Portrait of a Place.

This is my portrait of a place. I think I used a bad capture setting and didn't realize it until I was finished editing, but I'll fix it later. Carly did videography for me, and it looks pretty good, I think. I set it to "How I Feel" by Wax Tailor.

"On the stage, please. They're all waiting for you."

EDIT: Settings are fixed and all is well.

SONY vs JVC

I haven't shot much on the Sony, but I have quite a bit of experience on the JVC. Ultimately, I don't think I can say I like one better than the other- but the sole reason for this is that the Sony records to Mini-DV tapes. I hate working with tapes, because I'm always afraid that the deck is going to eat them and my work will be destroyed. Additionally, having to log and capture is a pain.

However, I much prefer the image quality of the Sony to the JVC. I'm a big fan of the clean, dynamic images captured by the CMOS sensor. I think it really depends on your project- I've used the JVC to shoot a lot of live video, and it's been pretty great (especially being able to hot-swap cards), but I think I prefer the Sony for well-thought-out narratives or pieces like our portraits.

-Hamilton

what is the future

I know people who plan every step of their lives out- meticulously scratching dates and assignments and meetings in the their planners, taking each day on as if it were a to-do list.

I am not one of those people.

I take life on one day at a time. I am very bad at planning. I miss deadlines regularly. So when you ask me, "What are your plans?", I am being honest when I say I don't have any. But here's my best guess, my fingers-crossed maybe-this-will-happen hope. I want to go to grad school and get an M.F.A. so I can teach video courses part-time. I want to edit part-time. I want to move to a big, creative city (probably Austin or Nashville). I want to find a lady and start a family. I want to start a rock and roll band.

But mostly, I just want to edit. I'm interested in other things (here I am in Advanced Videography), but editing is where I feel like I "fit." It's what I'm best at. I'm more interested in short-form stuff (especially music videos) than feature length films, but I'm willing to take what I'm given. I don't really have plans, per se- I just have things I want to accomplish. I'm willing to take it as it comes. We'll see.