dispatchestag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-866132009-11-23T20:20:18-08:00Photography, video, life. TypePadHow to edit a dance videotag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9b4653ef0120a6cd4b4f970b2009-11-23T20:20:18-08:002009-11-23T20:20:18-08:00I danced yesterday, and I posted the video today. Here's the sequence. Mostly I go to dances to dance. But I knew that this hall had great daylight, and is probably the prettiest dance venue in the Northwest. I brought...Doug Plummerhttp://dougplummer.blogs.com/dispatches/2009/11/how-to-edit-a-dance-video.htmlContra Sutra does Lake Citytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9b4653ef012875c865cc970c2009-11-22T20:59:07-08:002009-11-22T21:00:31-08:00Contra Sutra Does Lake City from Doug Plummer on Vimeo. The hot contra dance band Contra Sutra plays at Seattle's Lake City dance. This is another composition from the same footage from which I made the Nikon contest entry video....Doug Plummerhttp://dougplummer.blogs.com/dispatches/2009/11/contra-sutra-does-lake-city.htmlThe Lake City dance video (including the the amazing hat cam footage!)tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9b4653ef0120a6b9df17970b2009-11-19T22:58:35-08:002009-11-19T22:58:35-08:00Here's the link again to the Lake City contra video and Nikon contest: http://bit.ly/Xr8UI. I want this at the top of the blog for a few days so that you dancers can see it and comment on it if you're so inclined. The real push for voting actually will actually occur in mid-December after the judges have their say. Doug Plummerhttp://dougplummer.blogs.com/dispatches/2009/11/the-lake-city-dance-video-including-the-the-amazing-hat-cam-footage.htmlSyncing external sound with the 5Dtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9b4653ef0120a6b8d449970b2009-11-19T17:38:40-08:002009-11-19T17:38:40-08:00Well here's a pickle I got myself into today. I've bought an external recorder to capture sound for my video work, a Zoom H4N. It seems to be the consensus best device out there for this sort of thing, but it's a complicated thing to figure out (first time I used it to record a consultation, I totally blew it). But that's not today's problem. Today's problem was harder to fix. Doug Plummerhttp://dougplummer.blogs.com/dispatches/2009/11/syncing-external-sound-with-the-5d.htmlMy Nikon contest entrytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9b4653ef0120a6b496d2970b2009-11-18T20:55:46-08:002009-11-18T21:19:47-08:00Here's my entry into the Nikon video contest. The theme is, "Document your day in under 140 seconds" (it's a Twitter thing, I guess.) The winner gets $100,000. Go comment on it so it can rise to the "Most Popular"...Doug Plummerhttp://dougplummer.blogs.com/dispatches/2009/11/my-nikon-contest-entry.htmliPhone vs Flip Smackdown!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9b4653ef012875a2fa05970c2009-11-14T23:17:30-08:002009-11-14T23:17:30-08:00I was at a party, and one of my favorite local fiddlers, Devon Leger, was about to play a tune. I just happened to have two video cameras in my pocket: a Flip Mino HD, and my iPhone. I leaned...Doug Plummerhttp://dougplummer.blogs.com/dispatches/2009/11/iphone-vs-flip-smackdown.htmlA Costa Rica photo workshoptag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9b4653ef0120a668920b970b2009-11-09T11:58:47-08:002009-11-09T11:58:47-08:00Join me for a workshop next March in, of all places, Costa Rica. This came about through my connections with Holbrook Travel, who organize educational tours around the world. They own one of the oldest eco-tourist lodges in Costa Rica,...Doug Plummerhttp://dougplummer.blogs.com/dispatches/2009/11/a-costa-rica-photo-workshop.htmlThe Shepherdstown Dancetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9b4653ef0120a65db8e9970b2009-11-06T12:58:45-08:002009-11-06T12:58:45-08:00The Shepherdstown Dance from Doug Plummer on Vimeo. The Saturday contra dance held during the Cape Breton Fiddle Fest in Shepherdstown, West Virginia in October 2009. Anna Rain calls a dance by Dean Snipes. Wendy MacIsaac from Nova Scotia plays...Doug Plummerhttp://dougplummer.blogs.com/dispatches/2009/11/the-shepherdstown-dance.htmlRechargetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9b4653ef0120a6ad3555970c2009-11-05T12:41:39-08:002009-11-05T12:41:39-08:00It's been weeks since I've been to the Fill, the birding sanctuary a mile down the hill. This small patch of landscape has the capacity to slow me down and make me notice like no other, and I have sorely...Doug Plummerhttp://dougplummer.blogs.com/dispatches/2009/11/recharge.htmlKnow when you need a protag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9b4653ef0120a6aaa9aa970c2009-11-04T20:24:13-08:002009-11-04T20:24:13-08:00No photographer can understand how to market their work by themselves. Almost all of us who have successfully navigated the path to making our passion a career, has