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New Highlight Clip · April 27th, 2009, 10:18 PM

Just a new clip to share.. aways appreciate any feedback.. shot with a Sony Z1 and a Merlin. MB looks used.

Cheers

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Oren Arieli · April 27th, 2009, 11:09 PM

Gotta love that Merlin. Great shallow DOF shots, what are you using? You nailed some beautiful shots there. Coloring looks good too. Kudos.

David Schuurman · April 28th, 2009, 12:23 AM

Hey Niall,

I really enjoyed that piece! Lots of movement and some nice steadicam moves.

I quite liked when the closeup of the holding hands cuts to her father and her holding hands in the car. I would've liked to see more matching cutaways to tighter/wider shots of the same thing.

But that's just me and what I would've liked! This is much better work than I've ever done and so my hat goes off to you.

Niall Megahey · April 28th, 2009, 04:07 AM

Hay guys thanks so much.. yeah really happy with this compared to other stuff ive done.

Oren i just used a Sony Z1 with the stock lens. lots of zooming in to get the DOF, i also used the edge softness tool in MB.

David, Cheers for the comments.. Yeah i agree with you on matching cutaways like the shot in the car..gotta do more of them!

I also used a Glidetrack on this which is a rockin bit of kit!

Thanks again guys :)

Richard Wakefield · April 28th, 2009, 04:17 AM

hi Niall,

I really liked that!!

just seemed to be the perfect amount of shooting styles (gliding, static etc), and excellent subtle colouring

so ur shooting with a Z1, but what are you editing with if you don't mind me asking?

cheers

Niall Megahey · April 28th, 2009, 08:19 AM

Hi Richard, first off i love your vids! Thanks for the comment. im using sony vegas 8 to edit, i capture and edit in hdv. im gonna buy a blueray burner soon and see how i get on..

Richard Wakefield · April 28th, 2009, 08:31 AM

cheers N, i'll certainly be looking out for your stuff too.... u've def. got a good eye, and great use of the equipment. (cool to hear you have a glidetrack too)

i hope you don't mind me pointing out you spelt 'steadicam' incorrectly on your site...and 'manner' has a capital M on your homepage. SORRY, ignore me now!

also, am i right in saying you just shoot without a 2nd camera? will you change, or are you comfortable like that?

Niall Megahey · April 28th, 2009, 09:44 AM

Well spotted Richard bout the site, better give my web guy a call.. Cheers for that.
I do have a Canon hv30 that i use as a second cam for the church..(not easy to match up with the Z1 i found out) I also have a Simi fisheye that I stick on it to get church shots etc. I could never do a single cam shoot in a church again, its just so much easier to edit and looks so much more professional as you know.. How meny do you use? is it 3?

Richard Wakefield · April 28th, 2009, 10:42 AM

no worries :)

i went the same route with a smaller 2nd cam (GS500) for a while too (with a FX1), but got fed up colour-matching too

but now i have 2 x XH-A1

my wishlist includes another XH-A1 or EX1...one thing at a time though eh!...ordered the 5dmk2 yesterday, ye-ouch! watch out for a letus extreme on ebay v.soon!

anyway, back to your thread :)

Niall Megahey · April 28th, 2009, 10:57 AM

a 5d!!! not is just not fair.. god i need more money for toys :)

April 28th, 2009, 12:23 AM	#3
David Schuurman Major Player Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Hamilton, ON Canada Posts: 369	Hey Niall, I really enjoyed that piece! Lots of movement and some nice steadicam moves. I quite liked when the closeup of the holding hands cuts to her father and her holding hands in the car. I would've liked to see more matching cutaways to tighter/wider shots of the same thing. But that's just me and what I would've liked! This is much better work than I've ever done and so my hat goes off to you. __________________ http://www.davidschuurman.com http://www.dsweddingcinema.com

April 27th, 2009, 11:09 PM	#2
Oren Arieli Major Player Join Date: May 2007 Location: San Jose, California Posts: 919	Gotta love that Merlin. Great shallow DOF shots, what are you using? You nailed some beautiful shots there. Coloring looks good too. Kudos.

April 28th, 2009, 04:07 AM	#4
Niall Megahey Regular Crew Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 96	Hay guys thanks so much.. yeah really happy with this compared to other stuff ive done. Oren i just used a Sony Z1 with the stock lens. lots of zooming in to get the DOF, i also used the edge softness tool in MB. David, Cheers for the comments.. Yeah i agree with you on matching cutaways like the shot in the car..gotta do more of them! I also used a Glidetrack on this which is a rockin bit of kit! Thanks again guys :)

April 28th, 2009, 04:17 AM	#5
Richard Wakefield Major Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Surrey, UK Posts: 680	hi Niall, I really liked that!! just seemed to be the perfect amount of shooting styles (gliding, static etc), and excellent subtle colouring so ur shooting with a Z1, but what are you editing with if you don't mind me asking? cheers

April 28th, 2009, 08:19 AM	#6
Niall Megahey Regular Crew Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 96	Hi Richard, first off i love your vids! Thanks for the comment. im using sony vegas 8 to edit, i capture and edit in hdv. im gonna buy a blueray burner soon and see how i get on..

April 28th, 2009, 08:31 AM	#7
Richard Wakefield Major Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Surrey, UK Posts: 680	cheers N, i'll certainly be looking out for your stuff too.... u've def. got a good eye, and great use of the equipment. (cool to hear you have a glidetrack too) i hope you don't mind me pointing out you spelt 'steadicam' incorrectly on your site...and 'manner' has a capital M on your homepage. SORRY, ignore me now! also, am i right in saying you just shoot without a 2nd camera? will you change, or are you comfortable like that?

April 28th, 2009, 09:44 AM	#8
Niall Megahey Regular Crew Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 96	Well spotted Richard bout the site, better give my web guy a call.. Cheers for that. I do have a Canon hv30 that i use as a second cam for the church..(not easy to match up with the Z1 i found out) I also have a Simi fisheye that I stick on it to get church shots etc. I could never do a single cam shoot in a church again, its just so much easier to edit and looks so much more professional as you know.. How meny do you use? is it 3?

April 28th, 2009, 10:42 AM	#9
Richard Wakefield Major Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Surrey, UK Posts: 680	no worries :) i went the same route with a smaller 2nd cam (GS500) for a while too (with a FX1), but got fed up colour-matching too but now i have 2 x XH-A1 my wishlist includes another XH-A1 or EX1...one thing at a time though eh!...ordered the 5dmk2 yesterday, ye-ouch! watch out for a letus extreme on ebay v.soon! anyway, back to your thread :)

April 28th, 2009, 10:57 AM	#10
Niall Megahey Regular Crew Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 96	a 5d!!! not is just not fair.. god i need more money for toys :)