When I got my first hi-8 camera in the early 90′s….I fell in love.
The images were so clear, and the color was so rich.
I would record all day, go home, hook up to my TV, and watch the world I captured.
There was no place to put the video, but it was cool for the time being.
I was learnig HOW to record the stuff I wanted.
I was learning about things by watching it.
The big issue I went through the first several years of having my camera was the fear of recording people. This is the subject of a series of videos that Dee Harvey is creating. She recently started videoblogging and is dealing with issues of recording the moments that are important and cool.
Maybe other people dont feel uncomfortable pointing cameras at people…but I do…especially strangers.
Why? Because the moments of life are often out in public…but recording them is very private.
The best video is the stuff that is intimate and needs trust between the recorder and the person.
"This is who i am…i’ll let you record it."
The people who can do this..are the ones with talent.
You’re right. Recording is a private activity. I hadn’t quite thought of it that way.
I am extremely uncomfortable videotaping people. That’s partly because folks know me around town and I don’t want to be seen as the guy who has $1000 of electronics in his backpack. Also, just having the lens there takes away from the initmacy of a moment and changes the whole feeling.