Jan
17
2010
In the Fall of 2008 I decided that I wanted to take a major photo/video road trip. I’m going to keep the destination secret, because I’m hoping to blog from the road once I get started. Originally I was planning to take the trip in Summer 2009, but decided to wait and spend the year [...]
Tags: crane, jib, kessler, Photography, Video
Jan
21
2010
Most of the time when I start a new photo or video project I try to work with a new technique or tool. First, here are the still cameras I’ll be taking on my trip: Nikon D90 The D9o will be my main workhorse camera. I think it is fantastic, and after almost 18 months on [...]
Tags: c-8080, camera, d90. d70s, e410, hdr, landscape, Nikon, olympus, panorama, Photography, time lapse
Feb
05
2010
Here are the camcorders I’ll be taking on my trip: Sony HDR-HC1 Prior to purchasing the HC1 in March 2006, I had owned a JVC miniDV cam (not so great) and a sony Digital8 (good cam). The HC1 was the rirst consumer camcorder to shoot in the then new HDV format. All I can say [...]
Tags: aiptek, camcorder, canon, d90, flip, hc1, hf10, Nikon, Sony, ultrahd, Video, Videography
Apr
04
2010
Amazon Link: Dell Inspiron iM1012-799OBK Mini 1012 10.1-Inch Netbook A couple of weeks go I asked my bosses about taking my office laptop on my trip. Although one of them said it ould be fine, another one reminded me that if it was stolen there could be unauthorized access to some of our servers and [...]
Tags: dell, google earth, netbook, robogeo
Jun
09
2010
I Returned from my trip to the American Southwest on May 27th, after almost three weeks on the road. After spending about a year in “pre-production” buying hardware, accessories, and gathering information, it was more than worth the wait. Trip Photography It quickly became apparent that with the amount of places we wanted to visit, [...]
Tags: arizona, colorado, d90, e410, hd, landscape, Nikon, olympus, panasonic, tm700, utah, Video