Austin, TX—Recently I’ve joined the GoPro camera aficionados
in a big way. I’ve also learned that
YouTube has some terrific tutorials for almost anything. So I went searching for ways to best exploit
my GoPros (so far I have two).
I found Mitch Bergsma’s YouTube channel and began watching this
fellow’s fine instructional videos. Most
of his videos have no sound nor does he speak.
Nonetheless I’m learning a lot from the video tips he provides.
Bergsma is young, athletic, incredibly creative and happens
to be stone deaf! Having suffered a somewhat serious hearing loss in recent
years I’m fortunate in that I’ve been helped with hearing aids that allow me to
function quite normally.
Bergsma who was born deaf has also been helped with hearing
aids but prefers to work without them. It’s
obvious that he’s adapted very well at a time before the hearing aids were
improved as they are today. Let me be
the first to say my hearing aids annoy me but I can’t live without them.
Bergsma communicates in sign language, pantomime and the
written word. He has a great presence
and has a great gift for communication even without saying a word. Bergsma is a true showman! Among other things Bergsma is a wakeboarder,
scuba diver, and video producer. He does
business under the name MicBergsma Productions.
Bergsma also sells the products he profiles on his various Internet
sites.
On YouTube MicBergsma has over 70,000 subscribers and that
translates to cold, hard cash! He
garners advertising revenue and his strong Internet presence promotes his
equipment sales. I’d say he’s on his way
to being a great American success story.
Bergsma posts videos everyday on YouTube about everything
like sports, GoPro tips, his life, anything he captured on camera.
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