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Moza Air 3-axis gimbal REVIEW – Canon 80D.

Moza Air 3-axis gimbal REVIEW – Canon 80D. Here’s my Moza Air 3-axis gimbal review, and I’m using my Canon 80D to film it. It works perfectly and I really enjoy this gimbal and would recommend it in a heartbeat.

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My name is Andreas Fransson aka The Beard Bringer. I purchased the Moza Air 3 axis dslr gimbal a few months ago and have been using it both for professional shoots and on my spare time for Youtube. I really enjoy the Moza Air and it works great with my Canon 80D.

I really love it after the latest firmware update which added auto calibration in the gimbal itself. Before the firmware update you could only do it through the Moza Assistant app, and that could be a hassle having to take out your phone every time you had to do it.

Have you ever tried the Moza Air DSLR gimbal? Let me know in the comments, and please let me know if you have had any problems with the Moza Air.

Here’s a link to the Moza Air website with all the specs: http://www.gudsen.com/moza-air.html

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beardbringer - May 4, 2018 - Tech & Social - No Comments

Framtidens Youtuber meetup at Scandinavian Photo & United Screens.

Framtidens Youtuber meetup at Scandinavian Photo & United Screens. Our Framtidens Youtuber class of 2017/2018 met up in Stockholm at the new Scandinavian Photo store where we got a tour, a appearance from the Swedish Youtuber Hampus Hedström. Then we moved on to another tour at United Screens where we met Jessica, Olle Öberg and FreddyFairHair.

A great day, and so much fun meeting everyone. You can find links to their Youtube videos below:
Tonkym: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChtlkM8QlKkwjQysrHQ2JzA
Robin Backman: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSXsdMwMouk6hcPje-8WApg
Dianas Stigar: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmdfYoZfdIvf5BXMzjTP0bw
Sofia Wamsler: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSEFkdadC0xfHQtSqsXFYQw
Hampus Hedström: https://www.youtube.com/user/hampusthehedstrom
Olle Öberg: https://www.youtube.com/user/walkingdole
FreddyFairHair: https://www.youtube.com/user/FreddyFairhair

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The Scandinavian Photo store on Vasagatan 16 is so amazing. The light, the ambience and the products are really perfect. I hope to go back again soon. We had a field day with our Youtuber course and got to meet each other for the first time, and we got to meet the famous Swedish Youtuber Hampus Hedström, a really nice guy and super funny comedian. It was a really nice opportunity to visit the United Screens office on Kammakargatan and see how they work, it looked like a really fun workplace. And a bonus was that we got to meet, Jessica, Olle Öberg and FreddyFairHair who sat down with us and talked for over an hour.

Jag går kursen Framtidens Youtuber på Kalix Folkhögskola, och detta var vår första träff. Vi som går är även de första som går denna kurs någonsin i Sverige. Mer information om kursen: http://www.kalixfolkhogskola.se/youtuber-kursplan/

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My name is Andreas Fransson aka The Beard Bringer. I make videos about beards, vlogs, reviews and everything in between. Please follow me 🙂

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beardbringer - April 22, 2018 - Life & Living, Tech & Social - No Comments

My video went viral… what do I do now?

My video went viral… what do I do now? How do I profit from this?

My video went viral… what do I do now? How do I profit from this? Well, good question…. But first:

I had an idea for a viral video a long time, but never got by to make it happen, until a couple of days ago. It was a spin on the oh so popular circle game…. You know the game where you do the “OK” sign with your hand and if someone looks at it you can punch them on the arm… yeah, a pretty stupid game, but fun nonetheless. Anyway, my idea was that I should start zooming in from Google Earth and then cut to a drone shot of a body (me) laying in a field, zooming in all the way to my hand which made the circle gesture.

Apparently people thought it was hilarious and my video went viral, big time. At the moment of writing this, the video have gotten over 5.7 MILLION views on Facebook, it has been shared over 100.000 times and it’s crazy. I also posted it on Youtube and it has gotten over 5000 views in a matter of days, not as much as Facebook, but still… my video went viral, and that is so much fun.

Here’s the video, on Youtube:

What did you think?

I never thought my video ever would go viral, I thought it would get a few hundred views and people would chuckle a bit, but 5.7 million views, not in my wildest dreams.

So, my video went viral, and what now?
Well, I linked my Youtube channel, Instagram and Twitter in the description after it got traction, but to be honest, I did not see that much of a growth on my linked accounts, neither on my Facebook page where the video was posted. The video is so out of context of what my channels are usually about, and the people liking the viral video isn’t really my target audience.

