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Army Chopper Flyover

Andy Melton — Sat, 17 May 2008 02:05:28 +0000

Army helicopters and Air Force jets are constantly flying over the house. Ever since I can remember every time I hear one coming over I jump to my feet, rush to the window to look for it in the sky. I don’t know why. I guess they are fascinating. This video is of a large helicopter flying over with some of the best audio in the background.

Army Choppy Flyover (MP4) (2.62 MB)

Army Chopper Flyover from andymelton on Vimeo.

December Harvest at Coffeez

Andy Melton — Mon, 12 May 2008 03:58:37 +0000

I got the opportunity last night to hangout with December Harvest, a local band. They performed at Coffeez in Jefferson City, TN. Also performing last night were Under A Black Flag We Sail, A Fate Painted Black and 13th Eyelet. It was a great night and I think December Harvest done a great job. Check out the video below in the flash player or download the full resolution version. View the photos I took at the event. Click over to their MySpace page and show them your support.

December Harvest at Coffeez (MP4) (71.3 MB)

December Harvest at Coffeez from andymelton on Vimeo.

Weekend tech troubles

Andy Melton — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:49:09 +0000

Today I started doing some major cleaning on TechButter. I decided that I would go through the site and delete some old posts that I didn’t feel were in line with the mission of the site. If they didn’t have a lot of substance or if they only contained a brief paragraph and a link they got deleted. I want to use TechButter as part of my portfolio to show potential employers what I’m capable of doing. One thing that I realized today is that I truly need to get to work on doing more tutorials. I’ve got one that I’ve had private since March! Before I post it I want to record a video tutorial to go along with it. I’ve also got plenty of other ideas for video tutorials, too. I’m working through a huge to-do list for the site and I think it will be a lot better once I’m finished. There were 53 pages of posts but now there are only 8! It’s easier to get to the good articles now. Less is always more! Anyways, let’s get on with the main point of writing this entry.

I would have had a video journal entry up had I not had problems with technology this weekend. Friday afternoon I sat down and recorded for 12 minutes which is all I can record for on one 1GB memory stick at the highest resolution. I decided I wasn’t done so I put my old memory stick in (mistake). I got finished and went to pull the video off of the second memory card (since it was still in the camera) and there was a format error. The only way to make the camera work again was to format the card. I tried to recover the files and all I got was a video file that only contained garbled audio. I’ve always had problems with that memory card. Sometimes it would work and sometimes it wouldn’t. That’s why I bought a new one and I guess it looks as though I’m going to have to get yet another one to replace that one. At least they’re cheap. I do wish that my camera could take something larger than 1GB since they do make 4GB memory sticks! Annoying. Oh well. On with the story.

Saturday I was house sitting for my sister and I decided that I would re-record the video journal entry. I sat down and started recording. I talked and talked for a good 15-20 minutes (I changed it to a lower resolution, if you’re wondering). I thought it was one of the best recordings I had ever made. Guess what. I wasn’t actually recording. I sat in front of the camera for approximately 20 minutes talking to myself. Embarrassing. During the recording I said that if something went wrong with it I would just write a blog entry, so that’s what I’m doing now. I’ve got to go do some things around the house. I’m going to try to come back later and write a couple more entries pertaining to the topics I talked about in the video.

Jump, Jump, Jump

Andy Melton — Sat, 03 May 2008 00:25:18 +0000

I wanted to record a video podcast earlier today but didn’t have a whole lot of energy. I’ve been wanting to try out the trampoline ever since we got it in 2006. I finally decided to hop up on it today and give it a try. I figured if Divine could do it, so could I.

I did record another video podcast this evening like I was going to. BUT, when I went to pull the video off of the camera I got a “format error.” I have been having trouble with that memory stick ever since I got it. I bought a new one a couple of weeks ago so I should probably throw the one that is giving me trouble away. I did try and recover the data. All I got was a garbled audio file. Oh well. I guess I’ll just consider that a practice run.

Jump, Jump, Jump (MP4) (50.6 MB)

Jump, Jump, Jump from andymelton on Vimeo.

