I've dabbled in video in the past, in addition to my still photography, but always concluded it was too much hassle to be doing two things at once. Certainly when one had to put one camera down and pick up another. Not to mention that there would be a lot of money involved to get broadcast quality equipment. Well, things have changed, as they say. Broadcast quality equipment doesn't cost the same as a car any more. And today "broadcast quality" a lot of times really means "You Tube" quality (there is even a preset for this in the editing program Final Cut Pro). But even more importantly for me: I can use the same camera to shoot video as I use to shoot stills. Cheaper and much less to carry around. I am not the only one to find this, it has spawned a virtual DSLR film revolution.
Though I am less experienced in video I am fairly confident 20 years of still photography will have given me a pretty good visual base to work from. Recently I did a course in editing (using the latest version of Final Cut Studio) at Frontline Club in London. I highly recommend this five day course. This is where editing guru Simon Ruben cuts to the chase, and even someone like me, who hasn't been in a classroom for years, come out with a reasonable understanding of the editing process. There is a lot of information to be digested, so I reccomend going to the pub only every other day while in London.
My first edit since the course was a short piece on freedivers enjoying the waters in an 18 meter deep navy tank. For the camera nerds: it was shot with a Canon 5d MKII in an Ikelite housing. I have done some other work since then, but as it is for a client I can't really show that now. Subscribe on Vimeo or Youtube to see what else I come up with in the future. Now you'll have to excuse me, I have to open the door for that kind gentleman from UPS who keeps coming to my door with gadgets large and small.
Freediving in Navy tank from Fredrik Naumann on Vimeo.
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