tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72627979472116283472024-03-05T04:02:38.487-05:00Lucas RidleyReports from my life.Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861154979935239342noreply@blogger.comBlogger245125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7262797947211628347.post-80085131574887513242012-03-22T23:36:00.002-04:002012-03-22T23:40:12.573-04:00Growing UpThis blog is REALLY old - visit my new website: <a href="http://lucasridley.com">http://lucasridley.com</a><div><br /></div><div>Even though I never post here any more I thought I should put this here at least since this is still the inter web and people might visit here. It's my student short film from Vancouver Film School:</div><br /><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/35039789" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe>Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861154979935239342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7262797947211628347.post-76154709520338026132010-04-05T12:09:00.003-04:002010-04-05T12:11:32.286-04:00Happy Easter<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Visit my new blog: </span><a href="http://lucasridley.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">http://LUCASRIDLEY.com</span></a><br /><br />Hope everyone had a happy easter, and didn't get peeled . . . if you're an orange:<br /><br /><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/y4iw8Ib2JGU&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/y4iw8Ib2JGU&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861154979935239342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7262797947211628347.post-74293752499902199462010-03-24T15:11:00.003-04:002010-03-24T15:14:11.575-04:00You still here?This is my old blog check out my new one here:<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://lucasridley.com">http://lucasridley.com</a></span><br /><br />I also started my business website:<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://lucasridleystudios.com">http://lucasridleystudios.com</a></span><br /><br />and I post a picture every day here!<br /><a href="http://lucasridley.tumblr.com">http://lucasridley.tumblr.com</a>Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861154979935239342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7262797947211628347.post-58942871358227356942010-02-22T18:10:00.001-05:002010-02-22T18:12:41.660-05:00Avatar Goes Hang Gliding<object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eVcjpuzMjmo&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eVcjpuzMjmo&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="340" width="560"></embed></object><br /><br />Also this is my old blog, check out my new website: <a href="http://lucasridley.com">http://lucasridley.com</a><br /><br />Don't forget to subscribe to me on youtube too!<br />Click this link to do so:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=alta8bird">http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=alta8bird</a>Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861154979935239342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7262797947211628347.post-72310313208877872342009-12-20T17:34:00.003-05:002009-12-20T17:36:53.915-05:00You're still looking here?Go on over to <a href="http://lucasridley.com">http://lucasridley.com</a>, that's where all the new stuff is at! I've made 3 new videos since the Nikon one, check them out over there.Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861154979935239342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7262797947211628347.post-79551858848465247032009-12-15T11:48:00.003-05:002009-12-15T11:51:21.130-05:00Nikon Festival VideoMake comments and watch it here:<br /><a href="http://www.nikonfestival.com/blog/2009/12/14/step-into-air/">http://www.nikonfestival.com/blog/2009/12/14/step-into-air/</a><br /><br />Or go over to my new website and see what I have to say about it, and watch it there too:<br /><a href="http://lucasridley.com/2009/12/14/step-into-a-i-r-nikon-festival/">http://lucasridley.com/2009/12/14/step-into-a-i-r-nikon-festival/</a>Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861154979935239342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7262797947211628347.post-10582018089432106262009-12-05T17:38:00.001-05:002009-12-05T17:39:53.273-05:00New Blog Post (Dec. 5)There's a new blog post with pics over at:<div><a href="http://lucasridley.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>LUCASRIDLEY.com</b></span></a></div>Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861154979935239342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7262797947211628347.post-5774200691613452472009-12-02T11:27:00.002-05:002009-12-02T11:30:23.744-05:002 New VideosSince my last post here I've completed two other videos for contests.<div><br /></div><div>You can see them at my new website:</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="http://lucasridley.com">http://lucasridley.com</a></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Also, voting has begun for the Mountain Dew contest, go to the link below to vote for my video 3 times a day until Dec. 13th. I could have a chance at producing a real Mountain Dew commercial with a budget of $200,000 ! ! !</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="http://12seconds.tv/v/NZMUH"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">http://12seconds.tv/v/NZMUH</span></b></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">_____</span></div>Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861154979935239342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7262797947211628347.post-63120170704306882462009-11-21T11:58:00.001-05:002009-11-21T12:00:43.673-05:00Mountain Dew CommercialCheck out my latest <a href="http://lucasridley.com">Hang Gliding commercial</a> on my new website. It's for Mountain Dew.Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861154979935239342noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7262797947211628347.post-13129271587698619752009-11-20T00:32:00.003-05:002009-11-20T00:37:17.302-05:00Nov 19th flight | VideoCheck out the new website for more details:<br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><a href="http://lucasridley.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">http://lucasridley.com</span></a></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lucasridley.com/Photos/2009/11/19/Carl.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 648px; height: 364px;" src="http://lucasridley.com/Photos/2009/11/19/Carl.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861154979935239342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7262797947211628347.post-5132398503827301862009-11-17T17:53:00.002-05:002009-11-17T17:59:43.322-05:00Speed Run and the 7D at night<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lucasridley.com/Photos/2009/11/wingtiptouchground.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 646px; height: 361px;" src="http://lucasridley.com/Photos/2009/11/wingtiptouchground.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Check out the new blog <a href="http://lucasridley.com/?p=425">HERE</a> to see more pictures.<br /><br />Did a speed run yesterday to get some footage for a project I'm working on and used the Canon 7D last night around a fire to see what it could do in low light. I was pretty impressed and am excited to keep using it!<br />________________<br /><a href="http://lucasridley.com/">http://lucasridley.com</a>Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861154979935239342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7262797947211628347.post-46050820440750340612009-11-15T10:51:00.004-05:002009-11-15T11:01:43.983-05:00New Blog! lucasridley.com<b><a href="http://www.lucasridley.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">www.LucasRidley.com</span></a> </b>is my new website and blog. I still have a lot of work to do on it, but thought I'd go ahead and announce it.<div><br /></div><div>I will still be keeping this blog and will probably double post for a little while here and over there. Once I make the move over there, this blog will still be up so you can see all the past entries.</div><div><br /></div><div>I have posted a poll to the right there for you to vote which one you like better.</div><div><br /></div><div>See my twitter feed to the right as well for updates - back to working on the new blog, and a couple other project! (I was out yesterday capturing some time-lapse sequences in Chattanoooga to put into a time lapse video - stay tuned!)</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguX9nvI7o-uNJBcrY8zt1NJUxFsaO77qwxKsEBoSyCIXs0iPEtzvhwA5BPHgN8mmpNlVdj6WdCEr36dpIZP0jF541Fff0GnwB09IxZBUgHWICROHTlwVj1Yww510oKIyhTRksSj5nA2Z8/s1600-h/IMG_7989.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguX9nvI7o-uNJBcrY8zt1NJUxFsaO77qwxKsEBoSyCIXs0iPEtzvhwA5BPHgN8mmpNlVdj6WdCEr36dpIZP0jF541Fff0GnwB09IxZBUgHWICROHTlwVj1Yww510oKIyhTRksSj5nA2Z8/s400/IMG_7989.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404361039518712274" /></a><br />one scene that was timelapsed yesterdayLucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861154979935239342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7262797947211628347.post-31114250184182750902009-11-12T23:54:00.005-05:002009-11-13T14:01:09.708-05:00Upcoming New Site | HP Laptop ReviewVery quickly: you may have noticed that you were redirected to www.lucasridley.com (edit: I changed it back for now). I am working on making the switch to Wordpress and that website address. It might be a little while before I do this, but wanted to give you a heads up.<br /><br />I'm looking forward to having multiple pages, like 'Blog,' 'Photos,' 'Videos,' etc. so that it will be a little more organized and easy to see the content. Also, it will be a good showcase and contact point for my business, which I am tentatively calling Lucas Ridley Studios.<div><br /></div><div>In addition, I'm going to be reposting all my videos to a <a href="http://vimeo.com/user833941">new Vimeo account</a> because of the functionality and quality that they provide.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqyzD_rmxy-5YICMfyBdZ88j1XtjEC2me4gP-aCFsQHt2JGhinAgmay4GZxhlazJoRr1T7INc79Uttj3NN3WiNp_Oic74U2Bmv-nyAFCOl9isNHL1Ggzs-vk5BzWRWDP5_ZkTswwwBClo/s1600-h/IMG_4148.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqyzD_rmxy-5YICMfyBdZ88j1XtjEC2me4gP-aCFsQHt2JGhinAgmay4GZxhlazJoRr1T7INc79Uttj3NN3WiNp_Oic74U2Bmv-nyAFCOl9isNHL1Ggzs-vk5BzWRWDP5_ZkTswwwBClo/s400/IMG_4148.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403447794658601906" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">My new laptop (read below for a quick review!)</span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwcc_nFzneP1_wNMpmUbS-QBy-PokKn2SqywUT0wXv1tDyvoV8DVeANHR1L9SDhY-t02ADz2CCbF5PAIgV9xwfwWdZOJJrcEAwIH8ZO0AO4V3n1PeuGkYR3Fsr19Ljkx1tMxeVh3n9cP0/s1600-h/IMG_7276.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwcc_nFzneP1_wNMpmUbS-QBy-PokKn2SqywUT0wXv1tDyvoV8DVeANHR1L9SDhY-t02ADz2CCbF5PAIgV9xwfwWdZOJJrcEAwIH8ZO0AO4V3n1PeuGkYR3Fsr19Ljkx1tMxeVh3n9cP0/s400/IMG_7276.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403447789687192626" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeue4R3ZScBi5AsWn3ukjVlpmepD5XIKcdUX-ecFH7vWLcfbiPCCsKJuGExYR9U-xOK2zKMI3xKV4lbcY99Xv-6pc-Vr3Nwmep-3r9i5nH8gkGBGEiwo2sZDcTliyKSBbuc2o0Z5WMABw/s1600-h/IMG_7284.