Live

PB Cantina Open Mic

November 10, 2017

I’d had my new GH5 for a few days, so I was itching to go shoot something.  My friends Pete, Tony, Dan, and Derek we playing the Open Mic night at PB Cantina, so I headed down there.  I was just intending to try a few settings, see how the camera handled the stage lights, etc.

Well, I ended up recording most of the night.  Then, I found out the sound guy, Jeremy, records all the Open Mic nights.  So, he gave the tracks to Dan Bonn, who mixed and mastered them. Dan gave the mixes to me, and now I have pristine audio to go with my camera “test”.

EDIT: I should add, this is the first video I edited in DaVinci Resolve (which I like a lot), and also the first video I did color grading on.  I think it looks great for a first try.

So, here’s the video:

And here’s Krystal Dyer’s complete painting:

Midnight Track from Halloween at Winstons

November 10, 2017

I shot some footage of Midnight Track at Winstons on October 28, 2017.  When I got home I edited it a bit, and here it is:

Now, keep in mind, I had several drinks at Winstons while I was there, and a few more when I went to dinner afterward, so this may not be my best work ever.  🙂  The audio is on camera, and the whole thing was kinda spur of the moment, unplanned.

 

Enjoy.

Back Catalog

November 8, 2017

Here’s 4 live concert movies from before I got the GH5.  These were shot with what I had at the time.  The first two, from November 2016, were shot on a Canon HV20 (a 2007 era DV tape HD camcorder) and a 2008 Creative Vado that only does 720p.  There are some iPhone 5s shots from the side of the stage in there, as well.

The two from March 2017 were also shot with the Vado and the HV20, but the handheld shots were done with a new Canon Vixia HF R700 camcorder.  That’s a tiny little thing that costs less than $200, and it does a decent job for the price.

These were edited with HitFilm which I learned to use on the November shows.

Prior to this era, I shot and edited several shows in 2005-2009, using the HV20 and even older consumer camcorders.  Those I edited in FCP (Pre-X).  Maybe I’ll dig those out and post them someday.

Here are the older shows in chronological order: