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Been a long time.

I haven't posted for a long time, reason being, that I was plaiged by Robots. Yes my lonely Blog was not being viewed by anyone except other machines. this was a little dishartning. But I have now come to the conclusion, Sod em and hopefully I may get some proper readers one day. 

 

 

First Paid Job.

I was asked by a new company to create a logo for them. The brief was it was to be similar to many open source logos, as the company will be working to install Linux onto company computer networks and to have a slight retro look, with colors that were professional but not to clinical. So to start off with I researched open source logos, followed by a few rough sketches and then finally some very rough ideas done in Photoshop, which I then sent to the client for feedback.

They said they liked the colors and the font, but they were not sure about the button with the 3 on it and the layout of the logo. So I took the elements they liked and turned it into something a little different. I experimented with the Cinema 4D plugin that comes with After Effects and then finished the Logo off in Photoshop. This has opened up whole load of new possibilities for me and luckily the client liked this final Logo and has given me some more work, so hopefully this is the start of something for me. This is what I came up with.

Soca canoe video. Another Go Pro Test.

I got to use the Go Pro for real this time, whilst I was out in Slovenia Canoeing, As you may be able to see from some of my footage in the middle of the video, I do have some fogging issues, where as my friends Go Pro at the end of the Video is fine, again the only difference is that I had mine set to Protune. The resolution set on the Go Pro was 1080, but I cropped it to 720 to match my other camera. The Camera at the end was set to 120fps at 720, to give smoother slow motion. The camera at the end was also mounted on a home made mount, that we named wobble cam, but it actually worked really well. This was made by the excellent paddler in the Shots, Jan Krause. Well we had an excellent time, now it's time to sit back and enjoy the video.

Go Pro test

Ok, ok ,I know, I have not been Blogging a lot lately, but I've been busy. I seem to of at last picked up some paid work, yay. But I will talk about that in another post. I have just bought a Go Pro Hero 3 Black, due to them going cheap with the 3+ coming out, I've had a little time to play with it and I'm very impressed with the picture quality, but I'm not impressed with the battery life, which stops you using the WiFi, as it will just kill the battery. The app on the phone is ok, but it does not preview when the camera is set to use Protune, so that's a bit of a pain. But the greatest problem I have had with it is the lens misting up. I am not quite sure why mine is misting up while people I am with are having no problems with their Go Pro's, the only difference is that I am using Protune and they are not, so whether this makes the camera heat up more I do not know, perhaps someone can answer this question in the comments below. I have tried the Go Pro Anti Fog inserts and they don't seem to work either. So I shall try it with out Protune off and see if that makes a difference. I made a little test film, to see what the different frame rates and resolutions looked like and here it is.

B&W picture of Low Force.

I don't usually do Landscapes, but I am trying all kinds of photography at the moment, as I try and improve my skills. I took this photo, not only as it is a beautiful part of the UK, but also because I have ran the falls in a canoe before, so I took it for personal reasons too.

Just spotted this on the You Tube analysis page.

Have you ever looked into the statistics on You Tube, you can find out all kinds of useful stuff, like who has embedded your video's and how many people have watched it from that source. Through the stats I found that the video I had made for Escape to Adventure had been put on a Blog called Westroke.
http://www.westroke.com/blog/2013/8/14/dynamic-active-blade-kayak-technique/
Well they did give Bomb Blast a good plug, so thank's lads and your getting the video the most viewings. so the next time your on your You Tube Channel have a look at the statistics you never know what you might find.