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeue4R3ZScBi5AsWn3ukjVlpmepD5XIKcdUX-ecFH7vWLcfbiPCCsKJuGExYR9U-xOK2zKMI3xKV4lbcY99Xv-6pc-Vr3Nwmep-3r9i5nH8gkGBGEiwo2sZDcTliyKSBbuc2o0Z5WMABw/s400/IMG_7284.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403447778573653458" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Both photos are of one of my dogs, Dudley, both taken with the Canon 7D and 15mm-85mm lens</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So part of my HP winnings was an Artist Edition laptop, a Pavilion dv6 to be specific. And here are my impressions of it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I thought all laptops were created equal, but this thing has a lot of little surprises on it!</div><div style="text-align: left;">For example:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>HDMI output</li><li>built-in webcam</li><li>eSATA connection (for external hard drives)</li><li>button to turn off the touch pad mouse</li><li>altec lansing speakers</li><li>desktop theme that matches exterior artwork on case</li><li>wireless remote control that has a storage compartment on the side of the laptop</li><li>a full keyboard, with numlock pad to the right</li><li>very smooth material used on the mouse touch pad and keys</li><li>glossy screen</li><li>smart battery design - lifts the rear of the computer up to help keep it cool and provide air circulation for the fans</li></ul><div>It has a Duo Core 2.3 GHz processor and 4GB of RAM. I'm really happy with it and was able to get the free upgrade to Windows 7 for it, that is in the mail and coming soon. Once I recieve that I will be uploading all my software to it and putting it to the test with the Adobe Creative Suite and Cinema 4D.</div><div><br /></div><div>Right now my current projects include working on 3 new video contests, migrating to a new blogging software and personal domain name, time-lapse videos with the Canon 7D, still photography, and a ton of tutorials I have piled up in my bookmarks that I need to get through.</div><div><br /></div><div>Tomorrow morning I hope to be flying! Follow me <a href="http://twitter.com/lucasridley">on twitter</a> or see the widget for my tweets in the right side bar in this blog for little updates, like a picture of launch tomorrow before I go fly and stuff like that.</div></div></div>Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861154979935239342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7262797947211628347.post-71167093656465598742009-11-11T10:45:00.004-05:002009-11-11T11:08:14.597-05:00A Soaring Life on Youtube | Updates<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ArytGiTMjNU&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ArytGiTMjNU&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />I posted my submission into the Stella Artois Film contest to Youtube so it would provide for easier viewing now that the contest is over.<br /><br />There are pictures on Life magazine's website of the announcement of the winner. I was so close to being <a href="http://www.life.com/image/92747815">that guy in the picture with Kevin Spacey</a> holding a check for $50,000! But, I am very happy with my Top 10 finish in the contest and am looking forward to hearing about this next short film project that I did for the LG contest. (see that video <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cykHENutlkI">HERE</a>)<br /><br />The <a href="http://www.crashthesuperbowl.com/">Doritos contest</a> submission period is over and it looks like there is about 4,000 entries. I've seen some that are really bad, and I've seen some that are really freaking well shot and probably had a budget of thousands of dollars just for props, costumes, etc. See mine <a href="http://www.crashthesuperbowl.com/#/video/1445/">HERE</a>.<br /><br />Although views and comments don't technically count for anything - I'm currently standing at number 204 of most viewed with 2,059 views. Pass this link around to get other's to watch: http://www.crashthesuperbowl.com/#/video/1445/<br /><br />Both the LG and Dorito's contest will announce it's finalists in early January. Until then I have a couple of other smaller projects I'm working on.<br /><br />Oh, and if you need a laugh, a friend sent this to me and I thought it was pretty funny - click <a href="http://www.eligr.com/2009/08/random-thoughts-email-forward/">HERE</a>.Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861154979935239342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7262797947211628347.post-50096382902020712562009-11-08T11:34:00.006-05:002009-11-08T12:03:38.359-05:00Recent Pictures and Higher Res Doritos Vid<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Q6vLnsiOW04vfP6wD594QIWz20dEFm2aBuyoKXcqWSHTssn_4S4w3f1Vt_6iYPuaO5mRg37fDQxatOBrdc3uj83_npK3lNvi9RZtbtItY3ldx4heLc9_x00qsgTXJI6iqaLE076KHic/s1600-h/lucas.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 279px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Q6vLnsiOW04vfP6wD594QIWz20dEFm2aBuyoKXcqWSHTssn_4S4w3f1Vt_6iYPuaO5mRg37fDQxatOBrdc3uj83_npK3lNvi9RZtbtItY3ldx4heLc9_x00qsgTXJI6iqaLE076KHic/s400/lucas.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401776583036254034" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Thanks to </span><a href="http://artandaviation.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Eric</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> for sending me this pic of him and me (I'm to his right). I look a lot further away than I was because of the fisheye lens</span>.</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhXfZLuCbknO_jdX4mB9V3OfsAdwrdxz8bISpn1yOz2WmcQYzAgLw7pY2irM8CaZvaJcg14yKRm15nNAMgrwZN-X2B5wV29w7DCKAzgarNs8Xp33vdQ8NKEx8oX7Vz6KbQNmBS1HpZTdo/s1600-h/IMG_6438.