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As we start into the New Year, and a new decade, I find myself looking forward to tai chi and to more hours of practice with my Master, my Teacher, and my training brothers and sisters. Over the past year I’ve gone from blogging every day, to blogging 6 days a week, and then to blogging 3 days a week. I like this new schedule much better since I think I can actually keep it up.

As many of you know I’ve been working at developing on-line and DVD classes to make available on this site. I’ve learned a tremendous amount about how to do this on a tight budget and am now on my 3rd camera, which seems to be working well. I’ve built-out a studio in my basement that allows me to work in a professional setting and I’m thankful that it’s now cold outside because 2,500 watts of halogen light generates a lot of heat.

I am thankful that I found Dave Kaminski, over at WebVideoUniversity.com/blog. I signed up for his membership site a short time ago and my knowledge of video has expanded considerably since. Dave has the incredibly valuable tendency of cutting right the heart of the matter and keeping things as simple as possible. I’ve told friends that despite my knowledge of photography, working with video at my level is like trying to crack a safe without any knowledge of how it’s done. The sheer number of variables from lighting to program settings is mind boggling. With Dave’s expert help and his enormous amount of content at ClubWVU.com, I’m beginning to get a handle on it now.

I can’t remember ever doing a blog post of this type and I don’t want to bore you with too many details, so I’ll just say thanks for reading and commenting during the past year. Without you, my readers, I would just be having a groovy conversation… with myself. >