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Re: [RC] video - Bette LamoreHi Dede I make horse videos professionally and have made my share of mistakes so I'll start with what you DON'T want to do: 1) shoot into the sun, shoot at noon or around noon (unless an overcast day--the shadows hide the horse including hip and shoulder angles, etc), 2) shoot without a tripod unless you have a steady hand and it takes YEARS of shooting to develop that--- even with the "steady shot" accessories on the camera--- remember, you are usually using the telescopic lens and even little movements get magnified, 3) shoot a still of a horse facing you at close range-- you will get something with a HUGE head and a weeny body behind. Now for some good tips.... take your body side shot with you standing (or squatting is better) midway to the side of the horse so that the hip and shoulder are not distorted. If you shoot too close to the head, the hip looks weak, of you shoot too close to the hip, the shoulder looks bad. Have the front legs slightly spread apart yet not angled behind so that the shoulder is not distorted. Always have the back inside leg a little behind the outside (but not stretched like a saddlebred) or the hip will look distorted. Better to have both legs together than the inside leg in front (Shortens the length of hip--- gives a poor picture of the horse and a bump that is not always there). I slowly scan each horse from the two sides and from the front and back and then show at a trot (and sometimes at a walk too) coming and going towards/away from me. For the action shots, I mostly video trot as that shows the most about the horse's potential, although I do throw in some canter and walk as well---- both directions. I also slow-mo the footage so the buyer can see the over-reach (or lack of), height of the hock action, roundness of gait, etc. OF course, when that is all said and done, I also add some music and try to be clever with the opening scene (I once used footage from Apollo 13 with the music from 2002 (Thus Spake Zarathustra) for the opening for a horse named Millenium (sic)--- it was great fun and allowed the Spielberg in me to come out :-) Hope that helps. Bette Scott Johnson wrote: > I have a horse for sale and am looking to make a video (or CD) for > people who have inquired about my horse but don't live nearby. Never > having done this before, I'm looking for suggestions and pointers on > what to include and how to best present my horse (who is a fairly > seasoned LD horse, to make it endurance related). What can you tell > me? Thanks, > > Dede > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. > Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp > Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp > > Ride Long and Ride Safe!! > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >
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