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhXfZLuCbknO_jdX4mB9V3OfsAdwrdxz8bISpn1yOz2WmcQYzAgLw7pY2irM8CaZvaJcg14yKRm15nNAMgrwZN-X2B5wV29w7DCKAzgarNs8Xp33vdQ8NKEx8oX7Vz6KbQNmBS1HpZTdo/s400/IMG_6438.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401774471044902962" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Driving to launch with the sunsetting and the glider on top of the car.</span></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGDw-rqkzEOSsBezT62az7xiNpE11IbDGdfBsclV9zoCkv0VP-H6DoJmUaclsviFnJBiI_MRBy8FzcqleUV3GiiBfxXgUHBodFOCEQAYluv0F5RX24w7pSM887pds4Np1fpK1QKR-Wdbg/s1600-h/IMG_6443.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGDw-rqkzEOSsBezT62az7xiNpE11IbDGdfBsclV9zoCkv0VP-H6DoJmUaclsviFnJBiI_MRBy8FzcqleUV3GiiBfxXgUHBodFOCEQAYluv0F5RX24w7pSM887pds4Np1fpK1QKR-Wdbg/s400/IMG_6443.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401774473848460642" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Scott flying his bag</div></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpuARFH4vAlAUT6Vo5d7vOt8GW_R8T-rBv7A2cVerrMCJKtqwnnSZwL0PBbuF6B7Llj3RsOMNarut37q6sUuG4lvRhdbAetsOyyDLltgKTdRxTe3kw6uzpjCiUDnfecBwGLzsAt_woges/s1600-h/IMG_4188.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpuARFH4vAlAUT6Vo5d7vOt8GW_R8T-rBv7A2cVerrMCJKtqwnnSZwL0PBbuF6B7Llj3RsOMNarut37q6sUuG4lvRhdbAetsOyyDLltgKTdRxTe3kw6uzpjCiUDnfecBwGLzsAt_woges/s400/IMG_4188.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401773359208647026" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Scott again at sunset.</div></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnF0d6WSS1jPSGEVZCkMb4D7rnEdMjYPkGPEbGtDNoJ0fNV80L2uizDFYqV3UrHdDL9Aef1uFcfLl-n639B2koYpfA2OtuvwNaJfmUkmgJA2qyLlrHUTIqDSlOCxoMKIrkl4_uNeISwVI/s1600-h/IMG_6556.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnF0d6WSS1jPSGEVZCkMb4D7rnEdMjYPkGPEbGtDNoJ0fNV80L2uizDFYqV3UrHdDL9Aef1uFcfLl-n639B2koYpfA2OtuvwNaJfmUkmgJA2qyLlrHUTIqDSlOCxoMKIrkl4_uNeISwVI/s400/IMG_6556.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401776581828067634" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">My dog drying off, after hiking at Cloudland Canyon</span>.</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsk0zrHPNFzuEnIJREjUWAq4tMBWjx18_P22w8snea57iERRfWUZpa3_fj_2XpVf6HSuvpTNMb_PVLRdUllfNp5-jX789nu2YsqpDQO3oypz6_3Gf9srgsDGhCU0o9-WNASKzmUk9YXWw/s1600-h/IMG_6532+copy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsk0zrHPNFzuEnIJREjUWAq4tMBWjx18_P22w8snea57iERRfWUZpa3_fj_2XpVf6HSuvpTNMb_PVLRdUllfNp5-jX789nu2YsqpDQO3oypz6_3Gf9srgsDGhCU0o9-WNASKzmUk9YXWw/s400/IMG_6532+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401776572652280226" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Cloudland Canyon State Park waterfall</span>.</div><br />Here's a higher resolution version of my Doritos entry. I would still encourage you to check it out on the contest page so it will up my views and make a comment if you feel like it on the contest video page here: <a href="http://www.crashthesuperbowl.com/#/video/1445/">http://www.crashthesuperbowl.com/#/video/1445/</a><div><a href="http://www.crashthesuperbowl.com/#/video/1445/"></a><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kQ7oTOL8ruM&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kQ7oTOL8ruM&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></div>Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861154979935239342noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7262797947211628347.post-29394593035304183422009-11-05T18:39:00.005-05:002009-11-05T19:13:29.731-05:00Super Bowl Here I Come!It's official - I'm in the <a href="http://www.crashthesuperbowl.com">Doritos Crash the Super Bowl contest</a>!<br /><br />Fresh off a submission into the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/lgfilmfest">LG Film Fest</a> (<a href="http://lucasridley.blogspot.com/2009/11/leg-to-fly-on-short-film.html">see yesterday's post</a>) I knew I couldn't pass up this year's Doritos contest, especially after the <a href="http://www.herbertbrothers.com/">Herbert Brothers</a> won a million dollars last year.<br /><br />So here's the setup - there is no public voting unless/until the judges pick me as one of the 6 finalists in January. If I make it to the top 6 I'm going to need all the votes I can get so stay tuned here (subscribe using the gadget in the sidebar to the right) to see if I'm a finalist. The voting then chooses the top 3 of those 6 to be played during the Super Bowl and the chance at some huge money if it's rated on USA Today's Ad Meter to be in the top 3 of all the Super Bowl Commercials.<br /><br />I hope you enjoy it, leave comments here, or even better, over at the contest website at this address: <a href="http://www.crashthesuperbowl.com/#/video/1445/">http://www.crashthesuperbowl.com/#/video/1445/</a><br /><br />Any views watching it through the player below won't register in their view counter on the contest website, so <a href="http://www.crashthesuperbowl.com/#/video/1445/">head over there</a> to rack up my numbers, make comments, and make me look good to the judges!<br /><br /><object width="546" height="398"><br /><param name="movie" value="?id=1445"></param><br /><embed src="http://images.crashthesuperbowl.com/11/build-2010_2_1784/swf/embed/embedplayer.swf?id=1445" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="546" height="398"></embed><br /></object><br /><br />Thanks to David, Scott, Eric, Kurt, Sarah, Pablo, Yuki, Diana, and Angela for helping me make this idea come to life.Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861154979935239342noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7262797947211628347.post-18978713801521813122009-11-04T07:05:00.004-05:002009-11-04T07:39:52.175-05:00A Leg To Fly On Short Film(Watch the video at the bottom of this post or <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cykHENutlkI">HERE</a>)<br />So I emailed the contest people and asked if I could just upload this video to my personal youtube account so I didn't have to wait to show it to people - and they said that was fine. It was kind of surprising they allowed it because it is usually a no-no.<br /><br />Here's some background/behind the scenes info on the film. It is for the <a href="http://www.lgfilmfest.com">LGfilmfest.com</a> contest (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/lgfilmfest">their youtube page</a>). There are four categories and this one is in the sports category. There is no public voting for this video so celebrity judges like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYXBigPJI_c">Jamie Foxx</a> are going to be picking the winners, only one from each of the four categories. 3 will receive $10,000 and one will receive $100,000 (Canadian dollars).<br /><br />I got home on a Monday morning from the <a href="http://lucasridley.blogspot.com/2009/09/i-won-hp-contest-az-flats-day-2.html">Santa Cruz Flats Race</a> and found out about this contest that same night. Slept on the idea, which the theme for the contest is an inspiring human story and/or pertaining to LG's logo of 'Life is Good.' So I thought about Tip Rogers who is a really nice guy and since the Treetopper's Team Challenge was going on that week I thought he might be down this way flying with everyone so it would make it easier to film him. I contacted him and he agreed to let me film him for this so I went the very next day to film. He was only down for that Tuesday, Wed., and Thursday, so it was as quick of a turn around as it could be. One of my college buddies Matt Phelan created the music for it after just some quick messages to him about the kind of feel I was going for and I think he did a great job.<br /><br />Please leave your comments here and especially on the youtube page for this video, please go there and rate it and make comments on it. While this doesn't have any public voting I think it couldn't hurt if I had a bunch of comments and good ratings on the youtube page of this video.<br /><br />Feel free to pass it around, copy and paste this address and email it around:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cykHENutlkI">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cykHENutlkI</a><br /><br />Also stay tuned in here, bookmark this blog or whatever, for updates on my upcoming projects. I should be posting my Doritos contest commercial within the next few days as well. In addition, I think I will be reposting my other short film "A Soaring Life" on youtube, now that the Stella Artois contest is over, for easier viewing.<br /><br />Enjoy!<br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cykHENutlkI&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cykHENutlkI&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861154979935239342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7262797947211628347.post-89748447706809018372009-11-03T10:47:00.008-05:002009-11-03T11:06:51.152-05:00More, New photos | updateBelow are some more photos I took the day before yesterday from the keel with the Canon 7d. I have more but I'm going to save them to see if I can get them in the National magazine.<br /><br />Yesterday I tried using my spare downtube coming out of the nose for a camera mount, but with the 7D out there it just seemed so heavy. I had ankle weights on the back of the keel to counter balance. I took it all apart and I'm glad because by the time I launched there was a slight tail wind.<br /><br />It would have been some great pics though because I just did a speed run right on the trees at sunset. Oh well, today I might try the same camera mount setup, but with my point and shoot, so it won't be as heavy.<br /><br />The Doritos commercial is essentially done. I should be submitting it to the contest within the next day or two and then I'm thinking it will take at least 5 days or so for it to show up on the contest site. So stay tuned for that.<br /><br />Oh, and Stella Artois finally announced who won their contest (not me) - <a href="http://stellaartois.triggerstreet.com/ShortFilmProject/index">HERE</a>.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx_K99mPK5VEO4MU0PiIphmJ31mp-1J83ogNn65IYn4idNzef2_7JM65FakoDsqi8sFnHXLoSTwfOygfIHFY5gHaJ54ZjmolOBL9MFE3pCgxodHpdGx7yDAf9vcMpgi_TS3-1SX6EghH0/s1600-h/IMG_5916+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx_K99mPK5VEO4MU0PiIphmJ31mp-1J83ogNn65IYn4idNzef2_7JM65FakoDsqi8sFnHXLoSTwfOygfIHFY5gHaJ54ZjmolOBL9MFE3pCgxodHpdGx7yDAf9vcMpgi_TS3-1SX6EghH0/s400/IMG_5916+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399906511434622690" border="0" /></a>Getting ready to launch (see the newer pilot that had just launched to my right).<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhehdjwL33x1-sOekh3sQFVokgghgpTk0pOevXD3Iut6FGasGs2dy7XVustfONP5Pxzke89pIy76EUNZihvVwl8b_oy-y6lB7vN9_ezqXAVnM0PbWT07olffTBMPDJQgT3NYTlkCbX7IAo/s1600-h/IMG_5940.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhehdjwL33x1-sOekh3sQFVokgghgpTk0pOevXD3Iut6FGasGs2dy7XVustfONP5Pxzke89pIy76EUNZihvVwl8b_oy-y6lB7vN9_ezqXAVnM0PbWT07olffTBMPDJQgT3NYTlkCbX7IAo/s400/IMG_5940.