Music Video Shoot: The Good Lovelies

All of my 2008 wedding have been delivered and I’m super busy taking 2009-11 bookings right now, but I’ve got some time to participate in cool projects that I could only dream of being able to take on during the busy wedding seasons.

Here I am on set of the music video “Lie Down” for the charming-as-they-sound Toronto folk group The Good Lovelies.

The thing I love the most about this video are the in-camera tricks (you’ll have to see the video). I’ve done a lot of work in the special effects world and it’s so nice to see the Director Richard have fun with the camera and the band.

Here is a link to the youtube version, don’t forget to press the “High Quality” button of course!

Glidecam Certification

Hey, the back fourty behind the Massacheusetts office of Glidecam had an awesome forest, and so ended my Smooth Shooter formal certification.

VP of Sales & Marketing and talented operator Tom Howie applied over a decade of experience taking me though the stuff best seen first hand, including precision balancing, shooting technique, and the one thing I really wanted to do, take apart and re-assemble someone else’s rig!

I’ve done a few Glidecam weddings now and I’m feeling pretty confident, and it’s important to build on that experience and learn the correct way of working with this precision piece of equipment. I got that perspective, plus total confidence, and I think a free hat (if I can steal it back from one of my kids).

I had an opportunity to show Tom some of my work and he was impressed. Thanks Karen & Mark, and Sari & Shawn for the awesome wedding footage!

A little hand-held time lapse photography.

The rest of the trip was a dream. Whale watching off the shore of Boston, GPS-guided journeys down two lane roads through the back-country of Vermont and New Hampshire, and a beautiful stay at the Orendaga cabins in Northville, NY. If you’re looking for total privacy in a lovely town on a lake, look no further.

Now, back to the edit suite.