I shot this video of Ryan Montalvo performing at Kick Butt Coffee on Thursday. Set up my HMC150 on a tripod and went handheld with the 7d. It worked fairly well, but I think I need another camera operator, and maybe a third cam, to really pull off a stellar live show video. Cutting back to the same still frame all the time just isn’t engaging enough. Shooting this the way I did, I had to cut back to the tripoded HMC footage every time my handheld shot got shaky or out of focus, which ended up being quite a bit as I was zooming in and out alot. Lesson learned, next time I do this 2 cam set up, I’ll use the HMC for handheld, since it has servo zoom, keeps focus during zooms, and I can use focus assist while still recording. I’m facepalming pretty bad right now for not doing that with this shoot, but that’s how you get better – making mistakes.
Anyways, the song is really good, especially if you’re into the acoustic singer-songwriter thing. I was definitely pleasantly surprised.