done so with the help of a photography marketing consultant. Doug Plummerhttp://dougplummer.blogs.com/dispatches/2009/11/know-when-you-need-a-pro.htmlA Halloween videotag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9b4653ef0120a69d5c00970c2009-11-01T11:45:04-08:002009-11-01T11:45:04-08:00The house down the street every year puts on an elaborate and truly gross Halloween skit that's a hit with the trick & treaters and, especially, their parents. Here's the video. Doug Plummerhttp://dougplummer.blogs.com/dispatches/2009/11/a-halloween-video.htmlOn exhibit, in a waytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9b4653ef0120a642ab3a970b2009-10-30T17:48:21-07:002009-10-30T17:48:21-07:00I was on the University of Washington campus earlier this week, when my client pointed out the display posters around campus."Oh, are those mine?" It must be really startling for the subjects when they come across them.Doug Plummerhttp://dougplummer.blogs.com/dispatches/2009/10/on-exhibit-in-a-way.htmlAn awesomely beautiful DSLR video by Ami Vitaletag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9b4653ef0120a62ff0a2970b2009-10-28T16:15:29-07:002009-10-28T16:15:29-07:00Background on DSLR News Shooter. An awesomely beautiful and moving piece by photojournalist Ami Vitale. Enjoy.Doug Plummerhttp://dougplummer.blogs.com/dispatches/2009/10/an-awesomely-beautiful-dslr-video-by-ami-vitale.htmlStock photography is deadtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9b4653ef0120a62186da970b2009-10-26T13:55:57-07:002009-10-26T13:55:57-07:00It's not as if we didn't know this already, but Paul Melcher sums it up well over on Thoughts of a Bohemian. Stock photography as a career option for photographers is over. Dead. Done. Not that this is a big surprise to me, but it feels particularly definitive now. I'll still get my Getty Images royalty every month, but the amounts will continue to get smaller every month. I haven't bothered to submit new work that way for over a year.Doug Plummerhttp://dougplummer.blogs.com/dispatches/2009/10/stock-photography-is-dead.htmlAdvice from a dinosaurtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9b4653ef0120a61f2eae970b2009-10-25T20:54:25-07:002009-10-25T20:54:25-07:00Cheryl Nicolai is a Denver photographer, shooting only film (hence the "dinosaur" appellation) who has been getting a lot of attention lately on TOP and A Photo Editor, for good reason. Here is her "Advice" piece, the first entry on...Doug Plummerhttp://dougplummer.blogs.com/dispatches/2009/10/advice-from-a-dinosaur.htmlFiguring it out on the jobtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9b4653ef0120a615f118970b2009-10-22T18:19:59-07:002009-10-22T18:19:59-07:00I shot 60gb worth of photos yesterday. That's about 1600 images, and a little video too. Why so much, given that I never shoot with the motor set to continuous mode? Doug Plummerhttp://dougplummer.blogs.com/dispatches/2009/10/figuring-it-out-on-the-job.htmlTraditions at St John's Collegetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9b4653ef0120a6564757970c2009-10-19T17:57:20-07:002009-10-19T17:57:20-07:00I have chosen to drop the practice of blogging about my college assignments, after a couple of incidents of too much candor that have gotten me in some hot water (one of my favorite aphorisms is: “Good judgement is the...Doug Plummerhttp://dougplummer.blogs.com/dispatches/2009/10/traditions-at-st-johns-college.htmlPlanning a shottag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9b4653ef0120a5defb22970b2009-10-12T21:15:05-07:002009-10-12T21:15:05-07:00I had finished my assignment at St. John's College in Santa Fe and, cruising the web, discovered that the next morning there was a big balloon launch 50 miles away in Albuquerque. My flight wasn't until 11. The balloons launch...Doug Plummerhttp://dougplummer.blogs.com/dispatches/2009/10/planning-a-shot.htmlTravellingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9b4653ef0120a5bd0b3c970b2009-10-04T20:13:47-07:002009-10-04T20:13:59-07:00 Will Shortz's puzzle came on during the drive to the airport. This is Sunday morning sacred time in our household, and one of us (the one who's good at puzzles) must not be interrupted during the segment. This one was spectacularly easy for me, involving two words and finding the common third word that made two compound words. Robin found it hard. This from a woman who can do Sudoku while talking on the phone, a puzzle who's abstract logic I find thoroughly opaque. Doug Plummerhttp://dougplummer.blogs.com/dispatches/2009/10/travelling.htmlThe latest videotag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c9b4653ef0120a6021842970c2009-09-29T19:56:16-07:002009-09-29T19:56:16-07:00My next door neighbor Sue regularly hosts a Quebec music session with some of Seattle's finest musicians, and invites me to listen. Here is the video.Doug Plummerhttp://dougplummer.blogs.com/dispatches/2009/09/the-latest-video.html