Rob Cantwell
November 1st, 2016, 07:04 AM
UWOL40 VirtualPostcard by RobCantwell on Vimeo
ok so I put my name down for this thinking whatever the theme was it would feature Irish landscape and wildlife, I would have the cameras, lens and stabilisation I'd need, even a drone.
It turned out, because of other commitments, I wasn't in a position to shoot anything at all and I was due for a trip with six others to Malta for a short break at the end of October. So i took with me a Sony HDR-PJ790 and a Sony DSC-RX100M3, both small and compact, because we were travelling light, no checked bags there was no chance of a tripod or monopod, which I would have liked, my hand holding isn't the best.
When we got to Malta I was surprised at the lack of wildlife, especially birds, the only ones I saw were some small ones and lots of pigeons not one seagull or any other bird you'd usually associate with costal areas, I've learned since that there is an active hunting community on the island that will, given the chance shoot anything out of the sky.
I captured about an hour's worth of footage, because we were generally on tour it was like a live event shoot, no chance to go back and do a retake, I was constrained by time when we arrived back home as I think I had about a day and a half to edit, and I'm a slow editor. It was difficult to choose what to include and what to drop, I'm sure I could have made a dozen short movies out of what I had! I would have liked to narrate this as I dont think it's very informative to the viewer, I also would have liked to include a map with a animated marker on where the shot was based, but time was against me.
But for all that I enjoyed doing it.
Any comments feedback anything at all is welcome. Level 2
Thanks
Rob
ok so I put my name down for this thinking whatever the theme was it would feature Irish landscape and wildlife, I would have the cameras, lens and stabilisation I'd need, even a drone.
It turned out, because of other commitments, I wasn't in a position to shoot anything at all and I was due for a trip with six others to Malta for a short break at the end of October. So i took with me a Sony HDR-PJ790 and a Sony DSC-RX100M3, both small and compact, because we were travelling light, no checked bags there was no chance of a tripod or monopod, which I would have liked, my hand holding isn't the best.
When we got to Malta I was surprised at the lack of wildlife, especially birds, the only ones I saw were some small ones and lots of pigeons not one seagull or any other bird you'd usually associate with costal areas, I've learned since that there is an active hunting community on the island that will, given the chance shoot anything out of the sky.
I captured about an hour's worth of footage, because we were generally on tour it was like a live event shoot, no chance to go back and do a retake, I was constrained by time when we arrived back home as I think I had about a day and a half to edit, and I'm a slow editor. It was difficult to choose what to include and what to drop, I'm sure I could have made a dozen short movies out of what I had! I would have liked to narrate this as I dont think it's very informative to the viewer, I also would have liked to include a map with a animated marker on where the shot was based, but time was against me.
But for all that I enjoyed doing it.
Any comments feedback anything at all is welcome. Level 2
Thanks
Rob