Hard at work with the Canon XM2For a goodly number of years I have been an avid video photographer.
Up until about five years ago I used to regularly video weddings as a hobby, but to do the job properly if you are covering all the events at a wedding can often take up to twelve hours, and that's only the videoing - there's the editing and copyong to be done on top of that!
If I only videoed one wedding a month you can see that this took up a fair proportion of my time, so it left me little time to work on my own videos.
I have produced a variety of videos on a variety of subjects.
Looking back over the last thirteen years, I have produced videos on such diverse subjects as:- The Royal Yacht Britannia and HM Queen visit Arran, A Pilgrimage to Holy Island, 65th Surprise Birthday Party, Promotional Video for Pennine Boat Trips of Skipton, Local Middle School Christmas Concerts, A Day out on MV Raven on Ullswater, Slaidburn Silver Band Centenary Video, A Pilgrimage to Whithorn, St Michael & All Angels Centenary Celebrations, Meet Tim and Sally - two orphan Hedgehogs, Cottingley Fairytale, Wilson TS Advertising Video, Dedication of War Memorial by HRH Prince of Wales, and The Opening of the Cottingley Cornerstone Centre by HRH Prince of Wales.
I have just been sorting through all the video I have taken that is unedited, and was amazed to find just how much there is to work on.
To give you some idea of the gargantuan task, below I have listed what needs working on:-
VIDEO TAPES OF HOLIDAYS &c. TO EDIT & COPY:
1. Western Isles [Hebrides] & North West Scotland (July/Aug 2002)
FILMED ON SMALL CANON ON 8MM FUJI TAPE No number cassette & Cassettes
1, 2 & 3
2. Norwegian Fjords (May/June 2004)
FILMED ON SMALL CANON ON 8MM FUJI TAPE CASSETTES 9. 10. 11. 12
3. Northumberland (Sept 2005)
FILMED ON CANON XM2 ON DIGITAL TAPE CASSETTES 1 – 5
4. Arran [Felmemris] (Sept 2006) FILMED ON CANON XM2 ON DIGITAL TAPE END OF CASSETTE 6
5. Arran[Rosaburn Lodge]/Berwick upon Tweed [Unthank Farm] (Oct 2007) FILMED ON CANON XM2 ON DIGITAL TAPE CASSETTES 7 – 10
6. Holy Island Ruby Wedding Weekend (May 2008) Alnwick Gardens FILMED
ON CANON XM2 ON DIGITAL TAPE CASSETTE 11
7. Grassington Festival Magna Carta Final Concert FILMED ON CANON XM2 ON DIGITAL TAPE CASSETTES 12 – 14
8. Consecration of Third St Michael & All Angels (Sept 6th 2008) FILMED ON CANON XM2 ON DIGITAL TAPE CASSETTES 15 & 16
9. Waren Mill – Bamburgh/Lamlash – Isle of Arran Holiday (Sept/Oct 2008) FILMED ON CANON XM2 ON DIGITAL TAPE CASSETTE 17
I usually plan to do some of the editing during the “winter months”, but this has got put off and put off for the last few years, and if I delay much longer I will never get the stuff edited, so it is my plan to set to work on this lot in the next week or two and try to get some serious editing done! A simple calculation will tell you that there is something in the region of 25 hours of tape to view before any editing can be done!
Up until about five years ago I used to regularly video weddings as a hobby, but to do the job properly if you are covering all the events at a wedding can often take up to twelve hours, and that's only the videoing - there's the editing and copyong to be done on top of that!
If I only videoed one wedding a month you can see that this took up a fair proportion of my time, so it left me little time to work on my own videos.
I have produced a variety of videos on a variety of subjects.
Looking back over the last thirteen years, I have produced videos on such diverse subjects as:- The Royal Yacht Britannia and HM Queen visit Arran, A Pilgrimage to Holy Island, 65th Surprise Birthday Party, Promotional Video for Pennine Boat Trips of Skipton, Local Middle School Christmas Concerts, A Day out on MV Raven on Ullswater, Slaidburn Silver Band Centenary Video, A Pilgrimage to Whithorn, St Michael & All Angels Centenary Celebrations, Meet Tim and Sally - two orphan Hedgehogs, Cottingley Fairytale, Wilson TS Advertising Video, Dedication of War Memorial by HRH Prince of Wales, and The Opening of the Cottingley Cornerstone Centre by HRH Prince of Wales.
I have just been sorting through all the video I have taken that is unedited, and was amazed to find just how much there is to work on.
To give you some idea of the gargantuan task, below I have listed what needs working on:-
VIDEO TAPES OF HOLIDAYS &c. TO EDIT & COPY:
1. Western Isles [Hebrides] & North West Scotland (July/Aug 2002)
FILMED ON SMALL CANON ON 8MM FUJI TAPE No number cassette & Cassettes
1, 2 & 3
2. Norwegian Fjords (May/June 2004)
FILMED ON SMALL CANON ON 8MM FUJI TAPE CASSETTES 9. 10. 11. 12
3. Northumberland (Sept 2005)
FILMED ON CANON XM2 ON DIGITAL TAPE CASSETTES 1 – 5
4. Arran [Felmemris] (Sept 2006) FILMED ON CANON XM2 ON DIGITAL TAPE END OF CASSETTE 6
5. Arran[Rosaburn Lodge]/Berwick upon Tweed [Unthank Farm] (Oct 2007) FILMED ON CANON XM2 ON DIGITAL TAPE CASSETTES 7 – 10
6. Holy Island Ruby Wedding Weekend (May 2008) Alnwick Gardens FILMED
ON CANON XM2 ON DIGITAL TAPE CASSETTE 11
7. Grassington Festival Magna Carta Final Concert FILMED ON CANON XM2 ON DIGITAL TAPE CASSETTES 12 – 14
8. Consecration of Third St Michael & All Angels (Sept 6th 2008) FILMED ON CANON XM2 ON DIGITAL TAPE CASSETTES 15 & 16
9. Waren Mill – Bamburgh/Lamlash – Isle of Arran Holiday (Sept/Oct 2008) FILMED ON CANON XM2 ON DIGITAL TAPE CASSETTE 17
I usually plan to do some of the editing during the “winter months”, but this has got put off and put off for the last few years, and if I delay much longer I will never get the stuff edited, so it is my plan to set to work on this lot in the next week or two and try to get some serious editing done! A simple calculation will tell you that there is something in the region of 25 hours of tape to view before any editing can be done!
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