Running on Empty
June 2010
A one minute 'short' on fossil fuel use
Constant Billy
June 2010
1st Sedgley Morris - a day tour in the Cotswolds
Gustav's Dance
June 2010
Ewell St Mary's Morris - a day tour in the Cotswolds
Sing Africa
May 2010
A sponsored walk & sing around Tewkesbury
Cornish Pastiche
May 2010
Coastal shots with a difference
Padstow May Day
May 2010
The traditional Obby Os celebrations
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Witchhazel - Pay Me
March 2010
A video that reflects video technology of 100 years ago. A set of videos produced for their 'Titanic Project'
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Witchhazel - Alexandra's Ragtime Band
March 2010
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Witchhazel - All The Good Times
March 2010
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Witchhazel - T For Texas
March 2010
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Drum Love
March 2010
Stunning drum rhythms from this dynamic Worcester based group.
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Hagley U3A 10th Anniversay
March 2010
A compilation from the last 10 years - with animated presenter! A private category video so please email me for password.
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Welsh Border Morris Tour
December 2009
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Volcano Community Choir
Performing 'Ide Were' at a Winter Festival concert in Worcester.
November 2009
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Hazel's Band -
Witchhazel Bluegrass Band
November 2009
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The Rough Diamonds Choir singing at the Stroud Fringe Festival
September 2009
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1st Sedgley Morris side dancing a three man jig at Ashwood's Garden Centre
July 2009
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Ewell St. Mary Morris side entertain the shoppers in Dudley
July 2009
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A documentary about glassmaking at the Red House, Stourbridge.
October 2008
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An experimental video using some footage taken on a trip to London
November 2007
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Sedgley Morris in Bremen, concert footage recovered from old VHS tape and edited down.
June 2000
Video Work
 
Some of my videos have been uploaded to YouTube, but lately I've started to use the ExposureRoom instead. Both sites offer a really good image quality and using their services saves on my server space! My Hitachi SD camera has recently been replaced by a Panasonic SD100 which gives high low-light sensitivity and up to 1920x1080HD. My second camera is a Fujifilm S2000 still camera that also provides a very useful 1280x720HD video mode, so all work can now be in widesceen HD format.
 
I find the main interest is in editing; splicing in the second camera footage to add interest, adding special effects etc. A third camera would be really nice but there are limits on how many I can control at the same time. My quad core computer has the power to handle multiple overlays but I'm sometimes not sure I have the brainpower to match.
 
On the left are links to a small selection of sample movies, click to open the video on the YouTube or ExposureRoom site.
 
Visit http://www.ExposureRoom.com and search on 'vidgeo' for many more videos. Note that there are 3 video sizes to choose from on ExposureRoom, unless you have fast broadband it's best to choose LOW before playing. Videos are downloadable - the best way to view HD options. Feel free to use them as you wish but please add a hyperlink to this site if you are placing them or using them anywhere else.
 
Exposure Room Downloading
This is not as obvious as it might be. The following is the procedure to download an original video file:
1. Move mouse over the arrow on the right, below the video, wait until the box expands
2. Click on the MPG label
3. You have then to log in! Which means you have to sign up, annoying but free & relatively painless.
 
Free Utility
To transfer video from the SD100 to my computer I simply copy directly from the SD card into a new directly. I have a simple Perl utility that renames all .mts files as .m2t so they can be used immediately by my X3 video editor. Drop me an email if you would like a copy, with instructions on using it.