Hello everybody, here’s my update for November.

Earlier this month I asked everyone to vote for my video on the “Brown Bailout” contest. Unfortunately I didn’t win. But as a sort of ‘consolation’ prize I’ll be receiving $100. Which given the fact that I shot and edited to video in less then 20 minutes isn’t bad.

I’ve also been producing content for The Batavian on a regular basis. Thats been a great experience. It helps get my name out there and gives me a chance to meet people in the community. Two weeks ago I did a piece on a local schools efforts to celebrate veterans day. Next week I have two stories to cover. One I’m doing on a local girl scout troupe who made pillows for local charities and the other is about a community thanksgiving dinner at a local church.

Thats about it for now. God bless!

Last month I entered FedEx’s “Brown Bailout” video contest. About five minutes ago I checked the site to see if I ended up making it to the top 30 and I did! So, I would highly appreciate it if you could go to the following link http://bit.ly/4p0Rwu Look for the video by Amy Thompson and then click on it. Then click on the button below the video that says “Vote for this video”. Thank you for your support and help!

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.