Here my reply to an email that I wrote to my friend:
Thank you for asking me a question. This question took me entire day to think about video ideas and considered how good it is for me or bad it is for me. I wish I could give you a joyous answer but I don't.
The main concerns I had for Deaf Community after all visiting to their blogs and considered their idea of easy way to communicate to other Deaf Fellows. In past years ago, I always preached that the reading is good for you, to develop your communication skills rather than being lazy, depending on whatever visual communication. I have to say that I am sorry if I think something different about reading skills I had seen in Deaf Community, I want you to understand my opinions about what I believe in something that will improve their lives.
Unfortunately, I have seen some similar problems with the kind of video-blog--I knew it is great to see other Deaf who find a way to communicate through their blogs--and had seen some blogs without any written words that left me some doubts. Sometime, I wondered if it is good idea for me doing video but other problem that I had encounter is I have many hearing friends who read my blog and always enjoy my recipes through left their comments and even they subscribed my blog to their reader feed.
I don't have much choice but writing my blog--I hope I write something very simple for my Deaf Foodies that they may understand what I am saying along with some slideshows when I have a chance to show them my photos of making a delicious meal to tease their appetites. In my very humble opinions, I think the slideshows that I create for simple visual show to demonstrate how the procession of food to be made that or this way and planning on slideshows will take my time to work on food and editing the photos with good captions. In short future, I will have some good slide shows on each recipe to show how it made, I hope so. With the video, I don't really like the idea--trying to teach with the knife on hand and I am no Rachael Ray. It is little difficult for me to doing signs while cooking something quick. I have watched Food Network and had tried to visualize them using ASL--thinking about how difficult it is going to be on show. Sometime, I am not sure if any one will understand me if I talked about French Cooking in Sign Language but in my opinion, I think the slideshows are better along with captions written on bottom of photos. I wish I could give you an easy answer, I want to reassure you that I am still exploring the idea of video blog. Need time to find a way that I can do with ASL video blogging to see how that working out.
I had received the emails from Deaf Community and asked if I have any ASL videos that they may understand. Sometime, I have to answer their questions similar to what I am writing an email to you. I knew that I am seeing something wonderful way that Deaf made their efforts for their v-blogs. There are few blogs that I enjoy to visit and they do have v-blogs that I watched their signing about whatever they want to talk about.
Do you have any blogs you think I might like to visit?
By the way, thank you for visiting my Blog, Deaf Chef at Large. Hope to get your reply soon.
Hope to make something clear to anyone who want to ask me few questions about the video-blogging.
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