Part of me thinks that companies should not be spending on money on somewhat useless stuff that looks like this and part of me really likes it. Now we just need those doors that “whoosh” open and closed.
This is just the backup exit button.
Category Archives: Video
brooklynn goes shopping
Just in case you were wondering, yes, I realize I never did a monthly letter for Brooklynn last month. At this point, considering we’re 10 days away from getting to the next month milestone, I’ll shoot for having that done within a week of it actually passing.
I have a whole list of excuses from being busy at work to spending more time outside to the fact that more technology is making my life more complicated. I’m maybe at some point in her life, Brooklynn will point back to this time as when it became apparent that I didn’t love her as much as I said I did.
Anyway, here’s a video to tide you over.
Brooklynn Goes Shopping from Chris&Rhiannon on Vimeo.
Who ever thought that shopping could be so exciting?
And now you also know why we prefer to do our shopping in the evenings when the stores aren’t packed.
tiny playground
Tiny Playground from Chris&Rhiannon on Vimeo.
There is a small playground on the way to the grocery store that Brooklynn likes to stop at when we go for walks.
Two rocking animals and two swings – typically, we have to use all four of them before we can continue on. (Except for the day when she was content to sit and throw wood chips down the hill.)
This was shot, edited and uploaded completely from my cell phone with a free application from Vimeo. Yes, the future is now.
Now if we could just get decent cell phone reception at our house in a major metro area so Rhiannon wouldn’t have to talk to her sisters on the cell phone only when we go for walks.
the best part
Before the cold and cough and fever Brooklynn is currently making her way through, there was homemade whipped cream.
Brooklynn Licks Beaters from Chris&Rhiannon on Vimeo.
We’re just hoping we get to be that happy all the time again in the near future. Nothing seriously wrong, just a couple of long days.
from a baby’s perspective
One of the things that I got for Christmas was made for me by my brother-in-law, Dalon. It’s a home made video camera “steadicam” consisting of some piping, a weight, and a screw. Simple, but yet something that I didn’t have the tools, materials, or time to make.
So yes, it’s a big heavy black thing that you put a somewhat tiny camera on and walk around with. An arm and shoulder workout and hopefully smoother video all at once.
In short, one of those really cool gifts that I knew what it was but everyone else in the room kind of went “Huh?” about.
The day after Christmas, I had the chance to test it out. We were pulling Brooklynn around in the yard on the sled (and when I say Brooklynn, I mean Brooklynn and Sarah and when I say we, I mean Brooklynn’s grandpa) and I was videoing. The problem I’ve always had shooting video of Brooklynn, at least ever since she started moving, was that I would either have to hold the camera at my chest as I walked around to be stable or deal with the jerkiness that comes when I try to crouch as I walk to follow her around.
So, with the homebrew steadicam, I just flip it over and have the camera down at ground level. Yes, the video is upside down, but I flip that back over on the computer. And no, I didn’t flip the audio tracks, so left and right are a little off here, but it doesn’t matter too much in this version.
Do still need practice to get a little smoother? Sure. But it’s a whole lot better than it was. Now if only the snow wasn’t quite so crunchy underfoot.
Sledding with Brooklynn from Chris&Rhiannon on Vimeo.
Thanks go out to Sarah for riding around with Brooklynn, who apparently doesn’t like actually touching or being close to snow all that much, and to Ted, for pulling people around while I played with my camera. Don’t worry, I took my turn at pulling too, just as soon as Brooklynn got comfortable enough to sit in the sled all by herself.
