http://vubui.com Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:01:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am all for marketing yourself in the smartest and most creative ways possible. I think people need to stand out in a sea of competition... show their personality or whatever else makes them unique and attractive to hire. We all already know that Facebook and Twitter are great for this. ... http://vubui.com/2009/11/18/dont-alienate-your-existing-audience-twitter-badgering-facebook-fans/ Although pretty much all of my recent clients know about Dropbox (because I pretty much force them to use it so they can get their deliverables) I feel as though there are still tons of people I know who do not... and this post is for them. Or perhaps I ... http://vubui.com/2009/11/15/dropbox-free-or-paid-online-storage-and-file-sharing/ [caption id="attachment_1376" align="alignright" width="150" caption="image by Chris Bartnik"][/caption] Aardvark Aardvark is a service that allows you to ask a question to the community... and it will send that question to someone who is available and might know the answer (based on categories that its members sign up for) and then typically ... http://vubui.com/2009/11/11/aardvark-are-we-really-this-lazy-google-fu/ Tracie did an amazing job on my makeup... and she'll be posting a video about how she did it soon... but good or not, it was hard to open my mouth wide enough to eat with my fake torn lip and protruding teeth. :P Lan shot a whole set of photos... ... http://vubui.com/2009/11/06/zombies-have-trouble-eating/ Click for HD I heard about this iPhone app called TiltShift this morning (though it's been out for some time now)... and had to try it out for myself. From what I've seen there are a few of them out there... but this one looked to me to be the most ... http://vubui.com/2009/10/16/tiltshift-iphone-app-quick-look-mini-review/ Click fullscreen to view in HD! Tracie put together a nice video compilation of some of the different places we visited on O'ahu... using footage from the Canon T1i, her little point-and-shoot Canon SD800IS, and my iPhone 3GS. The underwater scenes were shot with the Ewa-marine underwater housing on the Canon ... http://vubui.com/2009/10/14/hawaii-scenery-video-by-tracie-cotta/ click fullscreen to view in HD In keeping with the low-budget nature of the Hawaii Trip, I decided to actually make some of my own gear. I didn't get to do everything I had hoped (time has a way of slipping by quickly when you're planning something big) but the flash ... http://vubui.com/2009/10/12/diy-flash-grid-straws-glue-time-cheapo-perfect-grids/ click fullscreen to view in HD Click to play in HD Tracie and I took the Ewa-marine underwater housing out for a first test in the swimming pool in my apartment complex. The video above should show you everything you need to know to get started with it... and know if it ... http://vubui.com/2009/10/09/ewa-marine-underwater-housing-first-test-mini-review/ Crepes at Le Creperie in Paris Las Vegas with BonnyBonny and Tracie. This is my first videoblog post created, uploaded and posted entirely on the iPhone. http://vubui.com/2009/10/02/crepes-at-le-creperie-at-paris-las-vegas/ click fullscreen to view in HD This video shows and explains all the gear I brought on the Hawaii Photo Fusion trip. Everything was selected specifically for low-budget shooting. I was confident that even with the entry-level gear I was bringing that I'd be able to do everything I wanted to ... http://vubui.com/2009/09/29/hawaii-photo-fusion-gear-bag/ click fullscreen to watch in HD This video was edited (using iMovie), scored (using Magic Garageband) and uploaded (to SmugMug) during the Hawaii Photo Fusion Workshop in Honolulu in less than an hour! The video and photos were shot with the Canon T1i and kit lens (18-55mm f/3.5-5.6IS) in an Ewa-marine underwater ... http://vubui.com/2009/09/24/sailing-lanikai-photo-fusion-workshop-live-demo/ Tracie shot a nice, simple and quick tutorial on how she altered the wedding dress that we will be shooting during the Hawaii Photo Fusion trip. This is the first of almost 2 weeks worth of daily videos we'll be posting. Enjoy! Coming next, a first test of the Ewa-marine underwater ... http://vubui.com/2009/09/24/diy-dress-alteration-wedding-dress-for-hawaii-photo-fusion-shoot/ First of all I want to preface this post with the magic word... FREE. WHY I often hear some of the same things when people see some of our (The Bui Brothers) work or the work of some of the other photographers currently producing great photo fusion videos... "I could do ... http://vubui.com/2009/09/09/budget-photo-fusion-hawaii-shooting-professional-photos-and-videos/ WHY I am visiting O'ahu for a week as I do the Hawaii Photo Fusion tour with the wonderful model and makeup artist, Tracie Cotta. We are being sponsored by SmugMug to come out and spend a week shooting photos and videos to create a series of video tutorials and behind-the-scenes ... http://vubui.com/2009/09/09/oahu-hawaii-photography-fusion-new-media-workshop/ After using Snow Leopard for less than a night... these are the reasons I am actually happy to have spent a whopping $29 on the upgrade. It's friggin' $29! (or $25 if you buy HERE) Space savings - While a 6GB or so savings doesn't SEEM like a lot... it can make ... http://vubui.com/2009/08/28/10-reasons-to-upgrade-to-snow-leopard/