Archive for June, 2008
Shooting Time Lapse With Your Video Camera
Thursday, June 26th, 2008Lots to talk about, so lets dive in. You can click on any photo/screenshot to see a larger version. Camera Setup if your camera has a shade, use it to keep lens flare spots off of your lens. Check to see if your camera has manual exposure or exposure lock. If it does, the easiest [...]
Time Lapse Video
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008This is a time lapse video I shot two weekends ago at the East Huntington Suspension Bridge. Time lapse of clouds can look more interesting if you include a static object such as mountains or a structure in the foreground of the shot. If you you shoot at the right time of day you can [...]
Lousy weather, Time Lapse, and Photo Panoramas
Monday, June 23rd, 2008If you were reading this blog last year you may remember that starting in April I photograph almost every weekend. This year has not been good so far. Lots of rain every weekend, or I have had friends and family stopping by. Add to the bad weather the fact that with current gas prices I [...]
Happy West Virginia Day
Friday, June 20th, 2008Yes, we’re 145 years young today. Herewith my thoughts and some trivia. We are proud in this state. Today is a state workers holiday, and here in Huntington the antiques district usually hosts events all day long with lots of good food. When the city can afford it, we even have fireworks in the evening. [...]
More Video Issues
Thursday, June 19th, 2008I have a close friend who I’ve stayed in touch with for almost 15 years, and she recently discovered my blog. I don’t talk about my blog at work or with friends and family. The blog is just something I do, and if others find it and enjoy it, that’s great, but outside of announcing [...]
A Promise Kept
Monday, June 16th, 2008We live in a very cynical world these days, but the following interview from The Colbert Report hasn’t been out of my mind since I saw the show last week. A nice story that got to the live audience and Stephen Colbert himself. Please take 7 minutes to view this. [tags]alan rabinowitz, stephen colbert, the [...]
Camera Crane Moves the Easy and Cheap Way
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008Camera cranes are expensive and sometime bulky items, but they really do provide video and films with that “pro” look. Here’s a video demonstration showing how to achieve the effect with a tripod. I tried this, but be warned, you need a fluid pan head to make these shots successful. My tripod pan head produced [...]
HD Camcorder Digital Photo Closeup Tests I
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008The article series that I’m working on about HD camcorders is still a long way from completion. I’m planning to provide lots of samples of all spects of the three camcorders I’m testing. The cameras are: Sony HC1 – An HDV format camera no longer produced by Sony. The camcorder is about two years old, [...]
Tidbits 3
Saturday, June 7th, 2008ISP Internet Metering – If you’ve been following the Tech5 podcasts on this blog, or have been reading any tech news this past week, you are aware that Time-Warner and Comcast are experimenting with ways to meter Internet usage. Right now, I’m on the fence about this. On one hand it sounds like a way [...]
.net runtime is evil
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008I haven’t been blogging very much lately because of two reasons, which are related somewhat. First, Im still working on my series about High Definition Video, a primer for school techs. I’m shooting video samples with three cameras, and I’m trying to provide a variety of situations that show strengths and weaknesses of the various [...]
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