The video filming set-up on my narrowboat. Not a tutorial. 

I thoroughly enjoyed this one. I've always liked a bit of 'behind the scenes' and this one was a bit of an eye opener on how you maintain such a high standard. 'Just a quick piece to camera' is clearly a far more complex proposition to a pro. Well worth the effort. 👍

A good insight into your broadcasting space thanks for sharing.

Great video! Didn’t realize you had this channel too...how many other channels do you have hidden away? . Always interesting to see what gear people are using. I just bought a couple of those double ball head clamps for lighting and mic. Very handy!

Is your stove fan broken or can you switch it off?

I always like to see how fellow RU-vidrs setup their cameras and lights. Yours is great and makes very good use of your limited space - top marks.

Very interesting and informative as usual. Good health and happiness to you. Xx

Interesting! Didn't realize you had this channel, good stuff here too!

Your Living Quarters are great, all part of the Mariners Life. ...now if i could just sell this Lifestyle to my wife aye aye Top of the Season to you mate.

OOOEEE come over from that other narrowboat show. Cause Dave You got talent.... all yours are the best so far... Cheers.

Hi David, Really informative and entertaining video....as you know as in most things, the more you spend on equipment the more of diminishing returns ( many years ago I got into Hi-Fi ) More recently was spending time and some money on photography for selling on eBay, only to end up using my phone which gave me 'good' photos and was just so much faster and easier for the purpose. I follow you on your narrowboat vlogs and really enjoy the content and your straight forward views, sense of humor and high standard of all round production. Take care Steve

It's the details that raise your productions above the rest, Merry Christmas to you David.:)

Here I am thinking you naturally glowed. Imagine my disappointment.

Happy Christmas David, you are helping maintain sanity in this household as we wait for Corvid to go and our narrowboat to arrive.

Merry Christmas to you. You are so funny and your video's are great, Thumbs up from me.

Always interesting to see how others set up their lights to get some good ideas and insight. I've been puzzling over the best lighting combo for some kitchen videos and have the same issue as you with the harsh exterior light vs. shadows. Cheers!

Again, I must say it again: you can make ordinary things to interesting stories. Needless to say: " I love your channel " again. 👍

Great video, or should I say "grrrrrreat! video". Frosted Flakes? Really David?

How I miss your happy crazy Christmas videos. However thank you for being there through these isolation times and I hope you are able to be with family and or friends this season.

Hi yes they may be small but it's nice and cosy I have a four bedroom house to big for a single person don't want another house a narrow boat would do me🍎

G'day David. Thank you for this filming set up Vlog. I am still in my planning stages for my Vlog. You have shown me some great ideas that I can use. Merry Christmas to you. A safe 2021 for you. Cheers.

David bakingpaper is cool and basic! And it is funktional!

Wow thank you for welcoming the audience in your rather uncommon place.. all combined with your english touch, you are such an entertainer ..Buon Natale!

Merry Christmas and happy new year David enjoy and stay safe thanks for all the vlogs

I would love to listen to you read aloud either some of the sherlock holmes or Dickens classics you have such the voice for it I for one believe you would be a natural ! Must come with warning like all drug commercials listening may cause desires for cheese sandwiches and a cuppa tea or two

Merry Christmas Happy New Year

I had no idea how much went in to your recording, kudos for professionalism

Thanks for that video David - amazing what you can do in such a small space, great set-up

Hello. I am a fan of your channel. In March 2014 you made a video about the settings of the Panasonic HC X 920, which really helped me a lot. I am now looking forward to your review and the settings of the Panasonic HC X 1500/2000 with the immediate question whether the HC X 1500 is much better than my current HC X 920 (which I am very satisfied with by the way). Thanks in advance for your response.

Pretty cool video. I thought I would drop by this channel. I did wonder what you did for a set. I will say that your sound quality on your videos has been top notch for years. I have never focused on the lighting, so I was unaware of all the different little things you do, you have given me a ton of wonderful viewing experiences. thank you . I don't say Thank you for your videos quite enough. But I do so enjoy them. 😊

2021 is really just 2020 part 2.

Metric measurements: outside width: 6' 10" = 2.08 m narrowest point: 4' 8" = 1.42 m headroom: 6' 2" = 1.88 m

Always very interesting ... and amusing.. I do love your humour.. broken chair... stove top..etc.. always get a chuckle.. See you next time 👍🙃🇦🇺

Thank you for this video. Very useful experiments with the two lights from both sides. By the way, can you also let us know the dimensions of your boat in centimetres?

