Thanks very much mate, the balloons certainly were fun.

I think maybe they should change the old saying, about working with Children and Animals to include balloons! :)

Yeah that's one of my favourites too, lit with a massive fleccy off to the side!

Thanks for the comment. . .

Thank you all of you for the kind words. I'm happy you enjoyed it!

To answer your question, I shoot with a Panasonic HVX-202 (it's the asia-pacific 25p version).

Just please don't drop it!

Athron is a great artist, very mellow, very cruisy. Love his stuff!

Cheers Geoff! And the wakeboarding? :) Soon my friend. . .Soon we'll get you up on that board! *rubs hands together*

Cable is good times, you'll need to get yourself down to OWC in Orlando! They have a great setup there!

Nice work LipSlide. Some good angles. Not sure if the compression made it a little jumpy but it seemed like a few of the cross dissolves had a shot change during the dissolve.

Ryan:
"Yes. Your quota for the week is 500MB, so it’s a good idea to compress your video down from phenomenally high quality to just amazingly high quality. We recommend using the H.264 codec at size 1280×720, bit rate 3000-5000 kbits/sec (optimized for “download”), key frame every 30 frames (frame reordering on), using whatever frame rate you shot in. For sound, use AAC at 128kbps in stereo. This is what your export window should look like using Quicktime on a Mac: vimeo.com/help/hd#hd_encoding"

thanks man, i think if i increase to 5000kbits sec then it might work im doing it at 3000 at the moment and i dont seem to be getting the results! I've got some bodyboarding stuff coming soon guys keep your eyes peeled. I might start a sports videography section later.

Cheers guys! I export h.264 @ 1280x720 @ 3000kbps. Make sure you are doing a multiple pass encode. Single pass will render out quicker but looks like a dogs breakfast in comparison.

Thanks Rick! Yeah, no boat! It's a bit cheaper that way let me assure you! ;)

:) Good luck! I'm still trying!

Thanks very much for the comment! Looks like you boys have a bunch of fun with rails too! :)

Thanks Liam! Much appreciated! The old HVX doesn't put out too bad an image. . .