I do see my video loosing a bit traction as we speak, and I think its 15 minutes of fame is dying down, and it was fun as long as it lasted, but I wished I’d seen more engagement on my other channels than I did. But that is the thing with viral videos, people are mostly just interested in that particular video, NOT the rest of your content, unless it is videos like the one above… which I do not have.

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beardbringer - December 2, 2017 - Tech & Social - No Comments

Feels like I cheated on and disappointed my family….

I disappointed my family?

Well, maybe I didn’t really disappointed my family, or at least not in a super serious way, but it was still hard telling them. You could almost call it a betrayal of a life long tradition. I might have disappointed my family in the sense of breaking that tradition, but sometimes you have to take the leap and be the black sheep of the family, at least for a little while until things settle down.

You might wonder what I did and how I might have disappointed my family? Well, to tell you I also have to tell you a little story, so sit back and watch my video confession below, and the continue reading.

Did you ever make this transition?

This might seem like a super tiny and insignificant thing to most of you, but to me it was actually a pretty huge step.

You know growing up having a family car, a family pet, a family anything, and it’s almost the same brand, type and breed every time. You never budge on your tradition and you begin to love it. Like your favourite sports team, you just don’t switch and cheer for another team overnight, right?

Thats exactly how I felt about buying a Canon EOS 80D, completely going against my beliefs that Nikon was the best and only brand to use growing up. My late father had Nikon, my late grandfather had Nikon, my brothers both have Nikon… and I had a Nikon…. Or, I still have it, it’s just that my main focus is now the Canon 80D. Another huge step is changing out your entire gear park like batteries, lenses, attachments etc, it’s something you really don’t want to do to be honest. It’s super expensive, tedious and may take a while, but then again, getting new stuff is aways fun, so it is a plus side to it.

My family took it really well (as I new they were), and we started to make fun of each other on social media because of my transition etc, but it was all in good fun.

After a month with the 80D, all I can say is that I really like it, especially for my vlogging and video making on Youtube – which you can follow by clicking this link to Subscribe to me on Youtube!

The person who got me interested in Canon is Peter McKinnon, and after watching his videos I knew I had to have one, but I did not want to go high end at the beginning, so I started with the 80D.

My previous camera was a Nikon D500, which I still use from time to time when doing photo stuff.

Did you make the transition from one brand to another? Leave a comment and let me know what your friends and family said about it 🙂

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beardbringer - November 7, 2017 - Tech & Social - No Comments

Zhiyun Crane v2 review – It broke the first day….

Zhiyun Crane v2 – 750 USD Gimbal

The Zhiyun Crane v2 is a expensive piece of equipment for your DSLR, and you would expect it to be up for the task… of not breaking the first day, wouldn’t you?

Well, I bought the Zhiyun Crane v2 on Thursday, had it delivered on Friday and took it to Järvsö Bergscykel Park on Saturday to shoot some downhill mountainbiking. Imagine my surprise coming home on Saturday night and trying it out again, and the motors aren’t working.

Yeah, the Zhiyun Crane v2 I bought either had a manufacturing flaw or something, because I don’t think it should break on the first day of using it, carefully and nervously. Before buying the Zhiyun Crane v2 I Googled it so incredibly much, I researched the workload, cameras compatible, good and bad reviews and malfunctioning ones, but after reading a comment from Zhiyun Tech on a forum, I made my choice, I bought it.

The question they answered was… Does the Zhiyun Crane v2 work with the Nikon D500!
Their answer being: Yes, the Zhiyun Crane v2 can handle cameras up to 1.8 kilograms, and the Nikon D500 weighs 1.5 kilograms with the standard lens, and that shouldn’t be a problem!

Guess what, it was a problem.

Not only is the Nikon D500 pretty big, so I had big problems balancing the Zhiyun Crane v2 gimbal in the first place. But after extensive balancing I got it to where I wanted, and it worked. However, the D500 being to big, the gimbal arms hit the camera in some angles, and I could not use the Crane’s to its full potential. The other thing was, that the camera being so big, I had to reset the gimbal arms every time I changed locations, because the gimbal could not fit in it’s designated case with the arms fully extended and balanced for my D500….

That meant that every time I changed locations, like going to another spot and needed to put the Zhiyun Crane v2 away, I had to redo the whole balancing thing when arriving at the new location. Why? Well, I didn’t want to risk breaking it by carrying it out in the open and risk it getting bumped into stuff. But then again, it broke on me anyway xD

I made a video review of the Zhiyun Crane v2 stabiliser which you can see below, I also included some test footage and my thoughts on it out in the field. So, please watch the video and let me know if you have experienced the same issues.

