I am 33 year old.... an underachieved 33 :p

20 years old, a young-in i guess

My business would be better if my golf game wasn't as good. And I am certainly old enough to know better. My early passion in image acquisition was photography but my gear kept getting stolen so I took that as an omen and went M/C and car racing, instead. I eventually got into video many years later. My first camcorder was a full sized shoulder mount VHS camcorder. I still have it, somewhere. Currenty 65 y.o. and a scratch golfer. Some of my credits: Harpo, Inc. (Oprah), Animal Planet, CBS News NY, Discovery, TruTV, Travel Channel.

Looks like older than the average at 46 .... :(
Don't feel bad I'm right there with ya!
So I'm older....when does the wiser kick in?

Heaven forbid I kill this thread but be aware .. when you post your age here for the rest of your life you'll get reply emails from people younger than you.

Or has someone said that already :-0 Cheers.

I'm the big half-century, with a wife, two kids, and three grandkids... Jeez!! I'm too young to be a Papa yet!!!

Tell me about being a "46 ...too young" gramps! I have 2 grandkids now myself!
It's not bad when I think about it though. I'm still young enough to run around the yard and play with them :)

I just turned 16 last Sunday. :)

I'm 47, new to video, enjoying the site, and learning lots, thanks!

my first post here :)

am 28 :)

well let's see, when this thread was first posted I was 46 and now I am 53 if my maths is right.

June 1956 if anyone wants to check it.

Anthony

I'm a grandfather with four grandchildren and live in Victoria BC Canada. I have been using panasonic digicam to make grandchildren videos with snaps using imovie. Since the quality of the video is not up to the snapshots, I have been looking into getting an hd camcorder.

I'm 43...

Lately with some crazy editing projects and not getting much sleep, I find i start the morning feeling about 72 and shed years through the day as the cobwebs and the joint stiffness wear off...

I'll be 12 about 9pm...

I'm a grandfather with four grandchildren and live in Victoria BC Canada. I have been using panasonic digicam to make grandchildren videos with snaps using imovie. Since the quality of the video is not up to the snapshots, I have been looking into getting an hd camcorder.

As a grandad of 10 I suggest my present cam Sony HVR-V1E/V1P. The x 20 allows you to mix close-ups with longer shots; it's light enough to handhold for run 'n gun shooting; stick it on a tripod at the window end of a kitchen table and you'll get the action around the table; the remote control allows zoom in/out as well as on/off. Audio is Ok but so many background noises can intrude that I switch off the audio much of the time especially near motor traffic in suburbs. In practice I find still shots can capture close-ups of facial expressions better, but if I can engage a 3 y.old in conversation indoors about going out for a walk or a treat the cam can capture a sequence of interaction which remains memorable long after our time.

Well i'm 16 and should leave school with a qualification in Media studies and then off to collage to do BTEC in Media Production, but i know most of that anyway as I've done video related things after school for 3 years now :)

23 here

Associates degree in Television Production

Working on Bachelors in Video Production

33 in August.

--AOK--

I am new here, but the big 43.

36 here, last time i counted. of course, that's been a few a years ago...

I'm 27 years old.

47 and starting to feel it...lol....just very glad the cameras are getting lighter!!!!

twenty six; been in photography/video work since i was 20.

just turned 60, but still feel like 25 most days..been shooting since I was 20. And don't forget, inside every old person is a young person wondering what the f**k happened!

42 here, and feel like Im learning more every day Im on here, if my calculations are correct Ill know everything there is to know about video and photography by the time I'm 1349.........
and a half.
:)

I'm 55 and just lately I've started to realise it. That thing that I used to do all night now takes me all night to do, my eyes are on their third or fourth prescription for specs, paddling 4 or 5 kilometres in the kayak is still easy but the muscles now hurt the next day, If I look at the naked Missus, then open the 'fridge and spot a beer, the beer will win. Sad, isn't it?

Cheers

Russ

I'm 63 and sittin' back and enjoyin' life! A little fishing, playing with the grandkids, and lazing away the days on the back porch. And then there are the... Uhmm, what's happening??? I'm hallucinating!!!

Yes, I'm 63. But I'm not sitting on my tush in my advanced years. I'm a contract software developer who specializes in designing Data Warehouse (big database) systems. I still work 60-80 hours a week and rarely have a free moment. I definitely can't complain about the income and I have people constantly trying to hire me (a nice ego boost), but I wish I had more time to take pics and videos.

