13123: Don’t Be Too Proud To Ask For Help

Raw transcript:

{holds up small brass object}
have you ever wondered what that is
just take a look at that wonder what
that is maybe it’s familiar to some of
you hmm
yeah
so you probably know that’s the insert
for the bracket that comes with an
at2020 USB plus but
I couldn’t show it to you in such great
detail with the focus on the camera if I
didn’t ask for help and so today’s
podcast episode is all about being
willing to ask for help
and we’ll talk about that coming up in
this episode of the vo Heroes podcast
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so as I’m sitting here and I’m talking
to you this is kind of standard for the
podcast I work in this space I work with
this camera I work with this setup this
backdrop this microphone
but it’s actually different than it was
just four hours ago when my friend and
client Hopper Stone who happens to be a
very successful very very well regarded
very powerful in the industry set
photographer still photographer on sets
and I asked him for help
because I wasn’t getting around to doing
what I wanted to do and what I wanted to
do was to be able to show you things
like this on camera when I’m talking
like this and then put this up toward
the camera and have the camera focus on
it like it is and then when I pull it
away the camera goes back and focuses on
me
the camera that I’m using right now is
the Sony zv E10
and it’s very similar in many ways to
the camera that I used for several years
the Panasonic Lumix G7 the image is very
similar the way it handles lighting the
way it handles sound uh the way it feeds
into my computer when I record but the
one difference is it has this feature
that allows me to show you an object
like a microphone or a cable or the cord
the the the connector for the cable or
this little piece of brass that
confounds those that try to install the
at2020 USB Plus on
a mic stand like this and this fits on
top of this mic stand or is removed so
that it can fit on another type of mic
stand there are European threads there
are American threads this is an adapter
it comes with the at2020 but it really
confounds people from time to time
and so I wanted to be able to show that
to people I wanted to be able to show
that that kind of an object in these
podcasts from time to time sometimes I
just talk about sort of Concepts
sometimes I’m showing you objects Etc
and I needed to upgrade my stuff and I
was I was kind of just putting it off
and putting it off and putting it off
this camera has been sitting here on the
desk waiting to be installed for
three months four months
yeah
um
and I finally decided it’s time for me
to ask for help
and I want this to be a message for you
when you need help
don’t feel too proud to ask
okay
don’t feel like you have to put things
off because you need help that somehow
it’s a
an admission of a Frailty or failure or
some sort of a deficit right you’re a
human being
and you don’t know everything in fact
you don’t even know what you don’t know
right
so ask for help if you need help from me
if you need help from if you’re a vo
Heroes Pro and you need help from our
coaching staff or from other vo Heroes
if it wasn’t for Hopper I wouldn’t be
able to do what I’ve done on camera here
today and it’s a tiny little thing
but it’s so valuable because I’ll be
able to show you things in detail and
then when I’m done showing you things in
detail when I show you that in detail I
can set it down and I’m not out of focus
so that’s what I wanted to accomplish I
needed Hopper’s help I really appreciate
the fact that he took the time to do
that and to help me and now I’m off to
the races with something that I really
needed to get done
so
how about you
are you
cautious hesitant
shy about asking for help or is it easy
for you to do let me know in the
comments below I’d love to know what
your thoughts are and feel free to
hit the like button or subscribe to the
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come out pass this on to another voice
Talent OR on camera talent that you
think might benefit I’d love it if you
do that I’m David H Lawrence the 17th I
thank you so much for watching and for
listening and I will see you in the next
episode of the vo Heroes podcast
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