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399906501233549474" border="0" /></a>Getting in my harness after launching<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1JkPutaIfx5u3spYph3vpO9xxtfIeGSzJUXWBt78iX02d7Ot2PmIVKw67TSNJQ5P9vPsl8gLTEe0uPSGno-HbCQyYnWOqwpP2MA9xE1A8mc6PFVb00IFk8SLQvoLeokMXt97dW_mT_Cs/s1600-h/IMG_6027+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1JkPutaIfx5u3spYph3vpO9xxtfIeGSzJUXWBt78iX02d7Ot2PmIVKw67TSNJQ5P9vPsl8gLTEe0uPSGno-HbCQyYnWOqwpP2MA9xE1A8mc6PFVb00IFk8SLQvoLeokMXt97dW_mT_Cs/s400/IMG_6027+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399906123777286050" border="0" /></a>Lookout Mountain Flight Park's ramp, looking towards the end of Lookout Mountain.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwiSW6cW5plx2cOZj72j93BgzAprGDjYzRWf5ohSXIZcTkyztmT-gmqInOdD23a7snk2th1dv2pDVyUmG-BX3EfW7lgXBZtM_D8fVPSnmRPnwqRvJ4hDehmMtXfc46tnxBkDVEkKq8wRM/s1600-h/IMG_6287+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwiSW6cW5plx2cOZj72j93BgzAprGDjYzRWf5ohSXIZcTkyztmT-gmqInOdD23a7snk2th1dv2pDVyUmG-BX3EfW7lgXBZtM_D8fVPSnmRPnwqRvJ4hDehmMtXfc46tnxBkDVEkKq8wRM/s400/IMG_6287+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399906119129851490" border="0" /></a>Moon in the background.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTzbW_e8rVYVEe_XNQGdIVdOYoKvn2VU2UXSKMsd8oUhAU6bx4TWWtdtCYqBp0KKM4B3Jsh0dGhEwTMmP-9Vs7RGzrNttzifjoDB0uzVyNedQULofCtEFLtL6uDI6f8VUm6r_sqSgm0GE/s1600-h/IMG_6360+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTzbW_e8rVYVEe_XNQGdIVdOYoKvn2VU2UXSKMsd8oUhAU6bx4TWWtdtCYqBp0KKM4B3Jsh0dGhEwTMmP-9Vs7RGzrNttzifjoDB0uzVyNedQULofCtEFLtL6uDI6f8VUm6r_sqSgm0GE/s400/IMG_6360+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399906116633550114" border="0" /></a>My favorite way to land - fast on final.<br /></div>Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861154979935239342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7262797947211628347.post-10598669412813490902009-11-01T14:21:00.007-05:002009-11-01T15:35:52.011-05:00Photo-ExtravaganzaThe Doritos commercial is almost finished, but wanted to give a quick photographic overview of what I've done with the Canon 7D so far (besides shoot the Doritos commercial with it).<br /><br />It's a great camera and really worked well for my purposes of filming the Doritos commercial. Stay tuned for that, I'm pretty happy with how it is turning out. And keep watching here to see when my short film 'A Leg to Fly On' is post on the LG contest - and you'll be able to watch that from here too.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEios4gzyQf2z8Nawy6VF4GCqNOa8Zb1DjJ0tG4f_Bo66AtdyorKWupr8manOPhX9fSqhfMwUXAHI0W8eWsuzB5VuFBn12yDXtUOBXg-xSS30LledUwmPHh_fEGcw0CS4JBIqmGHZnKivEY/s1600-h/IMG_5841.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEios4gzyQf2z8Nawy6VF4GCqNOa8Zb1DjJ0tG4f_Bo66AtdyorKWupr8manOPhX9fSqhfMwUXAHI0W8eWsuzB5VuFBn12yDXtUOBXg-xSS30LledUwmPHh_fEGcw0CS4JBIqmGHZnKivEY/s400/IMG_5841.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399233997369802498" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioAZ4EupgD5Ruf2bumRHRPIM4FrwjNv7381_MvR26FxGSHhTagHx0Q66F3Y11Yd43A10r4e03xHduA7adBX_PRdMsnL_1ekt4ZjhgEw4LlYYV2sEPYShq9iGYTY58JwS0A_bDdWVT2qbQ/s1600-h/launch.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzSfl4mD6XcZa1rjXokBqJSLrfs1JAHJEe1RefkJz_uodzgKxdORh1X3xPZOnZXsNV5DMkI_jHmI7YfvGTA5rzuKX1Gf3b2XqssgU2i7pauZxibkDikccuXPrYwGtZXOyyt9dYyo_Ucm8/s400/donuts.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399223562152964226" border="0" /></a>Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861154979935239342noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7262797947211628347.post-56961608041117168452009-10-29T09:49:00.002-04:002009-10-29T09:52:00.281-04:00Doritos Filming FinishedJust a quick update to let you know the filming for Doritos commercial went great, thanks to Diana, Scott, Eric, Kurt, Pablo, Yuki, and Angela.<br /><br />It was a fun time and now it's on to editing . . .<br /><br />Stay tuned for more updates and the finished video within the next week.Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861154979935239342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7262797947211628347.post-20360540380141124532009-10-27T09:15:00.003-04:002009-10-27T09:34:39.584-04:00Doritos Video Still ShotI like to keep you guys up to date on what I'm doing and below is a still shot from the Doritos commercial I'm working on for the '<a href="http://www.crashthesuperbowl.com/">Crash the Super Bowl</a>' contest.<br /><br />This contest is huge, you may have heard last year that the <a href="http://www.herbertbrothers.com/transitfilms/index.asp">Herbert Brothers</a> who entered this contest with <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UukD_cIw08E">their video</a>, was played during the Super Bowl, and was rated the best commercial so Doritos gave them a million dollars! Same deal this year, except if you come in 2nd or 3rd on the USA Today Ad meter you get $600,000 and $400,000 respectively (last year you only got money for 1st on the Ad meter).<br /><br />I am using Magic Bullet Looks to color grade the footage taken, I did a little split screen on the image below of before (right) and after (left) color grading. You can see it gives a little more professional look and feel to it (it's hard to tell by looking at this small image, click on it to see it bigger).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM-qD7pLAO1GsA0jEK3AKqTaFWizJl4krB07PZ1cxIklGlygR689wawsFCd_Zfm6dcuHPbc_7wmWzq0LB1uDqm-ONiO5YoifyA0Xs_fqpHpRC1wgoPS_LN9U1B7HgP_SpqwZ8EZnS1Dzo/s1600-h/DoritosAEstill.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM-qD7pLAO1GsA0jEK3AKqTaFWizJl4krB07PZ1cxIklGlygR689wawsFCd_Zfm6dcuHPbc_7wmWzq0LB1uDqm-ONiO5YoifyA0Xs_fqpHpRC1wgoPS_LN9U1B7HgP_SpqwZ8EZnS1Dzo/s400/DoritosAEstill.