HERE’S WHAT’S UP: BEHIND THE SCENES
Hello, friends! We wanted to share with you what behind the scenes of our YouTube Cooking show, Precious Kitchen looks like. It all begins with the idea for the next video recipe. Sometimes we get this idea from a viewer or we decide on what we would want to shoot. Or we bomb into our brother-in-law trying to cook and we decide to take over from him and film it.The idea on what to cook on camera could be thoroughly planned or it could be downright spontaneous.Then we go on to gather our ingredients for the shoot. If we do not have everything on hand, this would mean a trip to the grocery store, which we enjoy!Then we plan a shooting time with Mr. N, who holds the camera for us. Tonight, we had to shoot after the girls had gone to bed.We just finished filming half of an episode. We’ll be completing the filming tomorrow because the recipe requires a soak time of about 6 hours or overnight. It is an Accra Beans episode. Somebody say, yay! This idea came from a couple of viewers who requested that we make an Accra Beans video.Prior to the shooting, we fix our hair and rub things on our face (translation: makeup). Here are some things that could happen while we are shooting;1. The older girls start bouncing on their bed upstairs so much that we feel like they are going to cave in on us.2.The toddler starts demanding immediate attention and we have to stop and give her milk or something.3. The kids start making loud noises and we start barking like a newly mad person. Thank God for video editing!4. We keep forgetting important things we should say.Through this all, we record the cooking videos. Because we love doing it. Because we love inspiring people to cook. Because we love to eat the food when the shooting is done. And we will be rounding up the shooting of the tenth episode tomorrow! Adonbilivit!
When we make that Accra Beans, tomorrow morning we will devour it with some pap (a porridge made out of corn). Choi! We can’t wait!After that, we will edit the videos. This will be perhaps much later in the day when we are done with homeschooling and other things.We started shooting these shows with Mr N’s cellphone. Then we eventually bought a Canon Powershot camera (not DSLR) exclusively for our videos. You need to start with what you have and do what you can. If you wait for perfection, you will hardly ever do anything.Just like we shot step-by-step recipes with our cell phone for two years, before purchasing a DSLR, start with what you have. What is that plan in your heart? Start with what you have, friend. Don’t let procrastination steal your time.We look forward to an awesome week and an awesome new month. Well, that’s what’s up with us. What’s up with you???
When we make that Accra Beans, tomorrow morning we will devour it with some pap (a porridge made out of corn). Choi! We can’t wait!After that, we will edit the videos. This will be perhaps much later in the day when we are done with homeschooling and other things.We started shooting these shows with Mr N’s cellphone. Then we eventually bought a Canon Powershot camera (not DSLR) exclusively for our videos. You need to start with what you have and do what you can. If you wait for perfection, you will hardly ever do anything.Just like we shot step-by-step recipes with our cell phone for two years, before purchasing a DSLR, start with what you have. What is that plan in your heart? Start with what you have, friend. Don’t let procrastination steal your time.We look forward to an awesome week and an awesome new month. Well, that’s what’s up with us. What’s up with you???
