For this challenge I decided to go "old school" and dug out my old Sony FX7 HDV camcorder. For being 15 years old I think it did pretty well. Freedom for me is being outside and enjoying my surroundings.

UWOL56 -Everything Changes by LeRoy Gunderson on Vimeo

LeRoy, what a well shot and narrated video. Can't believe you got such nice color out of the old camcorder. Your narration was very smooth, and you told a beautiful story. Great job. Bob

Hi LeRoy,

Good story and good visuals!
Nice to see my 10 year old camera still has some years left :) You clearly show that we don't have to use the latest and newest to produce great results.

A couple details:
The bird shot from 0:40 and the deer shot from 1:00: I guess these were shot handheld.
Maybe you could have added some stabilization during editing? Might have improved a little. Especially the bird shot.

Those birds at 1:31 looked cold in the snow.

Well done! I enjoyed watching.

Hi LeRoy,

Always look forward to watching your entries.You didn't disappoint this round. Your voiceover delivery sounds so natural. Well done

The footage was surprisingly good for a HDV format, maybe we are all chasing dragons in pursuit of better quality footage when the gains with newer formats are so minimal.

Mick

Thanks for all the kind words. This camera has always worked well for me. It took awhile to get a custom picture style that I wanted. Yes the deer footage was handheld. Driving through a local lake park and just happened upon several deer. I was shooting out of the truck window. Most of the heavy movement in the dove footage was due to a very windy day.

Again, thanks for the comments.