Do y'like dags?
Dags?
Yeah - dags...
Moving pictures. Just like stills, but, well, moving. With sound. And the option of adding more sound - like a musical track. Sounds simple, right?
Wrong.
I have just had my eyes opened to the delicacies and intricacies of a completely new workflow required when operating a completely new software package. In this case - Final Cut Pro.
I had been assigned a job at the Sydney Royal Easter Show, photographing fly ball - a relay event for dogs that requires four jumps, and a fly ball pad that releases a ball towards the dog when they jump on a pressure pad. So below you can see some of the images... (techie stuff later)...
So I decided to pile my plate a little bit higher and shoot some video. Having used iMovie, I decided to crack open Final Cut Pro - the steps for production couldn't really be THAT dissimiliar could they? Well, it appears that yes, they actually can be.
So it was a rapid search on the net for specific tutorials. Those tutorials actually required a little bit of back ground knowledge, so it was back online to watch some more tutorials so I could get the basics right. (If the embedded video above doesn't play - please check out this).
In the meantime - I've realised a few things...
1. In photography, it's better to shoot a higher resolution image, then downsize it for whatever purpose you need. Videography really isn't that difference.
2. In photography, the angle makes or breaks the image. Videography - snap. (However the presence of people between you and the 'perfect-angle-dammit-can-you-pleeeeeaaase-move-No?-oh-well-fine' is just something you have to work around. Like literally around.
3. Education is fun. Frustratingly, hair-pullingly, head-bangingly-on-the-desk fun, but there's something cool about finishing a project - and while admitting that there's still some polishing that could be done - still turn it round for deadline.
Speaking of deadline - there's more, but I've got another job this morning so I have to boost.
Let me know what you think...
Tech stuff (as promised): Lots of ambient light + shallow depth of field + aperture dependent = fast shutter speed.
Camera: Nikon D3S, with a 400mm. And it was tripod mounted. I'm strong, but not ridiculously so.
And the soundtrack was sourced under a creative commons license from Soundcloud.
