So the other day I was chatting on Twitter with Christopher Hopper (@find_ch) and he asked me what my thoughts on a DIY shoulder mount for his newly purchased Canon T2i. This reminded me of my own attempt at a DIY shoulder mount a couple months ago. Below is a picture of my end result.

Not too bad for less then $10 in PVC, metal, and a little ingenuity.

From my own experience, heres what I learned. Measure twice, check three times, cut once (twice if needed). The biggest step I didn’t do as well as I should have was check three times. I would quickly “try it on” and then cut. Which wasn’t the best idea. My shoulder mount works, but the spot where I mount my camera isn’t necessarily where I would like it. Below I’ve compiled a list of links to my personal favorites I’ve seen. Post a comment below if you have any you’d like to add to the list.

http://www.cinema5d.com/viewtopic.php?f=75&t=15621

http://www.cinema5d.com/viewtopic.php?f=75&t=14078

http://www.cinema5d.com/viewtopic.php?f=75&t=12777

http://cheesycam.com/?p=782

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW2DY36eMxo&feature=related

http://www.cinema5d.com/viewtopic.php?f=75&t=10863

http://www.cinema5d.com/viewtopic.php?f=75&t=9820

So a couple weeks ago I created a “fan” page for myself on Facebook.

Now I know that sounds conceited, but thats not why I created it. My goal is to market myself. Sounds kind of weird but its worked for other people, so I thought I would give it a shot. Since I enjoy hosting podcasts, videos,etc. I’m going to try and market my personality. So anything and everything I create thats not specifically done for JPT Media will be marketed as eg: Producedby Ethan Thompson. So if people enjoy what I do, or at least are interested I may be able to create a “following”. Which could then be used to market other peoples material, or my own, and at some point God-willing make me some cash. SO, become a fan of me on Facebook and follow me on Twitter!

It took me several weeks to compile this list. So I thought I would save a lot of other people some time and post it. Some of these blogs are about filmmaking in general but mention DSLR’s often. If you know of any I missed please post a comment with the URL. ENJOY!

http://cheasycam.com/

http://philipbloom.co.uk/blog/

http://prolost.com/

http://blog.vincentlaforet.com/

http://eoshd.com/

http://hurlbutvisuals.com/blog/

http://www.hd4pc.com/

http://dslrvideoshooter.com/

http://www.dslrnewsshooter.com/

http://blog.planet5d.com/

http://www.cinema5d.com/news/

http://jag35.com/new/category/blog/

http://www.tomguilmette.com/wp/

http://www.nextwavedv.com/

http://www.canonfilmmakers.com/

http://www.learningdslrvideo.com/

http://mydslrshow.com/

Last month I entered FedEx’s “Brown Bailout” video contest. About five minutes ago I checked the site to see if I ended up making it to the top 30 and I did! So, I would highly appreciate it if you could go to the following link http://bit.ly/4p0Rwu Look for the video by Amy Thompson and then click on it. Then click on the button below the video that says “Vote for this video”. Thank you for your support and help!