Kirkwood

Can there really be a worse idea than having a beginner snowboarder (that’s me), carry his one-week old Canon 5D mark II in his hand while snowboarding?  I really couldn’t think of one at the time, but somehow I managed to not break my neck or my camera while in Kirkwood this last weekend.   Most people would probably opt for a point-and-shoot camera in that situation, but I couldn’t get over my excitement of Canon’s new HD technology in the 5D body.  I saw some footage on Vimeo (http://www.vimeo.com/3155182) of some other guys filming themselves with the new 5D mark II, and the footage looked awesome.  What I failed to recognize at the time, was how experienced those guys were in the video.  My footage looks absolutely boring in comparison.  However, I am in the process of trying to clip some footage together to make it look awesome.  Not sure if this is really even possible, but I’ll post a video when I finally get it done.  In the meantime, here is a self portrait (low res) of Lulu and I with the fisheye on the 5D mark II (my new baby).

Update:  I slapped a short video together last night.  The footage isn’t all that great, but it was fun to put together. www.jonclaxton.com/kirkwood.wmv

(I don’t think that I converted the HD correctly, so it doesn’t do the camera justice.  God, I need a Mac….)