Thursday, April 08, 2004
Thank you Lori.
I have always wanted to do that.
I don't think it is off topic. I would like to hear about what you saw in Alaska.
Bruce, or Tim, who ever asked about the tripod. I think that there are body tripods that you can either attached to yourself or hold on you knee. I don't think that you need a big three legged one anymore. Why not write DB and ask him what he takes when he is not using large cameras?
The year that MIT helped the American expedition to Everest, they were wondering how to package the weather instruments - I saw a post that said that the only thing left from a former installation was a tripod - all the other instruments had blown away - so, I suggested making the tripod the instrument - and they did. They put the instruments into a "pipe" and the pipe was part of a leg. It worked OK.
Well, anyway, I was taught two techniques. In one you sort of push out your chest and brace your upper arms on it to steady your hands as you shoot, in the other you put the camera on a friend's shoulder. The arms on chest technique works well and allot of documentary filmmakers use it.
Cheers!
My cell phone has GPS.
Don't feel bad Lori - it takes years for me to get new technology. I don't like the prices of new technology (nor do I have those bucks) so I finally broke down and got a cell phone after they passed the law allowing us to migrate our phone numbers across companies. As soon as I heard that on NPR it was a done deal.
I have always wanted to do that.
I don't think it is off topic. I would like to hear about what you saw in Alaska.
Bruce, or Tim, who ever asked about the tripod. I think that there are body tripods that you can either attached to yourself or hold on you knee. I don't think that you need a big three legged one anymore. Why not write DB and ask him what he takes when he is not using large cameras?
The year that MIT helped the American expedition to Everest, they were wondering how to package the weather instruments - I saw a post that said that the only thing left from a former installation was a tripod - all the other instruments had blown away - so, I suggested making the tripod the instrument - and they did. They put the instruments into a "pipe" and the pipe was part of a leg. It worked OK.
Well, anyway, I was taught two techniques. In one you sort of push out your chest and brace your upper arms on it to steady your hands as you shoot, in the other you put the camera on a friend's shoulder. The arms on chest technique works well and allot of documentary filmmakers use it.
Cheers!
My cell phone has GPS.
Don't feel bad Lori - it takes years for me to get new technology. I don't like the prices of new technology (nor do I have those bucks) so I finally broke down and got a cell phone after they passed the law allowing us to migrate our phone numbers across companies. As soon as I heard that on NPR it was a done deal.
