Provo Canyon Sasquatch sighting - stabilized, slowed and zoomed.

First off, I will state that I am what I call a Sasquatch 'Hopeful'. I am as skeptical as the next guy but it would make my year if one was caught (humanely hopefully) and or some great great close up video not shaky and 100% irrefutable.

With that said, I saw this morning that there was some new video from two guys camping in Provo Canyon in Utah. I pulled the video and did some stabilizing, slowing and zooming to get a good look at what the two guys saw. I'm about 80-20 on this video. 80 being believable and 20 being not-so-much.
The 'Sasquatch' looks good as far as behavior, body proportions (arm length).

The 20 that makes me skeptical is that it appears to be late Fall, a little snow on the ground (seen when guys are running) so I'd have to assume it's pretty cool if not cold and the guys don't seem to be dressed for the cold. I say that without actually know the temp and/or the exact time of the year or the situation. It's just a thought I developed after watching the clip about a dozen times. Otherwise, it looks pretty good.

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2 month snow-free streak ended

The video above says it all, it finally snowed after 2 months of really nothing. We've had 2 or three 'dustings' but no real accumulation till now. I saw quite a few downed tree limbs from the weight of the snow which down wet and heavy.

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DIY Steadi Steady Cam - a little warning...

I made this video to show the steady-cam I made as well as show a little footage shot with it. If you are looking at purchasing or making a steady-cam device I have one piece of advice (more like a 'warning'). They almost work too well. I mean they can be SO SMOOTH that they allow the camera to move so easily and slightly. Don't despair, with a little (a LOT) of practice you can get great shots. They pretty much REQUIRE two hands to operate effectively and get good shots. The one I made went through a few different design changes until I was satisfied. It turned out to be very smooth and fulfilled exactly my warning above. If you are serious about getting smooth walking shots, you can pull it off with a little practice.



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Nike Skills Challenge & Nike Fieldhouse

I just finished up shooting video at the Nike Fieldhouse here in Omaha just 2 blocks away from the College World Series (CWS). I hooked up with a local photographer who was hired by these guys working for Nike. Today is Monday. It started last Wednesday at a baseball field in Ralston NE (Orval Smith Field) where the Skills Challenge took place. Then when the CWS started Saturday the 18th, the Nike Fieldhouse opened up in a retail space just two blocks from the TD Ameritrade Park, the new home for the CWS, I shot video for 2 hours on Sat, Sun and today (Mon) all to make clips for a 2 minute internal promo video for the guys that ran the Nike thing here in Omaha.
Right now it's 10:00 and I just got done capturing video off two Mini DV Tapes. I'll probably edit tomorrow for it is bedtime.
I have to say it was fun to a point but today, the video session ran into some other things I had to do and I had to push them back to tomorrow when I could have got them done today. It's fun to do what you love and when you can make some money at it, why not? But since last Wednesday till today I discovered where my 'line' is when it comes to working for someone else.

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