Video Blog Challenge

Video blogging. It's a challenge isn't it? BritMums wants to help you feel better about that challenge and get your feet wet. We find that the more you do video blogging (and all that comes with it), the easier it becomes, the more comfortable you are in front of the camera and the faster you get videos edited, uploaded and published.

You do not have to be a technological genius to get a video blog done.

• If you have a digital recorder (like a Flip or a Sony Bloggie or whatever), simply set it up, press record and talk.
• If you have a smartphone you can do the same!
•  If you have a webcam, sit in front of your computer and press record. Simple! Yes, it can be intimidating at first. If it helps you, write down a few notes on a post-it, stick it beneath your camera and it will help to keep you on track.
• If you have a few things to talk about, address one at a time and then edit the video to put them all together so you don't lose your train of thought.
• You can do as many or as few takes as you want. Outtakes can be quite entertaining as well and show your HUMAN side!
• Keep it simple to start. Don't worry about animation, captions, whizz-bang features, etc. Just TALK, record, edit and upload. Once you conquer the fear you'll find you feel much more comfortable about EVERYTHING that goes with video blogging.

This week's theme: we wanted to keep it fairly simple this week to encourage all you "newbie" video bloggers to get involved. This theme is simply asking you to share your thoughts. Talk to us!

What lessons are you teaching your children? What is most important to you as a parent? What wishes do you have for your children?

• Do you have "rules" in your family that are written in stone?
• Do you have a new understanding for how you were raised now that you have children?
• How do you hope your children are seen in the community/at school/in public?
• Do opinions of others affect/change your ways of parenting?
• What do you hope your child will achieve?

So now, have a think. Can you talk about this topic? We're pretty sure you can and want to hear what you have to say. You've got a week to get recording and publishing. Please let us know if you need any help with the process. Again, you can add your videos to the BritMums network through your personal page or use another platform like YouTube. Once you've published your post, pop back, link it up and let us know about it through Twitter (@BritMums). Let's see how many video bloggers come out of the woodwork this week?

Ready, steady, vlog…