We stayed with the 1st Florida Reserves and Civilians and dressed in period clothing--my camera of course wasn't period. Someone jokingly asked me, "Is your camera period?"
before I can continue with the Cow Cavalry.
The Skirmish at Chipco Crossing was brought to my attention by a friend from ChristianFilmmakers.org. I am ever so glad we went because not only did I get several hours of footage that I'm looking forward to sifting through, but I had a complete blast! We stayed with the 1st Florida Reserves and Civilians and dressed in period clothing--my camera of course wasn't period. Someone jokingly asked me, "Is your camera period?" Anyway, there was a battle on both Saturday and Sunday at 2 pm. On Saturday I shot from the Federal camp. I got close ups of the 'Yankees' and some establishing-like shots of the battlefield and the Confederates. When the battle really got going, I took my camera off the tripod and walked around with it some. I suspect a lot of that will be rather useless. Believe it or not, it is harder to keep a 2.5-3 lb camera steady than it is a 5+ pound camera. (Particularly when a cannon goes off not 100 feet from you!) I did get some great shots down the mouth of the Confederate's single cannon. Sunday I shot from the Confederate's side. I really honestly think that footage is going to be more usable. Especially since I was close to the 1st Florida Reserves. They were dressed most like the Cow Cavalry would have been. I believe I spent a good deal of the time smiling at my LCD screen. The whole event was fun and I had a wonderful time...just as importantly, I made some new friends and got more footage for my documentary. Next things next...I must finish editing the SCV Cross Dedication ceremony before I can continue with the Cow Cavalry. Racheal
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This has nothing to do with the Cow Cavalry...but it is connected in a fashion. It is only through working on my documentary that I met this great group of guys. This past Saturday, Savannah and I, along with a good friend from church, filmmed a Sons of Confederate Veterans Cross Dedication ceremony. I have spend several days this past week looking at the footage from the three cameras. I hope to start actually editing soon. The biggest techincal difficultly was the wind. I have yet to take the audio off my Zoom H4n, so I don't know how bad that is, but the stuff from the cameras is pretty sickly. The wind blew the whole morning, so there is serious wind noise. I'm afraid that some of the speakers voices are lost--unless the Zoom (a great piece of equipment) picked them up. I'm going to have to learn how to use Soundbooth better :) Regardless, it was a good exprience. My camera work isn't anything to brag about, but since I was only using one arm (the other being constantly engaged in blocking the sun in my eyes), I guess it could have been worse. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I did get Mr. Hill interviewed after the ceremony though. He had forgotten that we'd settled on that afternoon, but he pulled it off with grace. He is quite a personality--at first he seems rather prickly, but once you get to know him, you can see the gleam of fun in his eyes. It was a great day...despite a sunburned nose :) Racheal |