TJ Sheridan
03-29-2013, 11:06 AM
My family and I were preparing to go on a little jaunt up to Bountiful for a family party. As we were packing up, I noticed the sky, and the late spring snow, and thought... "I've always wanted to film Bridal Veil Falls in winter, get footage of the ice sheets that hang from the cliffs." I realized it may be the last snow flurry of the winter, and told my wife it'd be a great day to finally go film the falls. She looked at the sky, looked at my face, shook her head and said "Sure, fine, go ahead. You've talked about it forever". Usually when she says that, I don't believe her because, well, family time is precious and rarely worth sacrificing for some creative endeavor. But this time she seemed to mean it, and I took the opportunity and ran, ran like the wind!
When I got to the falls and got set up at another set of falls to the east, which I wanted to use for a practice run, the snow and wind really picked up. For an aerial cinematographer, that's usually reason enough to cancel the film shoot... what with thousands in sensitive electronics exposed and more difficult flight conditions.
But it was so beautiful!
So I dug in my tool box and pulled out some wide packing tape and taped a shell over all the electronics, minus the camera gear. Off we go! The footage I came home with made it all worth while.
That bucket list? One more item... CHECK!
Take a look, tell me what you folks think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHyNNxDcHis&
When I got to the falls and got set up at another set of falls to the east, which I wanted to use for a practice run, the snow and wind really picked up. For an aerial cinematographer, that's usually reason enough to cancel the film shoot... what with thousands in sensitive electronics exposed and more difficult flight conditions.
But it was so beautiful!
So I dug in my tool box and pulled out some wide packing tape and taped a shell over all the electronics, minus the camera gear. Off we go! The footage I came home with made it all worth while.
That bucket list? One more item... CHECK!
Take a look, tell me what you folks think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHyNNxDcHis&