A Chilly Couple of weekends

It was an interesting couple of weekends in Huntsville. It was the coldest part of the year it took two weekends to fit it all in. Hundreds of Hockey players showed up and almost as many volunteers as well. It was the Canadian Pond Hockey Championships. I was volunteering with Cogeco to film the men’s and women’s finals during a cold windy snowy afternoon. So miserable in fact that the zooms froze  up on two of our cameras. We also did a few interviews for the hour and a half special cogeco is putting together.

I put some footage together on my own, using my Pentax K7 and Canon HF200. Along with a local band LAGANZA with the tunes from their new album. Hope you enjoy. Please leave comments.

The Trophies are like a Stanley cup only made from solid maple, and are housed at the hockey hall of fame.

Convergence

I just finished listening to a group of pro’s chatting about the convergence of photo and video. A year after professional still cameras have the ability to shoot HD video.

Link to conversation

It was very informative for me especially since I am embracing the whole video thing. Video is not new to me, I have had a video camera for many years now. Unfortunately I have been a terrible videographer. lately I have been converting all of my family video’s from tape to digital on my hard drive. It is terrible video  but it is all we have.

I have also been playing with my Pentax K7 and my new Canon HF200 camcorder , trying to get good quality shots. In the edit or post area, I have been learning Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects software with reasonable success.

I have been enjoying it immensely , the time flies by and my projects are getting better. I am looking for ideas or concepts to work on. Writing and scripts are not my thing and I find the ideas hard to imagine. Any help in this area would be greatly appreciated.

I do believe video is the next big  thing, if it isn’t already. All websites will soon want video. if not for product sales it will be for transparency, how to video, demonstrations or just entertainment. I would like to be part of it all. Not only for the business and money but just for the love of creativity and to take my photography to the next level. I do think photography and videography are very similar.

Another big event in Huntsville

Last weekend I went out to Help TV Cogeco produce a news story of the cross country ski race at Arrowhead Park. It was part of the Ontario Winter games that are being held in Huntsville this year. It was fun to get out and see the park in winter and see young skiers participate. They can move! very fast!

I took some photos and video for myself and put together a short video

 

I also took a bunch of photos and really enjoyed the fast action sports shooting and will try to do more and get better at it.

Click on photo to see more!

 

I love living in Huntsville and starting to appreciate all the activities and events coming to town. We have the best little place to host events of all sorts. The big test will be the G8 Summit coming this summer.

Time-lapse of Olympic Torch Relay in Huntsville

I set up my Canon G9 Point and shoot camera taped to a Cogeco tripod and set it to capture a frame every 2 seconds. I did some editing in Premier Pro and here is the result. Comments welcome.

Olympic Torch

 

I attended the Olympic Torch Relay celebration on Dec 30 in Huntsville,Ontario. I do not usually get too excited about events like this, however I was soon taken back in time to the days of 1967 and the Canadian Centennial celebrations and Expo 67 both were federal events. It was simply amazing and inspiring or just plain fun and took away the troubles of the day.

I was there to film for TVCogeco as a volunteer and to get as many photos and video for myself. The Cogeco broadcast went great and so did my personal shooting. Below are images of the day. 

Please post your comments.

Olympic Torch Relay Run

I am a Canadian and Canada is hosting the 2010 winter Olympics.Tomorrow the torch run is passing through our town.(Huntsville,Ontario) I am quite excited as are many others. Watching the news and seeing the amount of people who are coming out to see this event I am expecting an amazing turnout.

I will be working with TV Cogeco running a camera or some other capacity to produce a local news broadcast for the event. I will also be taking video and photos for my own purposes. It is going to be cold and fun.

January Auto Tint Sale !

Another year has passed and it is time again for our annual January tint sale. All year long people are wanting a deal on tinting. Well people ..now is the time. Since January is always a slow month we can offer a big discount for people who like deals!!