When I'm not working or remodeling the bathroom (a "modest" project), I spend a little time with my photo/videos pastime. Currently I'm editing a video project for my wife's Aikido dojo. Marianne is 67 and is one belt away from a black belt. (Yes, I'm very proud of her. And if you say one bad word about her, I'll kick... uhmm... I'll get Marianne to kick the crap out of you! :-) )

When the new Panasonic GH2 comes out late this year, I'm probably going to buy one and maybe a Marantz PMD661 (Oade Bros. Super Mod) for audio. (It would be great to retire my Nikon D70 and Canon HV30.) OTOH, if I could find even the slightest justification, I'd jump all over the new Panasonic AF100! One must dream, you know.

One thing I've learned in the last 60-some years is that we need to accept who we are and roll with it. When I was young, I was a geek. But I tried to deny it and make like I was "cool". Over the past several decades, I've learned to accept my innate geekness. I'm a lot happier and satisfied now. It embarrasses the heck out of my stepson, but that's his problem! :-)

Regards,

Dan.

45 ... going on 29 ...

Turned 71 in February.

In pretty good shape. Started to do some of my own wildlife video two years ago, but realized I had a lot to learn still. Spent a year learning the software and practicing with the camera. Recently acquired a nanoflash. Now I am trying to match the results of the pros -- that is a real challenge! Looking forward to my first real season of trying to put together some wildlife material.

I figure I have another 20-25 years of fun video work left yet.
Alan

21 and just beginning to work with video. (Also my first post.)

You all seem pretty young to me. I am 67 going on 40. I travel every year for a couple of months and make a video of each trip. So far coverered all seven continents and about 80 countries. Been bitten by the video bug since 1995. Currently have three cameras and four computers. The youngsters are not the only tech savvy types around.

John A

34, turning 35 in May

36 all of a sudden!

I'm 22, been shooting video since I was 16. Been a member here since I was 20.

Ya'll are old. I'm 16...

One of your Golden Oldies. 75 and still trying to travel as much as possible capturing wildlife on canon xl hd1a. Been retired since 67 but thinking of going back to work again, I don't seem to have any spare time now I am retired!!!!!

Nice to see such a young entry ahead of mine. Wish him luck for the future.

greattree.

20 video is a hobby that i picked up from going on church mission trips... My first was to Mississippi after Katrina in 2006 changed my life. I have never taken any class on film making everything i know i either thought my self or learned from a friend that's been in the film business for 20 some years. I continue to learn and get better every year

Born in 1979 They say I'm 32 now.

I have socks older then most of you here and I am wearing them now. ;-P

I am a ripe old 57!

Judging by my wife's comments about my socks..mine are probably even older.

I turn the dreaded 65 in August.....!! Still do around 30 wedding shoots a year and around 10 -15 Realty shoots a month so I keep busy!!!

NOW ...more importantly.....WHO is going to add up all the ages on all 50 pages of posts and actually calculate an average?????? or are we all too busy shooting video???

Chris

Can't believe but in 5 days I'll be 30!!! Love it ;)


Www.youmyworld.co.uk

Twenty three... Start working in production/editing about 2 years ago (wow, just realized how short I've been in this) but I've been slicing in photoshop and editing in whatever I had at the time ever since high school.

25 years of age here.

Grew up in an AV predominant family so I've been around this for quite some time. Went to school for video production, but it was just community college so I didn't gather a ton of good info, I'm mostly self taught by experience and these wonderful forums.

I will be 38 in about 2 weeks.

Well, I'm kind of older @ 61. Although, I still enjoy recording and editing videos.

63 years young. I have been working in the video business since 1970 and the Sony portapack was introduced, a camera that used 1/2 inch reel-to reel BW tape EIAJ standard. Still have some of the documentaries I did. Now, if I only add a tape player to play them back on.

hi
no one has posted here for a while, so i thought i'd add my ¢10.... ;-)

57 and counting.

just hope i outlive the rendering, my computer is slower than i am!!!

69, learning, and applying the Confucian reality, that, in this decade, "...my ears are responsive to the truth". I'm finding plenty on these pages and thanks for the sincerity, courtesy and responsiveness.

Greetings from Kaunas, Lithuania!

OK, so since we've had another break in the action on this thread, I'm a robust, agile 64! But who's countin' anyway! ;-)

Born in 1961, making me 52 soon. Blimey. Wish you hadn't asked.

Started school as the Beatles hit the big time, left in the year of punk rock. Worked as a photographer then journalist then magazine editor from 1984 to 2008. Have been trying to reinvent myself as a film-maker (short, commercial, mostly online) since 2009.

Started in the film business in 1987 and transitioned into corporate video production in 2004. Got my own company now since 2009. Been working in some corner of the industry for all my adult life. Almost went into the IT business in 2003... glad I dodged that bullet!

Ha Ha!

I'm 45.