Film makers?

[Peter_Naylor]

hey there i thought that i would see if i can find any fellow wildlife film makers on the site, i am one and would happily chat to others, talk about gear and techniques.

So drop me a line

pete

[JeffH]

Hi Pete

I presume you're not a pro film maker/photographer, but have you had any of your work published anywhere?

Jeff

[Peter_Naylor]

Hey Jeff, I am actually not really big yet, fingers crossed though. I have had a short accepted by Channel Four last year and since then have had a few other Bits of recognition, but im still working on furthering bits and bob.
im currently filming a wildlife doc with a fellow wildlife photographer friend that we hope will be complete by this time next year, that is going to be about widlife in norfolk where we are both based.

[JeffH]

I look forward to seeing your film work at some time in the future Pete and, in the meantime, perhaps some of your stills on the WAB Gallery?

Jeff

[Peter_Naylor]

yeah sure, there is no way of putting video clips up on this site is there? By the way i like all your shots of the kingfishers, thats what we are hoping to get on film there are some at snettisham and we can get fairly close, just waiting for some good days with light

[NickCantle]

I think there might be some way to upload videos onto the site...Not sure how though...

The wildlife filming sounds excellent!

I'm a Norfolk lad myself

[Peter_Naylor]

really, thats great. where about in norfolk are you?

[NickCantle]

Well i'm not currently living there as I'm away at Uni for three years...but my house is near a small village called Kenninghall...If you don't know where it is, it's about 20 odd miles south of Norwich

[Peter_Naylor]

oh ok, what uni you at am in my last year at lincoln?

[NickCantle]

I'm at the University College of Creative Arts in Farnham, Surrey studying Photography

[Peter_Naylor]

Cool i looked at that place, im in lincoln doing Contemporary Lens Media or simply put photography and film production

[NickCantle]

Sounds great Pete

[Peter_Naylor]

yeah i like it, good fun plus it means i can be out a lot more than most

[NickCantle]

Same here. While all of my classmates are in the studio photographing people, I'm out getting cut up by brambles, getting rained on and getting lost in forests looking for wildlife

[eeyore]

Originally Posted by NickCantle

I think there might be some way to upload videos onto the site...Not sure how though...

The wildlife filming sounds excellent!

I'm a Norfolk lad myself

I think video upload isnt currently possible but i believe that stu is working on it - however the ban on externally linked images doesnt apply to video (at the moment) so you can put your stuff on utube or similar and post links here.

[NickCantle]

Ah ok, apologies there, my mistake. I'm positive that I saw something related to it though...

Strange,

Nick

[Ron C]

Hi eeyore,
I put one of my video wildlife links on the site plus a post at the weekend the post and the link was taken off the same day?
I guess video links are not permissible.

[eeyore]

Originally Posted by Ron C

Hi eeyore,
I put one of my video wildlife links on the site plus a post at the weekend the post and the link was taken off the same day?
I guess video links are not permissible.

i guess it depends on what and where - and who you are linking to. what i'd suggest peter to do would be to pm our admin stuartdh and ask his permission to link some - he'll also be able to give you the advice on how best to do it

edit:i just reported my own post and asked for an admin / mod opinion on this so we should have the full sp soon

[StuartDH]

We're literally updating the server as I type to a bigger machine that should now enable us to run videos a lot better than they were working on previous tests. I'll hopefully get to try out a few clips tomorrow then if all is OK we'll start a video section.

Stu

[Peter_Naylor]

ah thats great look forward to getting bits up and seeing others

[tigger]

I'm very interested in Wildlife Filming (in a very amateur way). I actuallly did an honours degree in photography in 1993, but wish I had now done film instead. I'm teaching myself a lot of stuff... especially fieldcraft (which you can't really learn at college!). I will get better... but it may take me some time! About to update my camera to a Canon or Sony HD Videocam.... can't afford a Canon XL2 yet! (and not strong enough to carry it across miles of mud!). Would be great to see what you guys have been doing... anyone post film to UTube or Google Video or have their own Blog?

Jane

[Ron C]

Hi Tigger
For my wild life videos I use a 100 to 500mm & 300mm prim lenses on my Canon XL2 cams, with a lens adaptor for Nikon lens made by Les Bosher
Les Bosher - Camera Engineer

For more info on all cams and video go to
The Digital Video Information Network and join in with the under water over land challenge competitions, next one starts in February 08

[tigger]

Thanks Les, that's really useful. Do you produce wildlife films yourself? I'd love to hear what you have done or are working on.

[forevergreen]

Hey id like to get into filming wildlife profesionally and im still in school so ive got time to learn. Right now im doing photography but my camera has a video camera on it which is pretty good qaulity and i have sound. Maybe you could tell me what camcorders are acceptable to start with? would my camera be okay? I often practice my filming techniques with my mates i film them on thier bikes. Could you give me a few tips on how i can get some really good stuff? apart from telling me to practice i take my cam every where .

Thanks

[forevergreen]

Hey tigger cool website. amazing videos!