Funny cabezon behavior - with video

[Empty V]

Anastasia excellent work, I'm thoroughly impressed with your video skills. Solid camera work (nice fluid movements), smart edits, good compression, and to top it off, a FCP user! Too many people have not made the jump to an apple system. What camera are you using? And thanks for removing the sound of the bubbles from you video.

Thanks for sharing such a funny encounter, It was definitely worth the watch!

Billy

 

[alaity47]

Thanks for the kind words! I'm using a Sony HC3 in a Light and Motion Bluefin, with a couple of their SunRay Classic halogen lights and a super WA lens. I've been diving with this setup since June; before that I had a Sony TRV-22 in a Top Dawg housing for a couple of years. Not nearly as pretty!

I was actually tempted to leave in some of the original sound, because you can hear me laughing hysterically, but music is much more fun.

 

[shoupart]

I have to chime in about the HydroOptix- I absolutely LOVE this mask! I really hate to dive without it- it adds that much to my visual diving experience.
Fortunately (?) I'm near-sighted too, so I don't need to wear contacts with this.

I heard that the company made/is making a variation of this mask for people with normal vision, so they wouldn't need contacts.

 

[Docklobster]

Great Video - I have had lingcod and cabazon charge at me in the past and always try to come back to their same disturbed (my fault) resting place - never anything to the extent in the video though!!

I dive with a hydro optix as well when from a boat and really enjoy the mask, I am lucky as well and don't need to wear contacts with the mask.

 

[Empty V]

Hey Anastasia, I film professionally topside and just ordered my first video U/W housing.

It's for a Panasonic DVX100 and I'm stoked! Now I just need some lights. So I'm not new to video but spankin' new to U/W video. I've got Underwater Video Made Easy which one of the writers happened to be a friend of my old cinematography instructor at CSUN. I've got 5 hours of plane ride to start it on Sunday. Any advice for an U/W video newbie?

Thanks

Billy

 

[alaity47]

Hey Anastasia, I film professionally topside and just ordered my first video U/W housing.

It's for a Panasonic DVX100 and I'm stoked! Now I just need some lights. So I'm not new to video but spankin' new to U/W video. I've got Underwater Video Made Easy which one of the writers happened to be a friend of my old cinematography instructor at CSUN. I've got 5 hours of plane ride to start it on Sunday. Any advice for an U/W video newbie?

Thanks

Billy

Awesome! That thing looks like a monster!

Advice... um. Hrm. Not sure I'm qualified. If you're used to shooting topside, you're already ahead of me when I started! Most of my advice to fellow uw videographs is the same stuff you already know from working on land - get lots of header/trailer on your shots, hold steady, film things from different angles, etc. Basically the same underwater, except lighting and white balance are an extra pain in the butt.

I'm still learning - starting to get a handle on wide angle, but I'm terrible at dealing with lighting when it's dark, or I'm shooting macro. I think I'm a much better editor than I am a videographer - and I enjoy that part a lot more, too.

Have fun! And don't be bummed if you get nothing but crappy footage the first time under....