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TY SOUTHERLAND
Ty Southerland is one of the pioneers of kayak fishing video channels. After five years online, his YouTube channel has more than 1.6 million views and 3,700 subscribers and his new Yakntexas talk show is nearing a million views.
ON LOCATION Rockport, Texas
GEAR BAG GoPro Silver Edition and Contour Plus cameras, YakAttack’s Black- Pak with GearTrac mounted to lid. GearTrac on the bow. YakAttack GoPros are mounted on PanFish booms. I also keep a Contour camera mounted to the bill of my fishing cap.
GET THE SHOT To mimic the dramatic shots I see in movies, I make smooth sweeps with the camera towards, away from and past the subject. When I walk and film at the same time, I mount the camera on a folded tripod that I hold lightly so the camera floats like a gyro gimble.
MAKING MOVIES I use iMovie on the Mac because it is simple. I’m not fighting with complicated editing features so I can focus on telling the story. I trim out any frames with a stagnant subject. If the fish is lying on the surface, I cut that scene. If the fish is thrashing, I leave that in. No dead air. Action cameras have limited microphones so I speak louder than normal.
SCREEN TEST There is a lot of content on YouTube. To stand out, focus your channel on a specific area or species or type of fishing. A YouTube channel called “Kayak Fishing” may not get as much attention as “Kayak Fishing the South.”
Join Ty Southerland’s What! Nation at
www.30milesout.com.
REX DEGUZMAN
Rex DeGuzman recently won “Best Storyline” award at the 2014 Calmwater Film Festival for his video Why I Yakfish. His educational and entertaining videos have attracted over 300,000 views and 3,000 subscribers on YouTube and earned him a spot on Garmin’s VIRB video team.
ON LOCATION Conroe, Texas
GEAR BAG Six Garmin VIRB cameras: three mounted on my kayak and three I give to fishing buddies. To capture the action, use a pole-mounted cam- era in a crate rod holder. Make one by attaching a camera mount to the end of a retractable mop handle. To get a variety of camera angles, install a sliding track system and use a com- bination of YakAttack DogBone and PanFish and RailBlaza Camera Boom 600 Pro Series camera mounts.
GET THE SHOT Turn on your camera for the first 20 minutes of the trip to record the launch, paddle, scenery and other anglers for introduction footage. Once you have enough action foot- age, change camera angles to focus on the hook set, or releasing the fish, or casting scenes that you can edit into the action shots. Bring extra batteries and memory cards. Keep cameras in reach or on remote.
MAKING MOVIES Don’t fall in love with your footage. Keep it short. Put yourself in the viewer’s shoes.
SCREEN TEST Be careful not to use copy-written music in your videos. The video may be barred from mobile devices, which cuts 75 percent of the views. I test out a song with my phone and computer before I include it in my video. Recently, I’ve started using independent artists and actual audio from the water to avoid copyright issues.
Live like Rex Deguzman at
www.livelivenow.com.
ROBERT FIELD
As owner of the YouTube channel YakFishTV, Robert “Yak’n’aggie” Field uses social media and quality content to lure over 10,000 anglers to his instructional and adventure videos.
KWANZA HENDERSON
One of the rising stars of kayak fishing films, Kwanza “Kayaking” Henderson has already established the Ocean Kayak Fishing Report YouTube channel and appeared on local fishing television shows.
ON LOCATION Dallas, Texas
GEAR BAG GoPro Hero 3 and Hero 3+. I use an anchor trolley, stake out pole or drift sock to control the kayak for the best lighting and unique camera angles. I installed a Railblaza Camera Boom 600 so my camera is close enough to operate. Then I swing the camera out to capture the action. I also use a Targus extending monopod that I bought at Walmart. I wrapped the base in pipe insulation and stick it in my rod holder. Best of all, it floats.
GET THE SHOT Even if you only have one camera, you can get a variety of angles by using a camera mount that swings, rotates or extends. And talk to the audience. I make myself a charac- ter. Share information the audience wants. That’s what brings people back to watch my videos.
MAKING MOVIES I use Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 editing software, which is extremely capable but not very user-friendly for beginners. Learning how to use edit- ing software, cameras and hardware improves the quality of the final film and saves time, too.
SCREEN TEST Use the social media power of the big boys. Share your work with the companies that make products you use. Then take advantage of their social media reach to spread your word. And learn to use annotations on YouTube. By linking your video to another video, your video appears in recommended video lists.
Keep up with Robert “Yak’n’aggie” Field at
www.facebook.com/yakfishtv.
ON LOCATION Fort Lauderdale, Florida
GEAR BAG GoPro Hero 3 Black Edition, YakAt- tack PanFish. I mount one camera on the bow and another on a PanFish in the stern. I use the bow camera mostly for photographs and the stern camera on the PanFish mount takes video. Using PanFish I get different angles from one location. I also use a camera mounted on the brim of my hat.
GET THE SHOT I use GoPro’s ProTune setting to record in a flat color. This way, if a scene is too dark or bright, I can adjust the color in editing.
MAKING MOVIES I love Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro CS6 because they are very user friendly. I had a profes- sional videographer give the Ocean Kayak Fishing Report a professional look with a studio, inset video and subtitles.
SCREEN TEST Before publishing, double check all of your work to make sure it includes everything you want to show. Also, check for mistakes and omissions.
Watch Kwanza Henderson in action at
www.youtube.com/user/kwahen98.
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PHOTO: REX DEGUZMAN, INSET PHOTOS COURTESY: TY SOUTHERLAND, REX DEGUZMAN, ROBERT FIELD, KWANZA HENDERSON
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