Video from Tommy's

Video from Tommy Doyle's, March 10, 2011, shot by Ryan and Sara - our first joint effort (so to speak) - edited by Ryan; featuring Liam, Sean, and company.

Reel Set from Ryan Abernathey on Vimeo.

The tunes are Music in the Glen/The Old Copperplate/Jackie Coleman's/The Skylark.

Tommy's and My New 5DMkII

I finally got the 5DMkII I've been harping about - yay! I picked it up Wednesday and the plan was that Ryan and I would join forces and do a little video-ing on Thursday night. Yeah, right. I basically showed up with the camera fresh out of the box, and knowing very little about either it, or videography. But it was great! I have no idea how the video turned out (Ryan is editing it - I saw some potential for greatness in some of my footage, and I know I have a lot to learn, technique-wise - which I'm very keen on doing), but I am very, very happy with the stills, a vast improvement from the G12; like night and day - literally, the 5D turns the dark cave of Tommy Doyle's into daylight! Okay, well, almost.

It was great fun shooting with Ryan. The challenge of course is how to take pictures, shoot video, play music, and enjoy the session, all at the same time. For example, one of my favorite jig sets came up while I was tethered to the camera. Oh well.

These were shot with my 50mm/1.4 @ 6400 ISO, and include a few really sweet shots by Ryan. I love the camera, and I love these photos.















































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I Love a House-session

Ryan and Chiara hosted a fab house-session on Sunday afternoon. Really, is there any better way to spend a Sunday afternoon than with a group of friends, playing music?

Here's a slide-show I had fun putting together, combining some of the stills I shot with one of the audio files from the afternoon. This was my first attempt at this kind of thing, something I've always been interested in trying. It was tricky timing everything - fitting the photos with the music, and I look forward to getting better at this.




This slide-show features Augusto, Brad, Cormac, Eric, Emerald, Liam, Mike, Ryan, Roisin, and Sean, with music by the company.

I'm adding a few random favorite still shots - to enjoy at a slower pace than the slide show offers. As always, I'm happy to share the low-res version of these shots (for FB, Match.com; J-Date :-)...whatever), which you will find here (or if you click on these photos you'll be redirected to the original gallery). For higher-rez, there's a buy option - for convenience rather than big bucks  (via Bay Photo, which does a great job) - and I can usually be talked into printing something up if there's a shot you love (8 1/2" wide, max, for now, until I get my new printer). I've also got a few videos that I'll be adding over the next few days. Please do share the video(s).

Eric (Rosanne in b.g.)


Brad


Ryan


Liam


Cormac


Augusto and Cormac


Augusto


Liam


Mike


Sean, Eric, and Rosanne.


Sean and Eric.


Emerald and Sean


Emerald, Sean, Eric




Roisin




Cormac




Rosanne

Here's more footage from Sunday. I'm totally new to video and video editing, so I'm still finding my way. I hope I've given everyone proper credit, and if anyone is inclined to add the names of these tunes, so much the better.And thanks, everyone, for putting up with me and my cameras! 

 

Tommy Doyle's - Thursday Night, February 10, 2011

Great sessions Wednesday and Thursday nights this week. Wednesday night served as a transition from having been on the island for a few days, and was most welcome; a small-ish turnout, the intimacy of which I always enjoy. Thursday night brought out a few more of the gang and was quite rollicking. Without really planning to - Ryan got me fired up, I guess - I randomly picked up my G12 and caught the last set of the evening, a long one - or, more like a few sets on top of each other. I ran out of memory at 15:22, and it went on for a full three more tunes. Man, that place is so dark, though - it's hard to see anything on the screen.

I ended up having to break this up into four parts, largely due to the upload limits at my web-site (1GB). This was my first time editing video - I was psyched to find settings for brightening the image (though I think it affects quality, somewhat), also the BW option, my being the BW junkie that I am.

I'm thinking that Rosanne will come through with the names of these tunes.