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Tag Archives: video
Locust Swarm in Madagascar
Shortly after arriving in Madagascar a few years ago, we watched the BBC’s Planet Earth II episode in which a film crew found it amazingly difficult to track down a swarm containing more than a billion of the tiny, destructive … Continue reading
Posted in Aerial photography/videography, Madagascar, Wildlife and Nature
Tagged aerial, locusts, video
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Swimming with Whale Sharks in Madagascar
Check another item off the bucket list: in November, we made it to Nosy Be to see the whale sharks – considered endangered by some – feeding on the plankton that “bloom” there the same time every year. This capped … Continue reading
Posted in Madagascar, Wildlife and Nature
Tagged Chelonia mydas, green sea turtle, green turtle, Madagascar, Nosy Be, Rhincodon typus, swimming, underwater, video, whale shark
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Whale Watching in Madagascar
Every June or July, thousands of humpback whales migrate thousands of miles north from Antarctica to have their young just off the coast of Madagascar. And finally we made it up in time to see them (September is best!) Not … Continue reading
Posted in Aerial photography/videography, Madagascar, Wildlife and Nature
Tagged aerial, drone, humpback, Ile Ste Marie, Madagascar, mammal, Nosy Boraha, video
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Flying Solo over the Shenandoah
When I first saw footage taken on DJI’s new consumer drone, my response was, “MUST HAVE.” I’m now on my second camera drone, the 3D Robotics Solo, and I’m still in search of the elusive magical footage – soaring over … Continue reading
Posted in Aerial photography/videography
Tagged 3D Robotics, 3DR, aerial, drone, flight, Shenandoah, snow, Solo, video
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3DR Solo: Droning in the Snow
I love these camera-toting quadcopters. Partly because it’s just fun to fly stuff around (yes, I’m still about 12 at heart) but mostly because of the new opportunities they offer for photography and videography. After seeing the first few videos … Continue reading
Posted in Aerial photography/videography, Gear
Tagged 3DR, aerial, drone, snow, Solo, test, video
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Ganesha Chaturthi, Chennai Style (Part 2: Video)
Yesterday I explained a bit about the festival currently ongoing in Chennai (and across India) – Ganesha Chaturthi – and posted some photos. It’s hard to really capture the atmosphere of the event with photos only – a video in … Continue reading
Posted in Life in India
Tagged Chennai, festival, Ganesh, Ganesha Chaturthi, India, video
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My Destination’s “Biggest Baddest Bucket List” and Namibia
Here’s a great idea for a video contest: make a 3 minute video about a favorite destination, write a few hundred words about travel, and send three photos. What can you win? a six-month, all-expense-paid trip around the world, and … Continue reading
Posted in Namibia, Video Contests
Tagged BBB, bucket list, contest, My Destination, video
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Animal Shorts!
A handful of short wildlife videos from a recent trip. In the first, we discover how the “puff adder” got its name. Then, see a group of banded mongooses – mongeese? – doing silly things. Finally, a crocodile enjoys a … Continue reading
Posted in Namibia, Wildlife and Nature
Tagged banded, crocodile, feeding, mongoose, puff adder, video
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21 Sunsets – a timelapse project
I love doing timelapses – especially of natural phenomena. But I admit it can be a lot harder than it first appears – if you want to do it right. But moving to Namibia and finding housing on a westward-facing … Continue reading
Micro Photography – Handheld Digital Microscope Review
So you’ve heard of macro photography – and I’ve been blogging about it recently as well. But what about micro photography? Ever wanted to take a picture of something you can only see under a microscope? Well, how about video? … Continue reading
Immersive Video – the Next Big Thing?
3-D video is so 2009. Now that virtually anyone with a couple of cameras (or a YouTube account) is capable of producing relatively decent 3-D videos, people are already starting to look for the Next Big Thing. I think it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Random Thoughts, Observations and Weird Stuff
Tagged 360, 3D, ball camera, Condition One, GoPano micro, immersive, technology, video
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Perry’s 53 Seconds
I don’t normally blog about politics – and, well, this isn’t really about one party versus another – it’s about how you screw up in public nowadays, it forever becomes part of the public record. Before the days of YouTube … Continue reading
Posted in Random Thoughts, Observations and Weird Stuff
Tagged 53 seconds, campaign, debate, gaffe, Perry, video
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World Run Day MasterCard Spoof
November 7 was this year’s “World Run Day”. For those who haven’t heard of World Run Day, the organization’s web site states, “It is a day for runners worldwide to join each other, wherever their location, in a celebration of … Continue reading
Posted in Random Thoughts, Observations and Weird Stuff
Tagged charity, dog, mastercard, priceless, running, spoof, video, world run day, worldrunday
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Sky and Sea Videos – Pitfalls to Avoid
The other day I was working on a home video of a recent vacation to Egypt, and I invited my 12-year-old to a pre-screening of my near-final draft (a shorter version here), and she told me it was all wrong. … Continue reading
Posted in Tips and Tricks, Video Editing
Tagged avoid, glare, horizon, ocean, pitfalls, runday, sea, stop-motion, stopmotion, sunrise, sunset, video
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Maintaining Ownership of Your Images
Scott Bourne made some interesting points on the blog Photofocus. He pointed out something many of us overlook in today’s world of social media marketing and sharing – that posting a photo via Twitter (which will apparently soon be possible) … Continue reading
Posted in Legal Issues, Photography, general
Tagged copyright, photo, sharing, terms of service, TOS, Twitpic, Twitter, video, watermarks
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Telling a story in video
The cool thing about all this technology is that now anyone can create just about anything and share it with everyone else. Most of it goes unnoticed by the vast majority, but that’s not why most of us create. Most … Continue reading
Posted in Tips and Tricks, Video Editing
Tagged drama, elements, plot, story, storytelling, video
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Army Peer-to-Peer Safety Video Contest
Good news and bad news – my entry to the US Army Combat Readiness / Safety Center’s video contest was approved, but so were a load of others! The contest has been running since October, but like most video contests, … Continue reading
Posted in Tips and Tricks, Video Contests, Video Editing, Video Effects
Tagged Army, blue-screen, chroma key, contest, effects, peer, safety, video, virtual blue screen
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