The Thursday Dance from Doug Plummer on Vimeo.
Seattle's Thursday contra dance at the Lake City Community Center. Jennifer Youngman calls, music by Ryan McKasson, Marni Rachmiel, Dave Bartley and Russell Smumsky.
I've been trying to figure out what to do with this footage for some time. It's from a contra dance last June where I tried using my HV-30 on a homemade steadicam. That part didn't work so well, and I also shot in aperture priority, which means my shutter speed frequently dropped below the frame rate. Fine if you want that effect, but it looks funky no matter what. Nonetheless, I decided to try the full Blair Witch treatment with this sequence.
At the outset I intended a very different piece. I have some great, steady shots done on a tripod, which turned out to have little feeling and no place in this sequence. Where I thought I was going and where I ended up turned out to be very different places. Kind of like my whole career path, come to think of it.
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