The problems I had with the gimbal was that the motors stopped working, the indicator light on the gimbal lit up as usual, but the motors were not working and I could not connect it to my computer och phone anymore, it was rendered completely useless and limp.

I guess the Nikon D500 does NOT work with the Zhiyun Crane v2 stabiliser gimbal.

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beardbringer - October 5, 2017 - Tech & Social - No Comments

Birthday gift from Tommy Wiseau – He is tearing me apart!!!!

A birthday gift from Tommy Wiseau, who would’ve thought!

It’s not everyday you receive a birthday gift from the legend himself – Tommy Wiseau. You should’ve seen our faces when we opened the package and found a signed picture, a talking bobblehead of Tommy and another signature on the back of the box. For those of you who don’t know who Tommy Wiseau is, please read my other posts about the movie The Room, and the movie The House that dripped blood on Alex.

So, it’s my birthday, June 1st, and I’m turning 34, and I got this amazing thing in the mail today, how can I not love it and cherish this piece of movie history and Tommy Wiseau memorabilia.

Tommy wrote:

To: Andreas
Love is blind!
Love: Tommy Wiseau
05/19/17
P.S. Be good (USA?)

I’m not sure if it says USA at the end, and if I’m wrong, please let me know in the comments.

I got an autographed picture and a Tommy Wiseau bobblehead as a birthday gift, along with the personal note. I mean, this is huge, this is beyond huge, this is cataclysmicly huge! I never been startstruck before and I’ve met a lot of celebrities during my days as a photographer. But I really wish we had recorded our reaction when we opened the package, I actually giggled, laughed and almost cried out of excitement. A birthday gift from Tommy Wiseau…. So, I can call it a day now, haha!

No, but for real, me and my girlfriend will look at this thing and remember this day forever, how we opened the package in the car and bursted out in laughter and happiness.

As for the bobblehead, it talks!!!

It comes with a few famous quotes from the movie The Room, and it’s hilarious! Here’s a clip showing you how it sounds. I could press that red button all day long, but for now Tommy goes back in the box and up on our bookcase for everyone to see. I love this bobblehead, and the autographed picture, a perfect birthday gift.

And if you haven’t seen The Room yet, do so, you will not regret it. Check out the IMDB page here!

beardbringer - June 1, 2017 - Movies, Tech & Social - No Comments

Technology – how it changed my way of living – Part 1

It’s funny when you think about it, technology, how we once upon a time lived without it and nowadays you go ballistic when internet is down or the tv isn’t working.

I’m sitting here in our living room, in our couch with my phone, writing this. Technology. I usually dislike writing and doing “serious” things on my phone, mostly because of the size of it and the limited possibilities when it comes to editing etc. However, I kinda like it right now. I’m writing this post on my iPhone, sitting in our couch watching tv.

Isn’t that kind of neat? And after I post this, millions of people all over the world can read it (although in my case I’m happy if my girlfriend and my mom reads this). The possibilities are endless when it comes to technology.

Technology The thing that made me write this post was mostly coincidence, technological coincidence if you will. When I sat down in the couch the room was pretty dark, the tv was off and it felt kind of gloomy in here. But with the push of a button I started both the tv and Apple TV, with another press of a button I turned on the Philips Hue (<— affiliate link) lights in the apartment, set them to my desired color and strength. With the Apple TV remote I checked Netflix, Viaplay, the news, played some games and checked tomorrows weather, all from a laying down position in our couch, how neat is that?

I know, this is not breakthrough tech or even that futuristic, but that’s not what this post is about. It is about how these simple things changed my daily life, for the better of course, and how these things have made life easier in my last 34 years.

Sure, I’m still young enough to have grown up with a color tv, tv remotes, and dial up internet. I was born in 1983, and back then there were no internet, no Apple TV, no Philips Hue light, no cellphones, no texting and no writing blog posts from your phone laying in the couch.

I do not remember my age when we first got internet tho, but I do remember it was 9,6k or 14k dial up modem, the sound it made when connecting to the internet, how no one could call us when someone was online or how if someone picked up the phone, the internet connection would break. After awhile the “splitters” came, which made it possible at least maintain a connection when someone picked up the phone or called.

Listen to the sound of a dial up modem here!

And the speeds…

The speed of a dial up modem was so slow, it could take minutes literally to load a single image, and if you where unlucky the unstable internet connection would break and you had to do it all over again. In that time we also downloaded MP3 songs from programs like DC++, Napster and Limewire. Songs we played in heavily modified WinAmp players. I remember when you got together with friends for a LAN and you competed who had the best WinAmp skins and equalizer. ONE song at 5-6 MB could take upwards of 20 minutes to download, put that into perspective when you play your games or listen to music on Spotify.

