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Spending time in the great shadow of LBJ. 
Two years ago this month, when we were in Austin (and you were looking at colleges up here) we went to Johnson City and the ranch and the library in Austin. It gave added perspective to what I remembered from the sixties.
He did love that car and loved driving it fast.
I also am getting more fascinated by video all the time.

March 7, 2015 at 7:59 AM 
Hi Fred. It's interesting to do it the way I'm doing video right now. It's just a total immersion into shooting. I'm as guilty as anyone of sitting in front of the computer and researching stuff to death but the reality is that video is three different things: 1. a small collection of technical stuff you need to know. 2. A good story line and an idea of how to piece it together. And equally important, 3. the hand skills to hold a camera steady. The practice at hitting sharp focus without assistance from the camera and all the smooth operational things that just come from practicing over and over again with a real camera in one's hands. There is a physical training part that's really important.

Ben sure does love your area of the country. He's having a blast at school and even made the dean's list in his first semester. I'm restless with anticipation to see him over spring break.

Best advice from me about video? Go out and start shooting even if you throw all the early work away. It's really a physical/mental blend.

March 7, 2015 at 9:56 AM Edward Richards said...

Sounds like it is time to hire one of those hungry UT cinema students to do video editing for you.

March 7, 2015 at 10:18 AM 
Hi Edward, both projects already have dedicated editors provided by the client. Good thought but not necessary on these.

March 7, 2015 at 10:32 AM Michael Matthews said...

Not that I'll ever buy either camera, but does the D810 offer some significant advantage over the GH4 when shooting certain kinds of video?

March 7, 2015 at 10:53 AM jimmyreina said...

I love this dashboard photo.

March 7, 2015 at 12:10 PM 
Going to put those bulls horns on the front of the Lincoln? You are in Texas after all.


March 7, 2015 at 5:23 PM 
"1. a small collection of technical stuff you need to know."

On Craftsy, maybe . . .(nothing there yet.)

March 7, 2015 at 6:10 PM Bassman said...

Not trying to be snarky, but LBJ's political life was over by 1968, when he decided to not run for re-election (sadly, I'm old enough to remember). So while he may have driven big American convertibles for most his career, but not a '65.


March 7, 2015 at 8:51 PM 
Bassman, Roy Butler, former mayor of Austin and the Central Texas Lincoln dealer supplied LBJ with a number of Lincolns. At least one per year from the early 1960's (before 1965) up until the year of his death. I rode with a park ranger in the same model 1965 Convertible continental model that is in the museum on the ranch. He did, in fact, drive himself around the ranch in the car followed by a chase car of secret service officers. He did destroy a fair number of these cars by driving them off road on the ranch. They were quickly replaced by identical cars by the aforementioned Roy Butler. I didn't spend the day with the leading expert without listening well. And riding in an exact model.

March 7, 2015 at 10:21 PM