Right Winter Clothing Adults will appreciate fact that new winter sports clothing is light weight, waterproof, warmly insulated, and breathable. The top end designer lines offer quality titanium fabric coating on their outerwear.

Some suggestions for dressing right way for outdoors would include dressing like an onion... (not to confuse it with Shrek philosophy) we are talking here about onion layers. You should opt for 3-4 layers.

The layer closest to your skin, includes long underwear, made of synthetic or natural fabric with ability to absorb and move moisture away from your skin, so it can easily evaporate. It should fit snugly to your body, but should not bind or restrain you in any way. If you stay dry, you will stay warm.

Insulating layer is next, this is what will actually keep you warm. . This layer will keep cold out and warm in, simply by trapping air between fibers. So that war sweater u got for Christmas will come in handy right here. The insulating layer should be loose enough to allow air to circulate, but not so thick and loose to be bulky and restrict your movements. The best fabric choices here, would be wool and fleece that has ability to spread moisture and allow fabric to dry faster. It is synthetic, soft, light weight and very comfortable. Make sure that your insulating layer is not made of cotton. Cotton absorbs moisture and hold it in. So if you do choose to wear cotton while having active fun in winter wonderland, you may be, well... left out in cold. For very cold temperatures, make sure that you wear two insulating layers to keep you warm and dry.

Final, protective layer will keep you away from sleet and snow. The fibers used here can not only repel water, but also shield you from those gusting, freezing winds, that could make you shiver. One last feature of latest, top of line fabrics is ability to let moisture evaporate. It means that you will stay dry and warm, even if you perspire. Again, your outer clothing should fit well, allowing you freedom of movement. The more comfortable you are, better you will fill and longer you will be able to enjoy your winter outing.

It is also important to protect your eyes on snow. The beauty of sun swept, glistening snow, may be breathtaking, but it’s brightness may harm your vision. Wear good quality reflective sunglasses. Before you go outside, make sure that your eyes get used to brightness slowly.

Our Canadian winter, can provide best opportunities to discover perfect places to escape hectic lives of city. Just choose right clothing, stay active and warm, and your winter outing will be fun and exciting.

Everyone gets comfortable If your party is at a playground with a slide and swing set, then take camera down slide or on swing set. Climb on jungle gym and hold your camera knee high and chase kids. You can obviously do same at indoor play areas or at home as children play with toys. As you edit your video, you can work in these point of view clips.

Entertainment Arrives A typical setup for an Entertainment scene is where children are gathered together and watch a performance. A good shot is to sit behind children and peer through crowd at performer. Then shoot a few close ups of children’s faces from behind performer. If kids stand up and dance or play a game, stand with them, hold camera knee high and mingle. You can edit these point of view clips to create a nice final scene.

Let Games Begin Playing games is one of highlights of being a kid. Try to immerse your viewer in moment and capture excitement. One of my son’s friends had a piñata at their birthday party. You can create a great scene by filming another point of view shot before party begins. Hold camera and stick together so stick is visible in shot. Wave stick around and pretend to hit piñata. Once you are at party, and children have gathered for fun, stand in center with your camera knee high and turn around a few times. Now, step back and tape actual blindfolding and stick waving from a distance. Your final edited clip will include your child being blindfolded, spun around (from their point of view), stick trying to locate piñata (from its point of view) and finally candy and toys that result from a direct hit.

The Birthday Procession Many different birthday traditions exist in world but one most followed by Americans is birthday cake with candles, a happy birthday song, a wish and blowing out candles. Birthdays were originally reserved for royalty, hence crowns kids often wear at parties. Taping this scene could have a royal feeling to it as you tape a close up of lighting of candles, act of proceeding to table with cake, singing, wish and finally attempt to blow them all out. Try and create feeling of a grand gathering, using a wide angle to capture all family and friends who attended. This makes a scene fit for a King or Queen.

Now Real Mess: Cake and Ice Cream This is a great opportunity to capture some video of some cute messy faces. Tape a few face close-ups and some wide angle shots of scene. When you edit video, try using slow motion function as a scoop of ice cream falls off a cone or as cake doesn’t quite make it into a mouth. Or, try increasing speed of scene while editing and show kids devouring their whole plate of cake and ice cream in under 10 seconds. Using various speeds can make these scenes really funny.

Finally, Presents Opening presents is a much fun for parents as it is for their children. Bring camera level with your child’s eyes and catch their reaction as they open their gifts. If you’re really ambitious, you can cut a hole in bottom of a box, push camera lens against hole and film as they open box. Place something silly in box so when they open it, you capture their smile. In addition, video you taped prior to party of your son or daughter explaining what they wanted for their birthday can be used here as a flashback. It’s magical to see a child’s wishes come true.

The Goodie Bags and Farewell The goodie bags and mess are all that is left. Try to put a fun item in goodie bags that kids can wear. A few ideas include a funny clown nose, silly glasses, candy lips, or tiaras. You can gather kids together at end for a funny shot of their new identities. Have them wave goodbye to camera for farewell scene.

Parting Words I hope that you have a better understanding of how to create a more exciting birthday video using various camera angles and editing techniques. Remember that goal is to fit just a few of these ideas into your finished video. You can accomplish your goal with just a little planning and by picking your spots at party. With a little thought, you can adapt these ideas to any party situation. Good luck and have fun!

Copyright 2005 by Colton Wright, Digz-it.com

Colton Wright is a writer for http://www.digz-it.com , a video and photo sharing website targeted to families.