I haven’t made a video in quite a while so as I was browsing the interwebs yesterday I remembered about FilmFights.com and as I scoured the site I saw that one of the upcoming “fights” was about coffee. COFFEE. I love coffee. So with my camera in hand and a really dumb idea I got to work. I spent about an hour shooting and editing the video. Which is kind of obvious when you watch it. But the most important thing, in my opinion, when shooting a video is to have fun. And I have to say I had a ton of fun getting back into the groove of shooting a video. Hopefully some of my friends and I will be working on some more videos in the coming weeks and those will be a bit more thought out. Without further ado here is my first ever FilmFights entry.

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Posted by Ethan - 06/04/12 - 0 comments

 

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.

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Posted by Ethan - 26/10/09 - 0 comments

 

Their is only 7 more days till I get to go home. This summer has been a great learning experience and time of spiritual growth. I’ve gotten to meet tons of new people, makes some new friends, listened to some great biblical scholars… But I am ready to go home. I can’t wait to see all my friends and family. It’ll be nice sleeping in a real bed aswell. AND I get access to my electronics and technology! Woo hoo! I think it’s been good for me to be away from home though. It’s taught me lot about how much I depend on my mom and dad to do things for me. I also think it’s helped to learn a better work ethic. I’m no longer gonna complain when my parents ask me to wash the dishes ever again. Washing 12 dishes is nothing compared to the 400-500 we wash each meal. So all in all I’ve had a great summer. Till next time!Ethan

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Posted by Ethan - 08/08/09 - 0 comments