I did some of the videotaping for the Fundies class this weekend. I used my Olympus 720 on video mode (which isn't really videography, so I'm sorry if this should be elsewhere, but it was continuous photography).
What a challenge! Maintaining buoyancy and trim while staying focused through the lens, even when we got up into very shallow water (for a while, I was swimming at 5 fsw), and in visibility which started poor and got worse with our shenanigans, was a real test of skills. Trying to maneuver around the class divers without getting in their way, and without getting in the way of the "main" videographer (with a REAL video camera) put a stress on my back kick, and trying to "read" what the students were doing so I could move BEFORE the footage became useless was a wild exercise in trying to take pictures AND see what was in the viewfinder.
I've done a bunch of videotaping of horses in the past, and I had learned that you can't "watch" the horse and do a good job taping; you have to focus on the quality of the picture (centering, focus, angle, etc.) Here, I couldn't do that, because I had to remain aware of what was happening because it was likely to happen right over the top of me if I didn't!
Anyway, it was great fun, much harder than I thought it would be, and left me with the desire to do it again.
What a challenge! Maintaining buoyancy and trim while staying focused through the lens, even when we got up into very shallow water (for a while, I was swimming at 5 fsw), and in visibility which started poor and got worse with our shenanigans, was a real test of skills. Trying to maneuver around the class divers without getting in their way, and without getting in the way of the "main" videographer (with a REAL video camera) put a stress on my back kick, and trying to "read" what the students were doing so I could move BEFORE the footage became useless was a wild exercise in trying to take pictures AND see what was in the viewfinder.
I've done a bunch of videotaping of horses in the past, and I had learned that you can't "watch" the horse and do a good job taping; you have to focus on the quality of the picture (centering, focus, angle, etc.) Here, I couldn't do that, because I had to remain aware of what was happening because it was likely to happen right over the top of me if I didn't!
Anyway, it was great fun, much harder than I thought it would be, and left me with the desire to do it again.
I frequently tape new OW students in the pool...maintaining buoyancy and trim in 4ft of water while taping can be a challenge. 
