Hey guys! Sorry I haven’t posted in awhile. I’ve been busy doing a whole slew of different things. Earlier this month I filmed some political interviews for The Batavian. That was great learning experience and lots of fun to shoot. The first day of filming I only had my XL1, so every shot counted. Then the next day I took along my Canon ZR700 and set it on a shelf to get a continuos wide shot. That way I could get close ups and not have to worry about doing smooth pans or tilts with the XL1.

Last week I spend some time redesigning JPT media’s website and I’m very happy with the way that turned out. I just took a cool theme and changed it up a bit and made it look more like a website then a blog. I’ll probably be adding some plugins to make that install of Wordpress even more of a CMS.

A couple days ago I was hired by The Batavian to film a football game. Filming was harder then I thought and I learned a lot. Howard Owens (the owner and publisher of The Batavian) gave me great feedback and advice. So next time my video will hopefully be much more polished and smooth. Editing took a couple of hours, and I ended up messing up a couple of the shots, but it was fun. Next time I’m going to make sure I watch the entire video twice before I render. And since the team we filmed won their game, I’m going to be filming them play again this Thursday.

Well that’s it for now! I’ll hopefully keep the blog more updated next month.

Recently I have acquired the position of “Intern” at The Batavian. You can check out the post they did on me here. Basically I’ll be covering events in the community by writing short articles and providing video. I may also work on a couple special interest stories about local people. I’m excited about working with the staff at The Batavian and can’t wait to see what we can do together.

I just got my new macro and telephoto lens! I was so excited I had my mom take a picture of me holding the package.

The last couple of days I’ve been updating and redesigning Just Passing Thru Productions/Medias website. I wanted to keep the site simple, but still get across my attitude toward media. I’m definitely not a graphic designer or anything, but the site didn’t turn out to bad. I’m using Wordpress to power the site. I’m using a heavily modified version of the default Wordpress theme. I’ll probably be changing the site a little and tweaking it for the next couple of days, but it’s not to bad as of right now. Well thats it for this update!

Ethan