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397269055111339538" border="0" /></a><br />I also just wanted to add for the techie people that I'm using a trial version of <a href="http://www.cineform.com/neoscene/">Cineform NeoScene</a> to transcode my video before I start editing. I heard it would make previews in the software run smoother and export easier while maintaining quality - and that's exactly what it does, it is going to change the way I edit! Now I can actually see a preview of what I'm editing instead of jerky still frames! I was a little concerned at first because playing the transcoded file by itself it made any motion in the footage seem interlaced and had these pink lines where motion was, but once in editing it's not there and I export to WMV files from the editing software and it works greatLucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861154979935239342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7262797947211628347.post-68396800930674258492009-10-24T22:36:00.003-04:002009-10-24T22:49:20.639-04:00Ridge Soaring Fun<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDqpchknj-Q28tzqSuRFKV-f217lG-A3L6JrsIEy9_-t-X4lzmSkTZn6fZ7fzw0DP7ooZ66Oq-e2zqCk2eGvdJRyl1rgLXukXsJ8KHdv3fPakUNmyKvVJcLz6MfobUW_F6Em5ifqdaKY0/s1600-h/IMG_2908+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDqpchknj-Q28tzqSuRFKV-f217lG-A3L6JrsIEy9_-t-X4lzmSkTZn6fZ7fzw0DP7ooZ66Oq-e2zqCk2eGvdJRyl1rgLXukXsJ8KHdv3fPakUNmyKvVJcLz6MfobUW_F6Em5ifqdaKY0/s400/IMG_2908+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396361390536295794" border="0" /></a>Took the 7D on a little ridge soaring flight today. I had given my Joby gorillapod mount to Tip for letting me make a film on him so I just taped the camera down around the keel wires.Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861154979935239342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7262797947211628347.post-17767904311670110992009-10-23T19:09:00.006-04:002009-10-23T19:22:17.277-04:007D First Impressions<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_qVNM7ScZ6MINBREZ8aPLB5Ww9Pom6zMy6Y-8KDHW43JqlrB-PbmCu6pul-n_Ap7Q0nA4SYCBMxFxJ23Cm3LSWWkmVbA3Dsri21acgy1yibSRx4P2vZ1NuVZ0rfOfonmPy3Ec1PmO-Uo/s1600-h/IMG_0055.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_qVNM7ScZ6MINBREZ8aPLB5Ww9Pom6zMy6Y-8KDHW43JqlrB-PbmCu6pul-n_Ap7Q0nA4SYCBMxFxJ23Cm3LSWWkmVbA3Dsri21acgy1yibSRx4P2vZ1NuVZ0rfOfonmPy3Ec1PmO-Uo/s400/IMG_0055.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395936771569357090" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">It came!<br /></span></div><br />I've had the camera only a few hours, the most of which the battery was charging. But I am really excited about this camera!<br /><br />I'm happy with my lens choice of the 15-85mm, it seems like that is going to be a good range for me to use for an all-purpose lens. Luckily, I have a nikon to canon lens adapter so my Nikon 50mm f/1.8 will work on it, but I have to be dead on for the focus. The Canon lens' zoom and focus rings were a little stiffer than I was expecting, but I think its just something to get used to.<br /><br />It isn't a light camera, and trying to use the zoom or focus ring while filming video is near impossible to prevent camera shake. I may invest in some rods and a focus puller. All those accessories add up quick though. <a href="http://store.zacuto.com/DSLR-Sniper.html">Zacuto</a> looks like they make some great products, but buying a kit would be way more expensive than the camera itself! We'll see.<br /><br />I need to get used to the setup of the manual features but I like the two dials, one for the thumb and one for the pointy finger. You basically press a button for say ISO, shutter speed, or aperture and then use the dials to adjust.<br /><br />Now on to trying to get the Doritos commercial together and get this camera dialed in so I can film maybe this coming Wednesday. I also got the Zoom H4n to supplement the poor audio quality that is on the dslr's these days, but I haven't had a chance to play with it yet much.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-ZIm59vbMU1JqmP3i_obbvYuT3ItFbXeJtboUoSoxT73wpjQGXrFVy-84XZr9xNy1hMHq7_ThmzVHlcvFZuZFLgd1h77vwv-UAO5sw5mThZvaEOjMqMsH5-j-Ro353UMJNSPQCRlwEA/s1600-h/IMG_0149.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-ZIm59vbMU1JqmP3i_obbvYuT3ItFbXeJtboUoSoxT73wpjQGXrFVy-84XZr9xNy1hMHq7_ThmzVHlcvFZuZFLgd1h77vwv-UAO5sw5mThZvaEOjMqMsH5-j-Ro353UMJNSPQCRlwEA/s400/IMG_0149.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395939491154179042" border="0" /></a>Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861154979935239342noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7262797947211628347.post-30830608200998265422009-10-22T12:58:00.006-04:002009-10-22T13:18:22.729-04:00Lost Contest<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpCrqe0WxtByvuyNjhxQzSaJQATv7q2ABi05Rp5GGBRqPDyXg_fWVrBxkgC3cD8b9wkOJHnInQzTCwlHOp_uxdRPgPiOEPhWoslK7Qcp6Vbucr4FvyYthNvCEN229lry1UX30ui9jQyFo/s1600-h/noname.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpCrqe0WxtByvuyNjhxQzSaJQATv7q2ABi05Rp5GGBRqPDyXg_fWVrBxkgC3cD8b9wkOJHnInQzTCwlHOp_uxdRPgPiOEPhWoslK7Qcp6Vbucr4FvyYthNvCEN229lry1UX30ui9jQyFo/s400/noname.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395472776476110082" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">My new brainstorming team - I might fire them though, I think I caught one of them eating their own poop during a break-time.</span><br /></div><br />Well I made it as an 'honorable mention' but did not place in the top 3 (for money prizes) on the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzXUa6HW8Yk">EPA Video Contest</a>. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFi81iClQjk">HERE</a> was my entry.