As I was driving home from my steadicam trial by fire this afternoon, I was struck by the rank irony (and in some sense hypocrisy) of what I’d just done. Anti-establishment, sports-aversed, clan-phobic, HVAC-loving recluse that I am, I’d just spent an entire morning and part of an afternoon documenting a full-on celebration of athleticism, […]
This afternoon, I’ll steadicam a Scottish band as it plays for the warm beer and hotdog crowd at Downtown Alive, Greenville’s weekly after-hours tailgate-to-nowhere benefitting the Metropolitan Arts Council. Tomorrow I’ll steadicam the parade and Saturday I’ll steadicam The Games. Next week, I’ll trade the Merlin for a set of Manfrotto sticks as team fête […]
It took several hours to get it perfectly balanced and will take many more hours to tame, but I can say already that the Steadicam Merlin 2 is one impressive piece of kit. Friday will be the big test, an exercise both strenuous and delicate. Strenuous because steadicam operation involves holding a five-pound weight some […]
