A bit of back ground before I lead into the open questions. What is your story?
When I left High School back in 1967, I always carried a camera. Sometimes it was a compact B & H 16 mm Filmo (with turret lens & sometimes a 200' attached mag), or an 8 mm Bolex (interior 50'), later a super 8 Macrozoom Bolex (with easy load cartridge). I hitched the U.S.A. shooting everything. Empty beaches of Mid-Florida to the West Coast Scene(s) -- San Fran and L.A. -- 1968 Democratic convention @ Hyde Park. NYC scenes. Rallies & protest marches everywhere. Had fantastic footage of legendary festivals as well as individual super groups like Grateful Dead, Hendrix, Doors, Pink Floyd etc. (you could do that, then with no hassle). Thousands of stills as well. All going into the mid-1970's. Just no sound. In 1979, while locked up in storage at my north OSU apartment complex basement, Tuttle Park area suffered a major flood courtesy of the Olentangy River. The basement was flooded and everything destroyed. Had a great $$$ insurance settlement for that time, but the worth of what were on those reels...
Today, I carry either a DVcam PD100a (very small 3-chip) or a DSR 150 or a poor man's DSLR. The moment after I edit, I convert to DVD-R, (make copies for others to hold on to) and place on additional hard drives. Whether I am in Mexico (last week) or The Keys (in two weeks), Washington D.C. or even a Cleveland Browns game, I always have a camera handy. When they would not allow me into the Mayan Ruins of Tulum last week, with my camera (they called it a pro cam and said I needed a permit) I left. No camera; no me.
Am I weird? Cause over the past twenty years, my cams have accumulated so much quality archive footage (hi-8/DVcam). From the 1990's Everglades and Black Hills/Badlands of South Dakota to San Juan Capistrano to Silver Plume, CO during a major snow storm. Unfortunately no 'major' rock footage allowed these days -- but I shoot alot of new talent for free. Marches and rallies. Haunted Houses, commercial and supposedly 'real'. I dig the guerilla style, shooting quietly from the hip with no fan fare. Has become a second nature for me. LOL. Even friends have learned to tolerate it.
So. How many of us filmmakers always carry a camera? What do you carry? And what do you do with that footage after? Just asking. Or am I just weird?
When I left High School back in 1967, I always carried a camera. Sometimes it was a compact B & H 16 mm Filmo (with turret lens & sometimes a 200' attached mag), or an 8 mm Bolex (interior 50'), later a super 8 Macrozoom Bolex (with easy load cartridge). I hitched the U.S.A. shooting everything. Empty beaches of Mid-Florida to the West Coast Scene(s) -- San Fran and L.A. -- 1968 Democratic convention @ Hyde Park. NYC scenes. Rallies & protest marches everywhere. Had fantastic footage of legendary festivals as well as individual super groups like Grateful Dead, Hendrix, Doors, Pink Floyd etc. (you could do that, then with no hassle). Thousands of stills as well. All going into the mid-1970's. Just no sound. In 1979, while locked up in storage at my north OSU apartment complex basement, Tuttle Park area suffered a major flood courtesy of the Olentangy River. The basement was flooded and everything destroyed. Had a great $$$ insurance settlement for that time, but the worth of what were on those reels...
Today, I carry either a DVcam PD100a (very small 3-chip) or a DSR 150 or a poor man's DSLR. The moment after I edit, I convert to DVD-R, (make copies for others to hold on to) and place on additional hard drives. Whether I am in Mexico (last week) or The Keys (in two weeks), Washington D.C. or even a Cleveland Browns game, I always have a camera handy. When they would not allow me into the Mayan Ruins of Tulum last week, with my camera (they called it a pro cam and said I needed a permit) I left. No camera; no me.
Am I weird? Cause over the past twenty years, my cams have accumulated so much quality archive footage (hi-8/DVcam). From the 1990's Everglades and Black Hills/Badlands of South Dakota to San Juan Capistrano to Silver Plume, CO during a major snow storm. Unfortunately no 'major' rock footage allowed these days -- but I shoot alot of new talent for free. Marches and rallies. Haunted Houses, commercial and supposedly 'real'. I dig the guerilla style, shooting quietly from the hip with no fan fare. Has become a second nature for me. LOL. Even friends have learned to tolerate it.
So. How many of us filmmakers always carry a camera? What do you carry? And what do you do with that footage after? Just asking. Or am I just weird?