Another thing I’m taking for granted today is channels on the tv. We get them mostly from fiber connections, cable tv or something else, but back then there were no cable tv, specially not here where I grew up. I remember when one of the (now) biggest channels started, TV4, and my father worked as a cameraman at the local station. To be able to get that channel we had to have a huuuuuge 2×2 meter satellite dish, and that was only for that channel. We had at least 2 or 3 more satellite dishes for other channel providers, and they worked like shit.

A common error was “weak signal”, which could freeze the picture and you’d miss half your show. That happened frequently on windy days and in the winter when the snow interfered with the signals. Oh how I do not miss those days.

I’m rounding this up now before I write a short novel. But I will write part 2 soon enough, where I will write about cameras, phones and shopping and how they have changed my life. Stay tuned!

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beardbringer - May 18, 2017 - History, Tech & Social - No Comments

How to get likes & followers on Instagram

Instagram Likes and Followers

You have probably googled “How to get Instagram likes” before and found hundreds of guides or websites offering to give you thousands of likes and followers for a small fee. Well, guess what, this guide is free, and it does not include any payed software or website. This is the real way growing your Instagram organically. It wont give you thousands of followers overnight, but if you hang in there and stick too it, thousands of followers a month wont be impossible.

First things first, your niche!

Your niche can be important when getting more Instagram likes and followers. Don’t know your niche? Check your posts, do you post mostly food pictures? Are your Instagram full of bearded selfies? Do you upload lots of pictures of your animal? Well, that might be your niche. Also, check your old posts to see which ones who got the most likes. Did selfies get more likes then a food post? Then there’s a big chance your followers are there for your face and not food… You get the point.

Facebook page and statistics

Getting a Facebook page for yourself, brand and/or food/animal pictures is a great thing, because you can link your Instagram feed to your Facebook page to get really great insights and statistics. Since I don’t use payed (or free) third party websites to see statistics, I solely rely on the Instagram Company profile. Remember, you need a Facebook Page to be able to use the Instagram Company profile. In the statistics you can see your top posts in any give time frame, you can see what times during the day your followers are most active etc. It’s really great!

Hashtags, do you need them?

Yes and no. Hashtags are a great way to reach new followers, and you can use 30 of them. Before I used to use the same hashtags over and over again, no matter what kind of picture I was posting, and it worked at first, but I slowly started to notice a decrease in likes and followers as time went on. I don’t know if that is some kind of diminishing thing Instagram implemented or not, but using the same hashtags over and over seemed to hurt my account more then help. So what I did was that I started using around 1-5 hashtags that my picture related with, then in the first comment, I posted around 20 random (but chosen) hashtags to get more spread. That way, with every picture, there were about 1-5 new hashtags, which did not diminish my posts. Also, do not use generic hashtags, not applicable to your feed. Rather you should look up hashtags that relate to your picture. Also check out the competition. Look at a feed with tons of followers/likes and borrow some of their hashtags, if they relate to your pictures. Also try to change your hashtags now and then, not all of them, but switch out 2-3 for new ones every few weeks.

Like, comment and follow

This should be first on the list to be honest. It’s very important to stay active, not only uploading pictures, but also liking, commenting and follow other users. Most of the times they will return the favour and follow back. And it will build your Instagram even more. And try to comment things that show you care about the picture. A generic comment like “nice one”, “great picture” etc, makes you sound like a bot. Instead, comment “Great picture, how long have you been growing your beard?”. That way you show that you really looked at the picture, and also asks a question, which might yield you a new follower, a comment etc. Other people will also see this, and might follow you based on your comment.

Tagging tons of feeds and people?

Same goes for the hashtags. Tagging the same people over and over again sucks. Also, if you try to get featured on a big Instagram feed that relates to your niche, try to DM them, or only tag the page you want to get featured on. Tagging too many people will make you look needy, and the pages tagged wont feature you, because you tagged their competitor. Keep the tagging to a minimum, or send a DM asking for a feature. Try to build a friendship or a connection with the pages. And know that you are not the only one tagging them, so don’t get upset or sad if they wont answer. Be persistent and cross your fingers! Also, VERY IMPORTANT. Do not tag for example, a Beard feed in your food pictures or your food pictures in a animal feed. Be selective!

In conclusion, look at your statistics, the best time to post. Like, comment and follow other people. Comment interesting things. Don’t over tag, don’t over hashtag and be humble. You wont grow your Instagram in a day, it takes hard work, time and perseverance. I hope this will help you and don’t forget to comment with your thoughts!

Also, this post might get updated as time goes to improve the guide on how to get Instagram likes & followers!

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