Unwilting

Andy Melton — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 04:20:24 +0000

I have to say that I am extremely proud of this video. I started recording footage yesterday afternoon around 3 PM and finished recording footage at around 11 PM. I had to empty the memory cards and restart several times, that’s why you see the shifts in the video. There is 6 hours and 46 minutes (approximately) of footage in this one 30 second video. There is another 12 hours of editing. I actually recorded for over 8 hours but like I said, I had to empty the memory cards, format them and restart several times.

I really like the shifts in this. They almost make it look as though I was zooming in on the flower.

I had a hard time with the lighting in this one. I placed the flower on a plain piece of paper and put a standard incandescent light over it. I took the Gorillapod and positioned my camera over it with a macro lens attached. I also left the overhead (incandescent, also) light on. I may have had too much light. I used spot metering and center focus.

The music in this video is "Natchoongi (Breaked DUB RMX)" by Antony Raijekov

Unwilting (MP4) (2.2 MB)

Unwilting from andymelton on Vimeo.

Curtains

Andy Melton — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:10:19 +0000

I purchased an AC adapter for my camera and it arrived yesterday. I have been wanting to create some really fun and interesting time lapse videos but I knew my batteries wouldn’t hold out long enough.

This video is of my bedroom curtains. One of my favorite things in my bedroom. I love how the light shines through them each morning and changes as the sun rises. I may try to record from the time I wake up until noon sometime to give a full effect.

The music in this video is suitable because this will truly be one of the things I miss when I move away from home.

The music is "Goodbye Sooner or Later" by oldDog.

Technical: I recorded video footage for 46 minutes (the maximum I can record on a 1GB memory stick). I imported the video into Sony Vegas Movie Studio (Platinum Edition). I speed the footage up as fast as I could, rendered it out in an uncompressed format. Pulled it back in and speed it up even more, rendered it back out. Pulled it back in, added saturation and luminance, music and exported. The reason I had to render it out twice was because Sony Vegas has a speed limit, I guess is a good way to put it!

Curtains (MP4) (7.18 MB)

Curtain from andymelton on Vimeo.

Butterfly Feast

Andy Melton — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:48:10 +0000

The past few days I have been going out during lunch or a little after lunch and taking some photos or some quick videos to post onto Flickr. I took this video of the butterfly yesterday and posted a version on Flickr. The version here has all of the footage I took of the butterfly. I think when I post videos to Flickr I am also going to make a version for Andy Not Andrew. That way there is a version you can download at much higher quality, although, the quality that comes out of my camera isn’t the best. Anyways, I digress. Here is the video. Enjoy.

Music in this video is "Just Another Lie" by Tomas PhUsIoN

Butterfly Feast (MP4) (10.3 MB)

Butterfly Feast from andymelton on Vimeo.

Illumination

Andy Melton — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:03:36 +0000

I was wanting to get out of the house and away from the computer this afternoon. I grabbed my camera and tripod and walked around the yard looking for something interesting to photograph. I really wasn’t having much luck finding anything to photograph because everything sort of looked dull or I felt I had over photographed it already. So, I switched to video mode and recorded this.

After recording it I speed it up a bit. I didn’t want to go the complete 1:30 so I just done 1:09. I wanted to show the field coming to life a little quicker.

From the position I took this video I waited for probably 10 minutes. The sun was behind the clouds and just before the sun came out I started recording.

The music in this video is Surveying Park Hill Prairie by Gurdonark.

Illumination (MP4) (6 MB)

Illumination from andymelton on Vimeo.

Sermon on the Mount

Andy Melton — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:46:44 +0000

In honor of it being so close to easter I decided to record “Sermon on the Mount” from the gospel according to St. Matthew which is on page 993 of your Holy Bible. This video is a little longer than some in the past but the Spirit of the Lord was within me for a couple of minutes. The power of the Lord is something amazing and wonderful which you shall too behold in your body if you believe.

Sermon on the Mount (MP4) (130 MB)

Sermon on the Mount from andymelton on Vimeo.

Rapidly Changing Sky

Andy Melton — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:47:21 +0000

This video is from March 18, 2008. I went up in the field and was taking some photos of the sunset. I finished taking the photos and took some video of the sun quickly going down. No, I didn’t get naked in this video, I just took my over shirt off! I got my copy of Sony Vegas the other day and I decided to take this video and enhance it and post it here. I also posted it to Flickr.

Rapidly Changing Sky (MP4) (9.03 MB)

Rapidly Changing Sky from andymelton on Vimeo.