Soup for You!

The companion video to my recent Pressure Cooker Vegetable Beef Soup recipe is up on YouTube. Check it out:

Video: Pressure Cooker Vegetable Beef Soup (8:10)

Video: Pressure Cooker Vegetable Beef Soup [YouTube.com]

This is a full length video, not one of my usual quick hit time lapses. I’m going to try to mix in a longer video every now and again, so let me know what you think of the format.

I already have thoughts about full length videos:

1. Full length videos are hard! My time lapse video workflow is smooth – I can churn one out pretty quickly. But a full length video? Where I have to do voiceovers and cut in B-Roll? I always forget how much work is involved. And then I think “I know it takes longer, but I’ll be done in a week instead of a couple of days…” And when I’m still editing weeks later, I get mad at myself. Not a good workflow, that’s for sure.
2. Quick time-lapse videos are great for embedding in my posts, or sharing on Facebook – but YouTube hates them. Well, OK, hate may be strong, but YouTube wants you to stay on YouTube, watching video. A 2 minute video doesn’t interest their ranking algorithm. But a 5 to 10 minute video? Now they’re interested. I’m going to try to mix in the occasional longer video, to see if I can get some traction on YouTube for my pressure cooker videos. (That is, if #1 doesn’t kill me. Did I mention how much work these longer videos are?)

What do you think?

Questions? Other ideas? Leave them in the comments section below.

Related Posts

Pressure Cooker Vegetable Beef Soup
Pressure Cooker Macaroni and Cheese
Pressure Cooker Sweet Potato Puree
My other Pressure Cooker Recipes
My other Pressure Cooker Time Lapse Videos

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