I really cut this one down to the wire, almost not posting at all this month. Good thing I remembered my log-in information for this thing. I made an honest attempt a few weeks ago, but after repeatedly putting in the wrong email / password combination I thought, "screw it."
Anyways, straight to business - Since my last check in over a month ago lots of ridiculously awesome stuff has been in the works. I sent in a few months worth of savings to buy my first EVER video camera, which is pretty absurd considering I'm in this whole videography business. I picked up the Panasonic HPX-170, and I'm still in the process of decking out the whole kit. Since P2 media is REALLY expensive, I hope to have the whole kit ready by the end of the year. I shot a test so those curious could see just how awesome this camera is:
HPX-170 Test from Emilio Martinez on Vimeo.
Just before the excitement of getting my first video camera, I traveled up to Colorado to shoot Evan Taubenfeld. We shot his show supporting Secondhand Serenade at The Gothic Theater in Englewood. Although Evan was nearly dead from sickness for the show, he did an awesome job for the cameras. I'm currently putting some finishing touches on the show edit and we'll see what happens with it. Some shots are pretty awesome, though!
...and lastly in between editing the Evan show, I've been doing a few things to help out with the highly anticipated release of Tom Petty's Live Anthology. Check out a teaser video I pieced together for the new Tom Petty Superhighway Tour below:
So, that's about it! Lot's of skateboarding has happened in between all of this and quite a few remarkable shows have happened too (Portugal. the Man, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Dodos, and Thom Yorke). I've been listening to the new Minus the Bear single a lot, and most recently I've been listening to the new Tegan & Sara album lots - I highly suggest checking both out!
I'm really hoping to give my site and this blog a conjoined facelift so they can both live happily together in some sort of wordpress based site. That's my new short term goal to achieve by the end of November. Maybe too ambitions, but we'll see what happens!
- Emilio
