I returned the beginning of this week from Blogs with Balls in Las Vegas. Visiting Vegas, even if it is for work, can be a risky place but I came back in one piece and not completely broke. (I fared better than my traveling companion Rob Baker, who came back with a case of H1N1. No joke. Although he is doing much better now.) The folks from HHR Media put on an excellent conference, that was well-attended and had some great panelists. I got the sense that for people in the sports blogging world, who are doing this as a business, this event was one not to be missed. Unfortunately as a mostly non-sports fan some of the names, faces, and discussions were lost on me, but it was clearly a successful event. Read more…
Archive for October, 2009
Packing for Travel…Blogs with Balls #1
I am sitting on the plane headed to Las Vegas for Blogs with Balls. With me is Rob Baker of Kabimba Media (who designed this website) who is going to be helping out with the videos. Should be a fun time, with some work mixed in for good measure. My friend Chris, who is one of the organizers of the conference, has put together a good group of panelists and some fun events for the next few days and I’ll capture as much of it as I can. Read more…
Gloucester Gran Prix – A Cyclocross Film
Last weekend I went out to watch a friend race in the Gran Prix of Gloucester cyclocross race. I decided to bring my EX-1 and film the event. Lots of bikes, colorful jerseys, some beers in the beer garden, all made for a great day of filming. Read more…
Cameras, Bikes and Beers
Last weekend my buddy Keith invited me to spend the day watching his friend race in the Gloucester Brewer’s Cup cyclocross race. I figured it’d be a nice day of relaxing by the ocean, drinking beers, watching racers, and I thought it might be a fun event to film. I had never been to a cyclocross race, although I used to do mountain bike racing in high school. Cyclocross is like mountain biking but the bike is more like a modified road bike and they race on a shorter course with multiple laps. I don’t film a ton of sporting events (I don’t think I have done one since my Boston Marathon video back in 2007), although I do find them quite enjoyable. Read more…
It’s Heeerrree!
My shiny new Canon 7D camera is here! I pre-ordered it through Amazon about three weeks ago, but Amazon seemed to be behind the ball on shipping. I had been seeing clips posted online from people all over who had received THEIR cameras, and I wanted mine! So I called Calumet Photo in Cambridge and Newtonville Camera in Newton and got on their waiting lists. Sure enough, the next day (yesterday), I got a call from the fine folks at Newtonville that they had one for me. That was easy. Read more…
Going Steady
On Wednesday I took some time to attend the Learning Lab series at Rule Broadcast. I have mentioned Rule in the past, as one of my go-to rental/sales houses in Boston, and since they moved to their new facilities (after merging with Boston Camera) they have been conducting these weekly sessions on new equipment and techniques. I have attended a few of these workshops, and they are potentially dangerous for techno-geeks like myself. It was through a similar session Rule hosted two years ago that made me buy my EX-1, and virtually all of them feature new gear that I feel I MUST have. As I said… DANGEROUS! Read more…