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Scott Waldron @scottyphoton.bsky.social · 14h

I'm not even sure what I'm getting at here. 😄 Maybe still be focused on the photography side, but do more basic stuff that can apply to cosplayers taking their own photos more (solo or cosplayers together with no photog) so than trying to speak to photographers or potential ones through my videos.

Scott Waldron @scottyphoton.bsky.social · 14h

Even so the bigger audience in cosplay just wants to see pretty cinema style footage of cosplayers. I get that and it makes sense. CMVs were one thing I removed from my channel back when I split stuff up. Adding that back in is probably a bad idea with how YT has historically worked.

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Scott Waldron @scottyphoton.bsky.social · 14h

With the anime My Dress-up Darling, it pointed out tips and such for cosplay photography in a fun and informational way. I feel like my stuff does go that direction, but my packaging is bad and the POV footage isn't ideal.

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Scott Waldron @scottyphoton.bsky.social · 14h

Case in point is my convention/cosplay photography playlist I still have on the main channel and still make those POV photography style videos for. All of that stuff only has ~22k views. So maybe I've made and marketed this stuff to myself but the audience for that isn't there.

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Scott Waldron @scottyphoton.bsky.social · 14h

I should have been creating more for cosplayers and newbies rather than getting into the technical of photography, gear, and stuff. That group kinda exists to some degree, but probably small and wouldn't likely care much about my videos. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

COSPLAY AND CONVENTION RELATED - YouTube

Videos about photographing cosplay. Videos I've made from Anime, Sci-Fi, and other types of conventions. Videos about getting ready for these events.

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Scott Waldron @scottyphoton.bsky.social · 14h

A long time ago now I separated a lot of the cosplay and convention stuff from my main YouTube channel. Kind of like taking the flavor out of a drink, maybe it wasn't for the best for creating a "community" but overall my imaginary audience probably don't exist much.

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Scott Waldron @scottyphoton.bsky.social · 14h

Overall it could be a fun long term project. Though, I wouldn't expect much viewership so it's a tough ask time expense wise.

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Scott Waldron @scottyphoton.bsky.social · 14h

In general I'd want to be careful with any footage I have of two group cosplay photo meetups I used to attend out of politeness to the hosts of those events. Though, there were a few public place events I've attended that could work. One group is active I could join in more often with too.

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Scott Waldron @scottyphoton.bsky.social · 14h

Right now it would be mostly talk/photos and GoPro footage of conventions. Unless I got back into on-location photoshoots. I'd have to find people willing to be in videos. Sometimes cosplayers are a bit closed off to anything outside of showing the final result. IMO, BTS is a lot more interesting.

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Scott Waldron @scottyphoton.bsky.social · 14h

I just got access to this course feature on YouTube for my PB channel. Not sure what it does & how it works. Maybe a cosplay/convention photography course? I've got an old self published book from ages ago plus notes on revising it.
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Create a course in YouTube Studio - YouTube Help

YouTube Courses allow eligible creators to offer structured learning experiences for their viewers. Organize your videos into a Course with dedicated features not available on standard playlists. Lear

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Scott Waldron @scottyphoton.bsky.social · 1d

The live stream VOD on YouTube. Looking at my internet speed I could probably do 1080p with 2 or 3 platforms now without issue. The upload is around 40 Mbps which is 5 mega-bytes/second. youtube.com/live/3KAEo70...

Product photoshoot with a Hanji leather pen case. 📷🖊️

YouTube video by Scott J. Waldron

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Scott Waldron @scottyphoton.bsky.social · 1d

Saw a terrible twitchcon clip... Damn. 🤢👎 Another failure of Twitch's security and policies. Besides that humans so broken they would attempt assault or whatever that **** was trying to do. I hope they arrested him but now likely more legal hassle for the streamer related to crazies. 💢

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Scott Waldron @scottyphoton.bsky.social · 1d

The about-face around 40 minutes in the documentary is wild. Pretty sad but another one of those situations where they did it to themselves.

Scott Waldron @scottyphoton.bsky.social · 1d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k2X... A long time viewer suggested this documentary. ~7 minutes in and "Mr. Polaroid" sounds intense! 😄 His GF and him would sneak into a physics lab to do glare reducing experiments, calling it "a transient violent need to create". I'm not that extreme, but I get it.

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Scott Waldron @scottyphoton.bsky.social · 1d

Product photoshoot stream results. 📷👍 Not quite 2 hours.

Scott Waldron @scottyphoton.bsky.social · 1d

A friend wanted to get food after he finished with his work. New place. This was pretty nice but after tip nearly $34. 😅

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Scott Waldron @photographybanzai.bsky.social · 1d

youtu.be/jyQQVLqJfW8
Join me for a detailed look at the Polaroid Now+ Generation 3 instant camera. 🧡📷✨ I took the camera on a photography walk where I will show you the results. I also talk about the features and app control for fun instant photography from point & shoot to full manual! #Polaroid

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Scott Waldron @scottyphoton.bsky.social · 2d

Almost done with the first pass of the edit with everything. Then I need to check, fix, and add some sort of music.

Scott Waldron @scottyphoton.bsky.social · 2d

Adobe emailed an old address. Thought it was fake, ignored it. Got another. I copy-pasted the domain name to be sure. Was legit. Their offer wasn't good (one year of SaS), so I asked for a paid sponsorship. Even said I've been critical of Adobe but open if it can help my readers/viewers. We'll see.

Scott Waldron @scottyphoton.bsky.social · 3d

MCD gacha 😎 has an alternate entry option for 5 per day. Someone already won the 1M and I don't really want any of that trips because of tax liability. There is a lot of free food. 😄 It's fun to play at least.

Scott Waldron @scottyphoton.bsky.social · 3d

Michaels is a fun store to browse. I did go there to pick up that cardstock for photography on the 14th. A few other snapshots I took while there. 📷✨ Since then I've been mostly focused on Internet equipment stuff.

Scott Waldron @scottyphoton.bsky.social · 3d

I didn't think to look closely at them at the store. Especially the map one is only the US and not a world map. The product being sent to me is a Korean design, so I guess that won't make sense... I could take some photos with it just to see if it would work design wise at least. 🤔 Ope

Scott Waldron @photographybanzai.bsky.social · 3d

I should be doing a mock product photoshoot stream and future video on photographing a pen case 🖋️ similar to one I did with instant ramen. 🍜 To spice it up I bought interesting materials from Michaels to use as a backdrop or table surface. 📷😎 #MichaelsStores
The ramen video: youtu.be/65GbeoUx47Q

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Scott Waldron @scottyphoton.bsky.social · 4d

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Scott Waldron @scottyphoton.bsky.social · 4d

Doing an Internet connectivity update. Spent all of the time filming b-roll for this adapter, two sets of cat8 network cables, and troubleshooting. 😄 I think I'm going to pass on doing videos about the modem & router/firewall. Security through obscurity as they say. 😄

Scott Waldron @techisuppose.bsky.social · 4d

What happens when you don't look at the setup guide in detail? You connect both ports on both adapters and DDOS your router even shutting down wifi. Then spend an hour+ trying different cables, plugs, and other troubleshooting. 😮‍💨🤣👏 The adapter to the switch/router should only have one cable. #tplink

Scott Waldron @scottyphoton.bsky.social · 5d

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