I've been putting off today for a long time. I finally sat down and made myself figure out the best MPEG4 Compressor settings for my P2 HD footage (if anyone cares...I found that the 960x544 frame size with DVCPRO HD 720P 60 (16:9) pixel aspect to work the best). That's hours of mind numbing trial and error, so enjoy! I only have one gig of ram in my machine. Painful.
Anyway, I've started uploading my HD stock footage to iStockPhoto. So far I have a few otter clips and one snail on a dog bowl up. But will be adding other marine mammals, river scenics, artichokes, and oodles of zoo animals soon.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Lots of filming and film festivals
I've just caught my breath from returning from Jackson Hole and Portland. It's been a great couple of weeks. The Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival was a blast as always. But this time I helped lead 4 workshops on new media and spoke on one panel. It was a good experience for me. And people seemed to like what I had to say.
After the festival, I drove to Portland and shot lots of river scenics along the way. Hopefully some of the shots will be used in a Nature film I am working on about salmon. We'll see if my producer likes them. Here's a couple sequences I put together from various creeks, streams, and rivers (Columbia, Snake, Mallad).
I also spent three days in a row shooting coho salmon on Eagle Creek (tributary off the Columbia River). It was a lot of fun and a challenge. I used an Ewa-Marine splash bag. It worked great, but it's still a challenge to use since the camera is basically in a floating plastic bag. I also filmed some dippers hunting for salmon eggs. Here's three short sequences of salmon and dippers.
After the festival, I drove to Portland and shot lots of river scenics along the way. Hopefully some of the shots will be used in a Nature film I am working on about salmon. We'll see if my producer likes them. Here's a couple sequences I put together from various creeks, streams, and rivers (Columbia, Snake, Mallad).
I also spent three days in a row shooting coho salmon on Eagle Creek (tributary off the Columbia River). It was a lot of fun and a challenge. I used an Ewa-Marine splash bag. It worked great, but it's still a challenge to use since the camera is basically in a floating plastic bag. I also filmed some dippers hunting for salmon eggs. Here's three short sequences of salmon and dippers.
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