Not being involved with videography,. I did find this behind the scenes quite interesting. Loved your use of parchment paper. Inexpensive and stores easily. Thank you for the view of your studio. Happy Christmas!

hi 185.928 cm 146.304cm 188.976 cm keep make lock and tunnel very narrow 186cm width

David, wonderful vlog! I really enjoyed seeing how you get ready to entertain us. The Christmas lights are a nice touch along with the box of presents. I really enjoyed seeing you on Narrowboat Tales. Happy Christmas to you, stay safe and be blessed. Oh, you're grrrrrrreat!

Well first of all a merry Christmas to you and hopefully a better new year. Now then after that lighting and audio masterclass let me just warn you not to let those folks from speilbergs hollywood industrial light and magic get wind of this or you will be scooped up and working on the set of the next mission impossible film, where would we all be then I ask you, so remember, mum's the word old chap.

Live in 3-2-1... top show David, have a good one. All the best from the land of Oz. (Au) Cheers!!!

Another really interesting video especially for those of us who have no knowledge of how to make films. Happy New Year David and looking forward to more great videos in 2021.

Great stuff David. Right after you came an ad for compression stockings that are taking the world by storm! Great fun. Happy New Year and I hope to see you back when you've re-charged your creative batteries. John, Ontario, Canada.

It is amazing just how much equipment is needed to make these videos. One video I'd really love to see, is a start to finish tutorial on just how you edit your videos. Although, this may be a subject too technical to do in one go. Thanks as always for this one David ;)

Hi David a good explanation of how you get your lighting sorted! Very useful and of course shows your own ingenuity of how to sort things in your narrow boat environment! Thank you for that and stay safe in these difficult times! 😷🤞💉👍🦉😊

A big P.S....Have yourself the Merriest Christmas..🎄..

Oh dear, yet another channel from you. Less time for my van conversion. Ah well, weather's not that friendly for van work. Love the photo stuff as an amateur stills guy. Have a great Xmas.

Thanks David. Quality condensed info for those of us who "know nothing, Mr Fawlty".

Merry, merry, happy, happy! Another great video, thanks for sharing. You've left me smiling again with trying to straighten your chair. I too have a chair that tilts slightly but it is so comfortable that I continue to use it, won't give it up just yet.

I know absolutly nothing about the techincal side of setting up for filming vlogs but you made it very interesting David, thank you and best wishes.

I saw your presents, where is your Christmas tree?

A brilliant and very informative video, David. I have just got into video making as a hobby and your video has been very very informative indeed. Thank you.

Just found this David. Great to see, and to hear, your cheery voice. Cheered me up immensely. How selfish is that.

Can I ask did you ever in your wildest dreams thought you'd end up in a narrowboat reading stories to us? And will you be read Marks' "Annie at the point" book

Don't worry about your lighting....you look great from the nose down! 🤭

Merry Christmas David! this was great really enjoyed seeing how you work the shots! I am taking notes thank you sir!

That was brilliant! I never knew how much effort went into a talking head! Thank you, I learned an awful lot!

I don't understand anything you said, but yes, you do look better with the fake lighting. 👍

Interesting stuff David like the idea of the baking paper as a defuser, just bought myself a cheap 2 panel led lighting set so interesting to see how it works with 2 lights

You've always been a very clever and resourceful person. So interesting!

Merry Christmas and good luck for the New David .

Very good David after all you are coming from a narrowboat and not the "The Doughnut"

Nice explaining your set up love the cushion at the back of you nice 👍 have a good new year all. 😀👍

Well done, David. Very interesting and I always wondered what camera you used. Love that you use a Sony. 💕

That was genuinely of interest, thanks. Happy Xmas and new year, stay safe.

A belated merry Christmas and all the best for the new year. Interesting even though I have no interest in photography.

Very useful video, thanks David.

Your videos are really informative and very useful. Keep em coming.

Wow can't keep up with all your channels lol. Now we know why you place the cushions.

I quite liked the look of your new light - until you mentioned its price!!! Maybe you should buy a widebeam and then you will have more space for the 'proper' lighting set up you refer too...

That was well interesting Dave never new what went into it Nice one happy new yr 🙂✌️

Really liked this vlog, found it quite interesting,

I have problems with lighting as well, and the light changes every time I move the boat. I must get around to sorting out some lights... Have a good Christmas.

Where is the Penguin Big Book of Puns?!?!?

Enjoyed the explanation -- best wishes to you for the New Year

So much work done seamlessly. Well done.

Nice setup! I like the tip regarding baking paper. Easy solution for getting even lighting! Do you know what the “color temperature” is? 2000K is typically yellowish like old tungsten light bulbs.. and 5000K is “daylight” .. sometimes rather blueish. (Tends to make me look pasty white! LOL.)

