If you can’t say something nice …

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That saying … “If you can’t say something nice, say nothing at all.” Right.

I think about that often when I am tempted to leave a critical comment on youTube or wherever.

BUT.

Two weeks ago, watching a cooking video, that I felt was just awful in method and timing, I left a critical comment. And I received a reply/explanation from the host and another commenter. But, not leaving well enough alone and being further irritated by those replies, I rebutted again. GAH.

It was then suggested that I make my own video, illustrating my way.

At first, I was a little horrified, but then I thought … NO, that is a great idea and I need a video project that I MUST do to further my videography and video editing.

Last Saturday (6/12), I shot the video. Sunday (6/13), I edited … giving myself a headache AND realizing that I shot my intro in portrait and the remainder in landscape and at the end of Sunday, I was unsure if I could fix it or would have to reshoot. I had some test video that I did early on Saturday to test lighting and camera angle so quickly edited that.

In the process of uploading that short (relatively) video, I realized my internet upload speed had slowed to nearly unusable. After nearly 24 hours the short video uploaded.

Since the short video was less than 4 minutes and my full video was nearly 14 minutes … I did a Scarlett O’Hara “I’ll think about it tomorrow”. And then there was how am I going to work with my internet like it is and all of the calls, emails, chats, etc. during the work week.

Cutting to the chase, on Friday, my internet suddenly became nearly normal. So … did something break and was fixed or new capacity added??? I don’t know. Today, I felt able to look at the darn long video again. I was able to edit my intro so no reshoot was necessary … and it uploaded in 6 hours.

Good grief! I hope that I learned my lesson and will do what I usually do if I take exception to a video or post … move on!

However, I did learn a lot in the process of doing this and so ultimately, despite the angst, it was a good thing.

Above, my full video and below, my short test video for the buns.

2 Responses to “If you can’t say something nice …”

  1. Sarah Ratkowski

    Something I have learned about you while reading your blogs the past few months, something that I really LOVE is your undaunted courage to try new things, learn from mistakes, be productive and creative…..and may I say, “real”. You make the everyday things interesting, but not glorified to be “internet perfect” if you know what I mean. (The idea that we can all portray “perfect” online, but its not who we are in real life.) You dear Lady, I get the feeling, are genuine through and through and it comes out in every post you put out. It’s very refreshing!!

    • Liz

      Oh, Sarah … what a beautiful comment … Thank you, it made my day!!!

      I know that you and your family have had an extremely challenging week. My thoughts and prayers with you for a quick resolution!

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