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Time-Lapse Video: New England Beach

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Dave Williams) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:24:47 EDT

Doubling the speed of a video clip is an effective way to create a time-lapse video of otherwise slow-moving scenes. As an example, a recent winter scene at a New England spit-barrier beach.

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Published: Jan 18, 2012

Spooky Videos in the Outdoors: Lighthouse

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Dave Williams) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:24:19 EDT

Transforming mundane footage into a spooky opening for a movie is easy. Withhold facts to create a sense of mystery; import a foreboding soundscape and some sound effects, then render in a simple x-ray video effect

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Published: Jan 18, 2012

Soundscapes and Video: How to Create Dramatic Tension and Scary Footage

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Dave Williams) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:08:11 EDT

Use a dramatic soundscape to introduce a series of clips, then add a transition and sound effects: the simplest way to make the ordinary spooky.

Contributor: Dave Williams
Published: Jan 11, 2012

Before the Storm: Eastern Point at Gloucester, Massachusetts

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Dave Williams) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:53:43 EDT

The atmospherics before ocean storms in Massachusetts are remarkable: livid western skies, slow groundswell, fishing boats returning to port via the Eastern Point breakwater.

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Published: Jan 11, 2012

Winter Beach: Massachusetts

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Dave Williams) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:28:56 EDT

Stiff northwest winds are a commonplace in Massachusetts during the winter. The winds arrive via high pressure cold fronts spilling down from the distant Canadian Shield.

Contributor: Dave Williams
Published: Jan 11, 2012

How to Make a Print: Sean Hurley in Gloucester, Massachusetts

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Dave Williams) — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:27:13 EDT

Beacon Marine Basin artist Sean Hurley at work: A look at the versions Hurley's copperplate print of downtown Gloucester's railroad crossing went through before its final release as a limited edition print.

Contributor: Dave Williams
Published: Jan 05, 2012

Sea Kayaking and Kayak Fishing Salem Sound: The Misery Islands

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Dave Williams) — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:58:57 EDT

The routine of launching from Salem Sound's Misery Island off Manchester, Ma. and the short trip on a windy day from the island to West Beach.

Contributor: Dave Williams
Published: Dec 19, 2011

Sea Kayaking and Kayak Fishing Massachusetts: Manchester and Beverly Farms

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Dave Williams) — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:55:32 EDT

Launch from Manchester or Beverly Farms to reach the islands of Salem Sound, including the Misery Islands and the Gooseberries.

Contributor: Dave Williams
Published: Dec 19, 2011

Sea Kayaking and Kayak Fishing: West Beach, Beverly Farms and Misery Island, Manchester

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Dave Williams) — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:31:51 EDT

The Trustees of Reservations island lies just a half mile from the sands at West Beach in Beverly Farms. Here's the trip back on brisk fall day.

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Published: Dec 19, 2011

Sea Kayaking and Kayak Fishing: The White Gas Stove (Coleman, MSR, Etc.) Priming Cup

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Dave Williams) — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 07:30:28 EDT

White gas is a cheap and ubiquitous camp stove that creates high heat and burns clean. They key is to heat and prime the fuel first to yield a blue, hot flame. Here's how.

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Published: Dec 19, 2011

How to Edit Video: Parallel Action Cutting

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Dave Williams) — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:10:09 EDT

Parallel action video editing can be tough. In this case, a drive through a seaside town is intercut with scenic shots of a remote beach. Then a character enters an abandoned house after dark and gets spooked.

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Published: Dec 14, 2011

On the Beach at Night: Kodak Zi8 HD Video Footage

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Dave Williams) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:24:35 EDT

Many pocket HD digital video cameras do okay at night if you use a light. The lighting range for most is four f-stops; for film (cine), seven. Note the blown-out details in some sequences, and iris flickers at sunset.

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Published: Dec 09, 2011

Spit-Barrier Beaches: Massachusetts

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Dave Williams) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:03:55 EDT

Lying adjacent to Cape Cod and Cape Cod bay, the spit-barrier beach at Duxbury, Ma. is remote, desolate and isolated. Snowy owls spend the winter here.

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Published: Dec 09, 2011

Time-Lapse HD Video: When Northwesterly Winds Reach the New England Coastline

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Dave Williams) — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:55:32 EDT

Shot with a Kodak Zi8 HD videocam and lightweight tripod; edited with Apple iMovie HD.

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Published: Dec 07, 2011

Lighthouses: Gloucester, Massachusetts and Duxbury, Massachusetts

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Dave Williams) — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:36:46 EDT

Both lighthouses serves similar purposes. Neither resembles the other. Shot in HD with a Kodak Zi8, edited with Apple iMovie.

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Published: Dec 07, 2011

Sea Kayaking, Kayak Fishing: The VHF Radio and Channel 16 when You Make a Mayday Call

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Dave Williams) — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:09:06 EDT

If you can't give your position or the Coast Guard has reason to suspect your call is a hoax, be prepared for significant response delays.

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Published: Dec 05, 2011

Along the Road at Cape Ann: Thachers Island at Rockport and Gloucester, Massachusetts

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Dave Williams) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:40:32 EDT

Much of the Rockport, Massachusetts shoreline is open to the public via footpaths. Here's a view from one.

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Published: Nov 23, 2011

Body Surfing, Gloucester, Massachusetts

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Dave Williams) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:06:01 EDT

With narration text from Willard Bascom, author of the classic "Waves and Beaches"

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Published: Nov 23, 2011

East Coast Body Surfing and Surfing

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Dave Williams) — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:59:44 EDT

A good day's body surfing on the US East Coast with commentary by famed oceanographer Willard Bascom.

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Published: Nov 14, 2011

Body Surfing at Good Harbor Beach, Gloucester, Massachusetts

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Dave Williams) — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:34:49 EDT

Good Harbor Beach's best bodysurfing, boogie boarding and surfing waves arrive in early and late fall, when the water is still warm and large storms form offshore.

Contributor: Dave Williams
Published: Nov 14, 2011