I was going to put in my two cents, having been a professional photographer for many decades, however, your results are excellent and my 'simpler' set up would cause a lot of problems with your eyeglasses - which your set-up has solved. So well done, David. Baking (parchment) paper is in every grip truck I've ever seen. (Working on a commercial once with two time Academy Award winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler, he used baking paper and one bulb for a shot). It's handy, it's cheap, it doesn't melt if you get it near a bulb (the old filament ones). And of course I've used it, too. I am also impressed with the LED ring lights. But then these show up in your glasses (I wear them too.) And soft boxes are no better than your parchment paper except in two ways. 1. There's no spill light bouncing around which is not a problem in your set up, and 2. They're more efficient with the light which you don't need. The other advantage which no longer matters with digital is the 'translume' (expensive diffusion sheeting) is it doesn't shift the color balance to warm as the parchment paper does. So were you to hire Freddie Jones (3 Osars for David Lean's movies) to do your set-up, he'd walk in look at it and say 'Right. Ready to shoot.' Narrowboat? quiet staid canals.... I just realized what your obvious next step is: _Cutting the Cruise: a wide boat (catamaran or trimaran) on the high seas._ What I've only just realized (after months of trying to figure out which cat or tri I'll be able to afford -once I get my jab and learn how to sail) is that a catamaran is really two narrow boats with a studio apartment (saloon) in between. (The Leopard 45' saloon is 12' x 16' (wide) )

hi David have a great chrstmas my love liz x

Many thanks for the lighting tutorial, it was most interesting. I suppose one of your biggest problems is storage for your equipment. What with this and vandamonium, it's like being in night school. Here's hoping you have a Happy and Peaceful Christmas and Healthy New Year. Take care David. Kindest regards,Barrie.

I watched a few of your Cruising The Cut: Season Three episodes on Amazon Prime Video yesterday. Happy Holidays ʕ•́؈•̀ʔ

David. Just literally came across this on my RU-vid feed. Didn't know about this channel. Have already subscribed as have been royally entertained by CTCut for seems like forever. Happy Christmas.

Having recently spent two hours setting up a camera to take a 'regulation' passport photo of myself with no shadows, specs reflection, background detail or whatever, I feel your pain! Happy Christmas David, looking forward to next years vlogs.

Am I missing something, David? Do you have two channels? I've subscribed just in case. Thanks for the video, by the way. I'm starting a channel of my own. Lighting is an issue for me as well but not as much as you. I prefer natural light but it's always changing. Variety is the spice of life or so they say. At any rate, have a good day and God bless. Mark

Thanks for the video, I am always interested in lighting scenarios. Just curious, at what level (10 to 100 percent) do you typically set the Godox light for your shoots?

Hi David, I really do enjoy your vlogs, thank you. I used to like LED until I researched the damage it causes to your eyes, can actually make you go blind.. You are a clever man so I'm sure you already know this 🎅 Merry Christmas 🎅

Have a great Christmas and an even better new year. Enjoyed the vlog

Happy Christmas David!

David this channel just showed up in my RU-vid feed. Well I saw that it is one of your channels so I subscribed. Great information as always.

David... deck lights from diffused deck flush windows installed on cabin top to spread the light around... on my sail boat it lights the wood interior, with visible soft light ...no electricity, and imagine port holes for side windows, even in the slip with tall stink potters towering over the cabin and rig... I have lighted through out the cabin, no power used.

Thank you. I learned quite a lot. Love the parchment paper diffuser. I’m definitely going to try it.

And to you a good 2021 as well!

Have you got any experience as to how well the inbulit video stabilisation works in the Sony ZV-1 camra for handheld footage? Do you use video stabilisation for handheld footage as part of your editing software? What software do you use for editing, and are you satisfiend with it? Do you work in 4k? Kind Regards

Fabulous info David. Just a critical question. What is causing the reflections in your specs?

Have you ever thought about playing around with green or blue screens, David.

If you mount a mirror on the ceiling you could mount the Godox low and point it upwards and still get a high 45° light.

though not about lighting I totally expected echo in such a confined space without acoustic tiles.... Is there just a sweet spot for sound or pure luck with where your saloon ended up?

You could diffuse the brightest light by shining the key light onto a white panel on the roof.

Wow! Another new "UKAirscape" video--this brings back some great memories, David, as this is one of your channels to which I first subscribed several years ago. Of course, I currently subscribe to "Cruising the Cut" and "Vandemonium." Now all we need is a new "TubeShooterMag" post! Whatever the channel, I always enjoy watching your videos. Thanks, Happy New Year and please keep up the great work!

O much to complicated for me 😂😂 happy Xmas David

I love Frosties, too!

What? No backlight?

Happy Christmas