Guides to recording podcasts and video
Practical advice on planning and recording podcasts and video. Every guide opens with a short answer and then goes into detail.
Podcasting
How much does it cost to start a podcast?
What a podcast costs with your own kit, a rented studio or full production: recording, editing, publishing, your time, and how to cut the cost per episode.
How to record a video podcast
Set up cameras, light and microphones for a video podcast, keep every angle in sync, and film on a phone or remotely, with frame rates that suit Europe.
How to start a podcast
A beginner's guide: work out who the show is for, pick a format, record the first episode and publish it on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and YouTube.
How to make podcast clips
How to find the best moments in an episode, reframe them for vertical video, caption them and choose between AI clipping tools and an editor.
Podcast equipment for beginners
Dynamic or condenser, USB or XLR, what an audio interface does, plus headphones, stands and the room: a first podcast kit for one to four people.
What is a podcast?
A podcast in simple terms: what the word means, how episodes reach your phone, audio and video podcasts, and how a podcast differs from radio and YouTube.
Video
How to batch film content for social media
Plan 10 to 20 short videos, set up light and sound once and film them back to back: a practical guide to batch filming content for Reels and TikTok.
How to film an interview
Prepare the guest, place the cameras and microphones, light the face and sync two angles: a practical setup for filming an interview that cuts cleanly.
How to be confident on camera
A routine for speaking on camera: calm your nerves, look into the lens, pace your speech, read a teleprompter naturally and choose what to wear.
Voice recording
Voice warm-up exercises for clearer speech
Breathing, lip, jaw and tongue drills, tongue twisters done properly and a 10-minute warm-up for adults before a recording, a talk or a presentation.
How to remove background noise from audio
Why your recording sounds bad, how to stop echo and noise before you record, and what editing and AI cleanup can and cannot fix afterwards.
How to record a voice-over
Mark up the script, set the mic and levels, record clean takes, then edit and deliver the files: a voice-over guide for video, adverts and audiobooks.
For business
How much does a corporate video cost in Latvia?
What sets the price of a corporate or promo video in Latvia: preparation, filming hours, cameras, location, editing and revisions, broken down by stage.
How to record an online course
Plan the modules, write the script, get the sound and light right, film lessons in batches and edit them: a practical guide to recording an online course.
How to make personal brand videos as an expert
Which video formats build an expert's personal brand, how to plan a month of topics from client questions and how to record them all in one session.
AI tools
Should you use an AI voice clone or a human voice?
Where AI voices work, how to test them in Latvian, when a human voice wins, and what consent you need before you clone anyone's voice.
AI dubbing or subtitles: how to translate a video
Subtitles, voice-over or AI dubbing: how each works, where AI video translation fails and how to prepare a video for Latvian, Russian and English viewers.
Photography
How to get a good LinkedIn headshot
How to prepare for a business headshot, what to wear, how to pose, which background works, and whether an AI headshot is good enough for LinkedIn.
Studio photoshoot ideas and how to prepare
Studio photoshoot ideas for portraits, brand content, products, couples, families and teams, with backgrounds, poses and how to prepare for the session.
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