<br /><br />I just received my copy of <a href="http://www.videocopilot.net/products/action2/">Action Essentials 2</a> today, so I should be <a href="http://www.videocopilot.net/products/action2/tutorials/compositing_breakdown/">blowing stuff up</a> in no time.<br /><br />Get ready for a slew of photographs on this blog from my Canon 7D arriving in the mail tomorrow.<br /><br />Lastly, I have come up with an idea for the <a href="http://www.crashthesuperbowl.com/">Doritos Super Bowl Commercial contest</a> and will be filming it using the Canon 7D, so watch out <a href="http://videocontestking.wordpress.com/">other video contesters</a>! My brainstorming team was speechless when I told them my idea, so that's a good sign, but I'm still trying to think of more since you can submit up to 10 entries.<br /><br />Stay tuned!<br /><br />Edit: I just received an email from the LG contest saying they won't be posting any new videos (including my "A Leg to Fly On") for a "while" while they process the entries. So hopefully it won't be too much longer before you can watch that one.Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861154979935239342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7262797947211628347.post-50530705634954313852009-10-21T09:49:00.006-04:002009-10-21T10:31:13.965-04:00New Camera in the mail!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSUtxx49Sl8eBbvV943bErl39fkJf2xF7i1V80vBZDdcoRK6aAjfq0PlKPwsQ_EfwKsK2EkNrHpVMzgEP-w71VdA_Ud3Vcu4uAPKaL378rIaZwus1J9nUNAYC8MdUgY2R1XS-CyGQIYgc/s1600-h/IMG_4133.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSUtxx49Sl8eBbvV943bErl39fkJf2xF7i1V80vBZDdcoRK6aAjfq0PlKPwsQ_EfwKsK2EkNrHpVMzgEP-w71VdA_Ud3Vcu4uAPKaL378rIaZwus1J9nUNAYC8MdUgY2R1XS-CyGQIYgc/s400/IMG_4133.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395053237990492210" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">This isn't from the new camera, that's coming Friday, just a shot from this morning.</span><br /></div><br />(Warning: This could be a very boring post to people who don't care.)<br /><br />After much deliberation between me, myself, and I, I've decided and bought a Digital SLR: the <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&ved=0CBYQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usa.canon.com%2Fconsumer%2Fcontroller%3Fact%3DModelInfoAct%26fcategoryid%3D139%26modelid%3D19356&ei=qhLfSseAGYum8Aa5y8lb&usg=AFQjCNG1ZJ5FPP-EBABOXD7Q9CD-hFGsTQ&sig2=1MKbJ0ovAM9oTwanDVwFNQ">Canon EOS 7D</a> with the new 15-85mm lens (or really like 24 to 138mm on a 35mm camera, so a wide tele photo lens). It should get here Friday.<br /><br />It was either that ($1,700 for the body only) or a prosumer camcorder (like a Sony HDR FX100 at like $3,100), and I felt a DSLR would better suit my needs between crossing over between hang gliding things and video contests as opposed to something more expensive and heavy.<br /><br />The disadvantages of course is that it is a bit big for a DSLR, and it is <a href="http://www.kenrockwell.com/canon/1-6x.htm">not a 'full-frame'</a>, but it's sensor is still large for doing video (this sensor is multiple times larger than the one in my dedicated HD camcorder, the Canon HF100, which is smaller than the smallest square in <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Sensor_sizes_overlaid_inside.svg/550px-Sensor_sizes_overlaid_inside.svg.png">this picture</a> compared to the APS-C sized sensor that's in the 7D). It can only shoot in 4GB increments of video (or about 12 minute clips). So no hour long interviews with this one, unless I just start and stop it a bunch.<br /><br />With all the negative stuff out of the way, I'm really excited about this. It shoots 8 frames per second (fps) photographs and most importantly for me - HD video. I won't go into all the specifics, but a couple things I'm excited about is getting away from my <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth-of-field_adapter#How_it_works">depth of field adapter</a> on my normal camcorder which makes the footage have a pretty bad <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vignetting">vignette</a> and very noisy <a href="http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/bokeh.htm">bokeh</a> (the unfocused portion of an image) because of the ground glass in it.<br /><br />With this 15-85mm lens I think I'm going to be able to get some great pics at comps next year and of some Fall foliage while flying this year. <a href="http://moyesusa.com/">Kraig Coombar</a> is sending me an extra nose cone for my glider so I can make a nose camera mount and use this new camera!<br /><br />The HD video has the option to shoot 60 fps (double what cameras normally do) in the 720p mode, which translates into doing some super sweet slow motions, like foot launches and landings (or whacks).<br /><br />Yesterday I took a sled run with about 10 other people, felt good. Then I replaced part of the vg cord in my glider and put in a short hang strap because I removed a spacer in my Matrix Race harness in Arizona, and with the hang strap I had, my chest was on the basetube when heads down.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBg2iARpuDERDAhFJZRK_Zb9XDlUyj09HihMbb1vs78UexOmGa1DvE78ez03RDbGPLSCc5WcSS7cNvTTT_zwHeEFNv-wkzXGjlkcJRwYDC0K38URrv6LHo-lBO-UfT00Yoe5qoLKVxIoY/s1600-h/vgcord.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBg2iARpuDERDAhFJZRK_Zb9XDlUyj09HihMbb1vs78UexOmGa1DvE78ez03RDbGPLSCc5WcSS7cNvTTT_zwHeEFNv-wkzXGjlkcJRwYDC0K38URrv6LHo-lBO-UfT00Yoe5qoLKVxIoY/s400/vgcord.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395059226045038354" border="0" /></a>This shows the difference between the frayed cord and the one I was replacing it with. (Don't worry mom, I don't hang by that part).Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861154979935239342noreply@blogger.com0