Comments on: Cameras, Bikes and Beers

By: Hans

Hans — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:56:24 +0000

That was inspiring! Well done mix of shots, compositions, and color. You have motivated me to work on my CX filming skills.

By: Tim k

Tim k — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:59:24 +0000

Ben
Brilliant !
You really Nailed the look and feel of cross.I raced that day..and its amazing that your film captured all the vivdness of the event .I hope you do more and include some barriers and run ups..and if I’m lucky maybe i will get to be in one or line up next to you and shake your hand personally and say thank you.
I really enjoyed the video and embedded it on my blog at cxmagazine.com
c’mon in ..the mud is great
cheers and thanks
tim

By: BilL

BilL — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:48:02 +0000

Just watched this stoned. Even better!

By: Benjamin

Benjamin — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:33:01 +0000

Matty that was hilarious. Sorry if I got you in trouble.

By: budd bike works SUCKS! » Ready for My Close Up (or) The Cease and Desist Order

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:23:53 +0000

[...] With all of the film crews descending on Cambridge and Somerville lately I have to admit I’ve caught the Hollywood bug and had been hoping for my big break and at least 15 minutes under the hot lights of fame. Well here it is, my debut on the small screen. I hope your computer is a little faster than mine and that you don’t blink to catch me go by at about minute 1:30 in the nice little cyclocross montage taken by film shooter Benjamin Eckstien from The Great Brewers GP of Gloucester. [...]

By: Benjamin

Benjamin — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:20:38 +0000

Thanks Rob!

By: Rob Imbs

Rob Imbs — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:42:17 +0000

nice work, very well paced.

By: Benjamin

Benjamin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:48:29 +0000

FWIW, that was unintentional until we watched it, and it worked well placed that way.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:14:51 +0000

Ha, that’s awesome… awesome editing too, loved how closely it corresponded to the song.
Now, it wasn’t very nice to put the shot of the woman running right on the line “fat-bottomed girls’ll be riding today”, now was it?
Haha, well done though. Great video.

By: Benjamin

Benjamin — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:42:16 +0000

Thanks for all the kind words.

Colin, I definitely wondered if Queen had been “done”. It seemed
cliched but then when I sampled it in it just worked perfectly. I also haven’t seen many bike videos.

BvB, I’d be happy as a clam to produce videos for other promoters in the future. Please pass my
video along to others who might be interested.

By: BvB

BvB — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:26:00 +0000

Excellent Video. Really nice to see a well made video about the sport I love so much. Every race promoter should have a video like this to highlight their race! The shot from on top of the boulder was especially cool.

By: colinr

colinr — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:14:34 +0000

Wow, that was freaking tight.

My only complaint is that anyone who’s been in the cycling scene for a while has probably
already 10 or more race videos with that song in it.

But I got over it because your video was GREAT!

By: Todd

Todd — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:27:29 +0000

That’s one great video. You really caught the whole story of a cyclocross race.

I had to watch it twice as we don’t see too many good videos on the obscure sport here in the U.s>

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:24:09 +0000

That may be you best yet. Loved it.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:30:57 +0000

Great vid, I agree with Heather in that you definitely captured the pure fun of the race. Queen was a great choice too, definitely got me excited to go ride!