Instead of writing a long blog post about my recent trip to Sabah, I decided to put together a video essay, posted below:
The original file is posted at Blip.tv, which is one of the many online video hosting sites that have popped up in the past couple of years. I'm still trying them out, so I'm not sure if I'll stick with this service or not. So far, I like the video quality and the layout of the Blip site. It doesn't have the viewership of something like Youtube, but that's not the right audience for this type of video anyway.
Like other video hosting services, Blip.tv provides functionality for cross-posting to other online sites. I've used the Facebook app to post the video to my Facebook account, for example. And there's an email/ embed code, which makes it easy for anyone who wants to post the video to do so just by copying and pasting the automatically generated code.
I've also put up a smaller iPod-compatible version of this file available via my podcast.
I took most of the photos, along with Aey, who's the Associate Publisher of FiNS, and the video footage was taken with a small, consumer Sony HDR-SR11 Handycam by Aey and Mean (FiNS' graphic designer).
The music came from the podsafe music network, which is an amazing service for the podcasting community. The background/ mood music is a song called Amber by Dan Tharp. Dan also has a website with more beautiful acoustic music, and an album and songs available via iTunes.
Hope you like the video/ story.
Relevant links:
FiNS Magazine
Treasure Images
Borneo Divers
SilkAir
Podsafe Music Network
Blip.tv
Dan Tharp