Day: December 24, 2007

Mike flies from SF to Australia later today, so I made a little video to send him off. It’s terribly amateur, it being filmed at four in the morning, but I’m pleased with it anyway. It’s the first thing I’ve made with the tripod Ray just gave me for the holidays.

I don’t know how many of you were aware, but I didn’t have one before. Generally what I do is pile books into more or less stable stacks to whatever height I require, then pray that the cats won’t knock it over in the ten long seconds between pressing the timer button and hearing the shutter click. Occasionally I’ve been lucky enough to temporarily steal one off someone for a day or two, but that’s about it. My set-up is ghetto to the extreme. I’ve used flashlights and metal mixing bowls to light things, as well as hand mirrors taped to reading lamps. Having a tripod will be wonderful. Now let’s hope for some sunlight.