To encourage people to sign up to Auscam (it is free folks!) and get access to more information than non-members do, as well as then also getting our regular newsletter, we have organised some fabulous prizes!

All you need to is click here, register and over the next 30 days (until October 10^th) you’ll go into the draw to win one of:

• ABCinema, which contains hundreds of film excerpts and information on how they were made, 3D animations with virtual cameras, camera light and sound tutorials, information on scriptwriting and storytelling and much, much more. Value is AUD$99.00
  
• Camera Confidence: a DVD that takes you through every aspect of using your camcorder from settings, techniques, camera movement, depth of field, tripod use and just about everything you can think of about using a camcorder. Value is AUD$59.00
  
• Light ‘Em Up is a complete guide to video lighting starting with an overview and then delving into more technical subjects such as one, two and three light concepts, and artistic, dramatic and thematic applications of light. Value is AUD$59.00
  
• A Guerilla in the Midst. Stan Harrington is an Aussie from Melbourne made good in the tough world of US movie making. Writing, directing and producing movies on shoe string budgets, in this self penned book, Stan tells how it is done. Value is AUD$29.99

Remember, all you have to do is register at http://auscamonline.com/subscribe by 10th October to go into the draw, and also receive our free newsletter. And while you are there, have a look at our free online forums and catch up with like-minded video makers at http://auscamonline.com/issue/september-2011/article/join-our-free-online-forums

Don’t forget to tell your friends, family, classmates, fellow club members - everyone! After all, Auscam is the ONLY magazine in Australia that caters for videomakers of all kinds; from those that use iPhones to professionals with $100,000 cameras!

By David Hague

David is the owner and publisher of AusCam Online. He has a background in media dating back to 1979 when he first got involved with photojournalism in motorsport, and went from there into technology via a 5 year stint with Tandy Computers. Following that, he ran a software distribution company on the Gold Coast and was one of the first to recognise the potential of Microsoft Windows.

Moving back to WA, David wrote scripts for Computer Television for video training for the just released Windows and Office 95 among others, and was then lured to Sydney to create web sites for the newly commercial Internet in 1995, building hundreds of sites under contract to OzEmail including Coates Hire, Hertz Queensland, John Williamson, the NSW Board of Studies and many, many more.

He went back into full time journalism as the Managing Editor for Channel 7's 'Gadget Guy', Peter Blasina's publications VideoCamera and Pixelmag, before starting Australasian Camcorder magazine when these publications were shelved. He lives at Sydney's Avalon Beaches nearly on the ocean front with dog Budweiser and in his spare time is a nut for motor sport, road safety, fishing, science fiction - especially Dr Who - and technology.

David can be contacted via david@auscamonline.com