We're Only Honest When We're Sleeping, David Cook, Ogden Theatre, Denver, 6-26-09

[kcdshg]

Your videos are wonderful! And a closeup of David is NEVER a bad thing.

[kcdshg]

I've never seen such incredibly clear videos! You and your camera are fantastic! And the sound is so good, too. I can tell you were close here, but being that close to the speakers doesn't seem to mess up your sound. Amazing. I am curious, though, about how narrow the picture is in this video. That's unusual. Any idea why that is?

[susiew523]

My new camera is high-def and films in 16:9 aspect ratio, which makes for great wide screen filming but not as great viewing if you shoot vertically. I got into the habit of shooting vertically to get closer in to the subject and avoid dead space (ironically, the 16:9 aspect ratio now creates dead space! where shooting vertically eliminated it on my old camera). But shooting vertically still allows me to get closeup shots of Dave playing guitar.

[susiew523]

Thanks for the nice compliment, kcdshg! And I will probably be shooting more videos horizontally in the future now that I know my new camera a little better! I always try to get shots of the whole band, but sometimes the lighting in the venue is not cooperative, so I focus on Dave and then end up shooting vertically. Still trying to break the habit.

[susiew523]

And even when I am able to shoot all of the guys, I still like seeing them closeup playing instruments hence the vertical.