A year ago, I uploaded my first video to YouTube on a channel I thought I'd dedicate to aviation videos. I've uploaded aviation videos before, all of them going to the popular site FlightLevel350, but I soon found it restrictive as only certain videos could get through the approval process to be showcased (I only had one rejection though) and there appeared to be a niche group of enthusiasts viewing the videos.
YouTube offers a far greater audience and more critics and enthusiasts. After 12 months and 18 videos I can say I've enjoyed the ride so far and have found a wider range of videos and producers out there. YouTube allows me to showcase any video I've taken, and that allowed my first project - 'Serenade of the Skies' to go live. A mix of footage shot between 2007 and 2009 arranged to a soundtrack by Immediate Music.
18 videos over 12 months isn't exactly a rapid upload rate compared to other aviation enthusiasts and that can be blamed on me leaving the account inactive for a good few months after uploading 'Serenade'. I hope to turn it around from 2011 as I'm uploading the footage in a chronological order!
2007 brings in HD video after I purchased my Sony Handycam for the China holiday we went on. 'Serenade' provides a preview of the upcoming aviation clips from that camera including spotting adventures at Sydney Airport and Richmond Air Force Base as well as passenger views of flights taken to different destinations around the world.
Celebrating a year on YouTube, I sent out the below message to AbraxasVideo's friends, subscribers and those who took the time to comment on some of my other uploads...
A year ago today, I uploaded my first video to YouTube. I titled it 'Serenade of the Skies' (partially based on the soundtrack the video plays to), a showcase of aviation video work I recorded between 2007 and 2009.
Over the past year, particularly in the recent few months I've uploaded 18 videos of aviation adventures throughout 2006 and 2007, now it's time to go for better quality!
If you haven't seen 'Serenade' yet, I hope you take a look and enjoy it. It's a preview of videos to come. I'm aiming to get them online on a regular basis - particularly as we're now in 2011, these videos are starting to get a bit old!
I'll be adding more spotting and passenger view videos this year and am preparing to start work on a follow-up to 'Serenade' as well. So I hope you'll enjoy what this channel has in-store :)
Happy 1st Birthday Abraxas Video!
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