[ PIXEL VIKING ] PRESENTS - Sony Vegas animated intro

It was a rainy day, so I decided to try out a Sony Vegas tutorial that I found on Youtube:
youtube.com/watch?v=dSK9BsQT9FA

This is the result.

Scenes from Mols & Djursland

Tuesday and Wednesday- July 14th / 15th 2009, I managed to shoot 7 locations in the Mols / Djursland region near Århus, Denmark. The weather was very hot but perfect for filming.

Locations:

1. View from Stabelhøje (burial mounds).
2. Poskær stenhus (burial mound).
3. Stenhuset dysse (burial mound).
4. View from Trehøje (burial mounds).
5. Stendysse near Korupsøgård (Tåstrup plantation burial mound).
6. Thorsager rundkirke (Round Church in Thorsager build around 1200).
7. Skaføgård (Manor house build 1580-82).

Burial mounds (aka. passage graves) are from about 3.500 BC. Approx. 40.000 were build in Denmark but only about 500 are left. In the 16th and 17th Century, people used the stones when building roads.

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Canon HG10
Letus35 Mini

Canon EF 24mm f/2.8
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 macro
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L
Canon EF 2x Extender
All lenses at f/5.0 and f/5.6

Manfrotto MPRO 535 tripod
Manfrotto 503HDV fluid head

Cokin P graduated ND filters 121 L, 121 M, 121 S & 121 F.

Sony Vegas 8 Pro
Magic Bullet Looks

Jerstrup manor house, The Glavendrup Stone & Dallund Slot

This is what my camera saw today - Sunday July 12th 2009.

Jerstrup manor house is a newly renovated, listed house. Today was open house. jerstrup.dk

The Glavendrup Stone is a runestone from the viking age. It has the longest inscription of any runestone in Denmark. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glavendrup_stone

Dallund Slot is a rehabilitation center for cancer patients. cancer.dk/Dallund/

This was thrown together quite fast. I unfortunately came home with quite a few out of focus shots... But all in all, I like my new tripod and fluid head.

...quiet before the storm

This weekend marks the beginning of my 3 weeks summer vacation. I'll be driving through Denmark (mostly Jutland) visiting some of my favourite locations.

I will be filming as much as I can for what will some day be a full length feature film - the working title is "Denmark - the movie" :)

pixelviking.com/blog/2009/2/20/denmark-the-movie.html

This will be an Internet only movie directed at those who (for what ever reason) choose to visit Denmark as a tourist. I've always wanted to do something like that. The genre has always interested me and there is little I enjoy more than watching a well made tourist movie about a country's glorious natural wonders... :)

This short clip is just me playing around. I got a new Manfrotto tripod and fluid head (MPRO 535 carbon fiber legs and 503HDV fluid head) and wanted to use it right away. These shots are all stationary, though, since I used my longest lens. It was mostly a Magic Bullet test. I'm trying to find 'my look'.

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Canon HG10
Letus35 Mini
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L II
Canon EF 2x extender

Sony Vegas 8 Pro
Magic Bullet Looks

Skyphone

As I'm listening to the album 'Avellaneda' by Danish electronica trio Skyphone, I felt like sharing it with whoever stops by this blog.

The music is a very good indication of my current taste in music - dreamy, mellow & introvert in a happy and beautiful way. It's a great companion for a slow Sunday afternoon :)

Have a listen at MySpace, visit their website and/or read this informative review (Audiversity).

Happy listening...