JWilsonphoto wrote:
I'm noticing an interesting trend in photography (and I'm kind of late to the party), in the past most still shooters didn't really do much with video or more advanced "cinema" work. Social media awareness and the need for instant everything has done a lot to bring this change about, but the ability to capture and edit high quality video footage is fast becoming a necessity for a still shooter who wants to remain relevant. A great example is the assignment I'm on. When we began shooting early in the week I asked my client if they had a need for footage walking through each of the spaces we're styling and shooting, she immediately said how fantastic something like that would be and that it would open up a whole new avenue for her architectural firm to display their work. I explained that, at the moment, the only technology I had to produce the kind of product we were discussing was my MOVI/iPhone 10 combination and that there were some limitations to that set up. As they say, the best camera is the one you have with you, so we captured each space I did a few walk throughs with the MOVI set up and we moved on to the next area. The client became more and more enthralled with what we could produce to compliment our still imagery and so we I began familiarizing her with some of the technology that's available to really do this work correctly. The more we discussed it, the more ideas we came up with, including doing high quality client "interviews" for the firm and creating a library of all this media for customized presentations.
Coincidentally, I've been talking to Ikan for a couple of months about their gimbals, particularly one that they have designed and will be releasing later this month. The "Pivot" can carry an 8lb. camera load which is pretty substantial for a gimbal designed to shoot run and gun footage. This unit will easily handle a DSLR and, they tell me, my Sony cinema cameras up to, but not including the FS/7, which is OK. MOVI makes their big MOVI Pro for applications like that if I end up needing to use the FS/7 on some of this. Sony's new 3 Chip wonder is being shipped to me at the end of June and so, supposedly is my "Pivot", which should work out perfectly because this particular client has a half dozen new projects around the country to shoot this summer. I find all this new technology so exciting, invigorating in fact, what an era to be an image maker!
Thanks for the Pivot video, Jim. The bit I liked was the unpack from the sleek travel case – very 70’s 007 movie! Ah, so that’s why we like this stuff - it’s all the fitted case / screw together gadget / James Bond / aesthetic.
Hi Dan. Ouch, a full set, and a spare, and a shoulder too. Now that’s a lot of painful post op physio. Thea and I figure that this replacement joint gig is a two part thing. The medics do the hammer and wrench stuff, then we (ok, she) has to make all the ligaments and muscles work in their new configuration. That’s bound to be difficult since the old joint has failed / is bent out of shape and is thus messing things up. I’ve a feeling that (in the UK) the delay in doing the knee / hip replacements is causing some of the shoulder issues because folks have to use walking sticks / crutches / frames for so long.
You could not be more correct Nick! The PT caused Suzanne's shoulder to become really inflamed plus the use of a cane didn't help. Suzanne has had RA for 50+ years. Since she was 19. Her whole body reacts to stress on just 1 joint. It is not a fun situation for anyone to have to be in.
Hopefully Thea's body will adapt somewhat and when all is fine..the body will return to normal.
Tell her the worst is mostly over. Yes the PT is very stressful. Suzanne's knee was sooo bad that she put it off waaaay too long and the inside portion of the knee was bone on bone causing bone chips and caused her knee and leg to bow inside. She had great surgeons and they straightened the knee and made all ok.
Hope all gets better mate! My best to Thea. Tell her to stay positive despite pain and/or setbacks. Be her reinforcement!
Dan
Caught the Blues at Quonset (RI Air National Guard Open House) yesterday. Beautiful morning turned a bit hazy by the time the Blues took off, but despite a dull backdrop, I managed a few I was happy with..
DanNehmer wrote:
The Hard Drive is full on the computer and need to move a bunch of photo's off to a USB hard drive. That is easy, or should be but I want to keep the LR 4 editing and catalog's together. How is that done easily? I know I can move the photo's off easy enough but struggling to understand how to do so with keeping the photo editing and catalogs in tact. .
I don't know when they brought the option in, but if you right click on the folder names in LR, there should be an option to 'update folder location'. I usually copy the photos to the new drive, then update the location to tell LR where they are.
Simple as that.
This BUFF was built four years before I was commissioned (and we're both still operational). The EWO really made me feel old. He said the plane was built two years before he was born (and he is an O5).
Thea and I figure that this replacement joint gig is a two part thing. The medics do the hammer and wrench stuff, then we (ok, she) has to make all the ligaments and muscles work in their new configuration. That’s bound to be difficult since the old joint has failed / is bent out of shape and is thus messing things up. I’ve a feeling that (in the UK) the delay in doing the knee / hip replacements
