

I've been kicking around ideas for using Handrė's music for a while but it's hard on 2 counts. Because I know the chap I don't want to short change his work and because there are no vocals it makes you study the videography more intensely.

 

I'm hoping to cruise with him again at some point when we have some sea days so I can discuss ideas he might have. I've got some of my own but I want to know if they were what he was thinking when creating the music.

 

As for appearing in my own video, see it as a little eye candy for the ladies :)

 

Henry :)

[MrsWaldo]

Handre was more than happy for his music to be used on our Antarctic journey in the guests early 2014 photo story, the only proviso was that it was for the pleasure of passengers only and not to be put online...