So this year was my first time trying my hand at moving pictures at the rodeo. Operating a video camera is quite a bit different than using a stills camera. Just because you might be good at one, doesn't mean you will naturally be good at the other. I put together a short little slideshow combining my stills and moving images for the rodeo's website. (There is a larger, 640x480px version available on YouTube. )
I am so used to viewing the world through a viewfinder than to suddenly have to use an LCD screen to follow your subject is foreign to me. I kept wanting to close one eye and stick the video camera right up to my face. Consequently I sometimes had trouble following the subject. However it was a nice change and I quite enjoyed my hand at filming.
There have been countless times when we've said that we should have a video camera around. Mostly they have been moments when the dog or wildlife have been doing really hilarious things. Unlike stills photography though, the subjects available for video is quite limited. I mean, a video of flowers would be pretty darn boring wouldn't it? So I really wouldn't expect to see a lot of video from me in the future.
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This was great - seeing the "real life" situations that your beautiful photographs came out of.
This 'moving' image is showing your great strength of aesthetic muscle.
I would for you to then begin layering a few of your images to create surreal scenes made up from your real life moments.
Horse + rider + thunder storm = a new breed of your real/surreal surrounds.
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