Zebigo Video

I just produced a video for a new ride sharing service Zebigo.  

The idea seems pretty solid if they can get enough users, and as more people are choosing to live car-free I'm sure the ideal will catch on.  But one thing they're already doing right... they're using VIDEO.  Obviously I'm a little (or maybe a lot) biased here, but for me there is no better way of introducing a business or concept to consumers than a video.  We've entered the age where Every Company is a Media Company and there's no turning back. If you're goal is to make a connection with your audience, video is clearly the way to go.  

Me shooting B-Roll on the Jose Rizal Bridge (note the broken tripod! it broke during a Storm game this past season, I'm waiting for a part to get delivered so I can get it fixed)

First Footage with the EX1

Took me a while but I've finally got some footage up from my new Sony EX1.  The first was from the very first night I had the camera, just me harassing my girlfriend while she made some vegi soup.  (Make sure to watch it full screen if your computer can handle it!)

This one is a video I shot on Friday up in Bellingham for artist Ben Mann.  All the stuff with the clients picking up the chandelier was with a wide angle adapter. (this one was compressed down to standard def before uploading)

So far I'm loving the EX1.  Picture looks great and the camera itself has been pretty straightforward to learn so far.  It's definitely heavier than my old Panasonic DVX, I was feeling it in my arms by the end of the Ben Mann shoot.  The best part is not having to deal with tapes, I just slide the Memory Stick directly into my laptop and capture via Final Cut Pro.  So much simpler and faster.

More to come, I still haven't done much to test the variable frame rates and record modes so that'll be next.

New Camera!

Even though I slept through the delivery this morning, my brand new Sony EX1 is finally safe and sound in my apartment.  Here it is...

expect some test footage soon!

End of the Year on CHS

Couple new things on CHS.. I posted my Top 9 Cap Hill Videos of 2009, which include a couple of my own videos, but mostly others'.

And I took the 9 snapshots I did over the past couple months and mashed them all up into one final year end Snapshot.  This may or may not be the end of the snapshot series, at least in it's current form... not quite sure yet.

Flying over Downtown

Got a great view of Seattle on my flight home from Las Vegas last week.  We flew over Elliot Bay, then looped around right over downtown.  And it was that perfect time of night when the sun is setting so it's still light enough to see the lakes and hills, but it's dark enough that the city is lit up.