VoiceOfEmerika

I became sensitive to problem of finding media the other day when I was looking for music to go with one of my new movies. I wanted a certain type of license and I had a length in mind. There was no way to filter the results. This made be think about how difficult it is to find just the movies on my blog.

So now there’s a library. I’m linking to the best quality movies I have. Recently I’ve started using a hi-def format (h.264) at 1280 x 720. I’ve also started leveraging YouTube more because they support this format.

I have a couple of new movies. Both movies run until the sun sets on the Chiricahua mountains. Because they capture the sunset there is a significant about of lens flare. I don’t think it detracts from the movie, but I’d be interested in other opinions.

This one is about ten hours of day reduced to four or so minutes. I think it’s nice.

(Use the HD button when you play the movie if you have the bandwidth. Note that the HD button only appears after the movies begin playing. Also, I believe it always fully buffers before playing.)

The second one was started in the late afternoon because the sky looked ripe. I think it’s a great movie, but every direction other than the one I chose to point my camera was spectacular — full of pretty clouds burning red. I think the angle and the speed the clouds travel make this movie.

I should mention that both these movies were made from the top of our shipping/storage container-in heavy winds. I am terrified of losing another camera due to the wind; however, I hate to do nothing when beautiful things are begging to be captured. I now have a ten pound weight I attach to the tripod with a stretch cord. So far so good.