Lighting

Lighting is very important for recording a good quality video.  When I look at the videos I’ve recorded and uploaded, it is very easy to tell the difference between when I’ve used my own lighting and when I’ve relied on the ambient temple lighting.
If you shoot mostly during the day and the temple has lots [...]

Webcamming away

I found this interesting aritcle on dandavats.com about starting your own webcam stream from your home or temple. I did not check the article and/or the references. Somebody out there who wants to is welcome.
It has been some time now that many temples have been sharing their regular programs in real time with the rest [...]

Mixers

If you have more than two microphones and will be recording to a 2-channel recorder, then you’ll need a mixer to mix the source audio to 2 channels.  For recording a class, there is no need for a mixer.  However, when directly micing instruments for bhajans one will have more than 2 mics.
I usually have [...]

Microphones

Choosing the right microphone is probably the most significant way to improve the quality of your recording.  I will cover the microphones I use for my own recordings and the reason behind using them.
First some basic terminology.  There is a great article on microhones on Wikipedia. 
There are two basic types of microphones.  Dynamic and [...]