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1. Washington, DC Snow Storm
2 years ago
A short by Nathan Golon and Jordan Gantz. Shot in Washington, DC on February 6, 2010.

Shot on two Canon 7Ds and edited in Final Cut Pro.

Music: I Think Ur a Contra by Vampire Weekend - vampireweekend.com

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  • Eddy Perez 2 years ago
    Amazing video, incredible shots, beautiful resolution and colors! It felt like I was actually there... oh wait, I was. :) Great job, guys!
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  • Es Video! 2 years ago
    Thanks Eddy!
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  • George Beltran 2 years ago
    YEAHH! I saw you recording the sleds going down the stairs. I was wearing a green/black plad fleece.
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  • Mark Trimble 2 years ago
    Love the sledding down the Malcolm X park steps.
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  • Chadwick Cipiti plus 2 years ago
    Really amazing work! Not that the feed's working today (blah) but posted on facebook.com/Snowpocalypse
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  • Martin Gambrill 2 years ago
    thanks for your tremendously cool and uplifting short. loved it!
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  • Richard Thompson 2 years ago
    This is really wonderful. I've sent it to many friends. Fantastic job.
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  • Blake Whitman staff 2 years ago
    Awesome that you got out there to capture all the fun!
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  • Vahkil 2 years ago
    Nice work! I got to experience the snow on the VA side of the river.
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  • Vinh Le 2 years ago
    shot on my bday! nice work man.
    we sure got a lot of snow in the dc metro area
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  • Perry Gaidurgis 2 years ago
    wow, great work...just posted your film on my facebook page...I got a lot of Washington DC area friends...
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  • Addison Wright plus 2 years ago
    this is incredible work...love the shots...i was snowed in around bowie MD, so I didn't have as much fun as you guys did.
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  • Rip Current 2 years ago
    Awesome just awesome! We didn't get it as bad in OC. Excellent choice in music!
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  • Danny Brownstein 2 years ago
    great shots!
    man I love this snow. Never had enough snow to really ride some good urban in DC until this winter.
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  • GeekDesignGirl 2 years ago
    Gorgeous - such a great short! Thanks for sharing.
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  • Patrick Larson 2 years ago
    this makes me so happy! and quite jealous, we have no snow in KC.
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  • William Dodd plus 2 years ago
    What equipment what used to record this?
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  • Stephen Niebauer staff 2 years ago
    this has brought me great joy
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  • martin holt 2 years ago
    Now you know why we like living in snow country. Nice to see you all having a great time in the storm. We say that if you live in Montana, you have to find something you enjoy doing outside in the winter or you cannot live here very long.
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  • Peter van kessel 2 years ago
    What a lovely way to start the day. Thx for posting this.
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  • dummy 2 years ago
    Beautiful clip!!!
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  • Borodisca 2 years ago
    amazing!!
    gives a feeling of peace and joy that i really loved.
    thanks for sharing
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  • Nick Layton 2 years ago
    Great fun. Captures the essence of people coming together. Just great!
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  • Mathieu Douville 2 years ago
    This is really cool. Love it!
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  • KD 2 years ago
    great great job!
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  • Una fotografía increíble, un gran trabajo!!!
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  • Rokkas plus 2 years ago
    this is amazing!
    thx for the video, i have friends in the US so now i know how everything was there during and after this storm :)
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  • Paul Hamilton plus 2 years ago
    "No Team Sports - Grass Growing" - ha ha

    I esp like 1:26 - 1:30.

    Great pictures, thanks for sharing - looks like Chicago, not D.C.!
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  • nord blogger 2 years ago
    Thanks! Great! Same situation here:
    vimeo.com/8814218
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  • to bad weather, good face. Impresionante!
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  • Brian Rock 2 years ago
    smooth
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  • Elmira 2 years ago
    It has an enchanting effect... so beautiful!
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  • ignacio lombao 2 years ago
    Jejejej I feel better
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  • Kevin Sheurs staff 2 years ago
    lovely
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  • Bodhi Films 2 years ago
    This made me smile.
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  • Michael J. Hartnett plus 2 years ago
    i love this song. and live near DC... so this video sorta sums my last couple weeks
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  • Andy B 2 years ago
    Loved it! (That's not me in the picture by the way I am the better looking other half) Very artistic like the cut aways really lovely effective use of the music. Please put more of your work on Vimeo. We had quite a lot of snow in the U.k recently not quite as much as you guys though.
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  • Elliott Negron 2 years ago
    This vid made me smile throughout..Thanx :)
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  • sergio villa 2 years ago
    Thanks for posting this work of art. The music, the tiny details, the slo-mo....this is Prozac in video form because I can't stop smiling.
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  • David C. Hill plus 2 years ago
    Sweet video
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  • Cain Hammontree 2 years ago
    Awesome video... My sister just moved out there... I'm jealous I'm in Georgia.
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  • weston deboer 2 years ago
    great video!
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  • M G 2 years ago
    this seduce me to go outside :)
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  • Jym Davis 2 years ago
    Even Georgia is looking like this today.

    Very nice video, btw.
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  • trev 2 years ago
    I'm so over snow but this video makes it seem like the best thing in the world! Awesome!
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  • Excellent job!
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  • Bob Trongone plus 2 years ago
    Nice clip. We got a good deal of snow in NJ. It even brought the local deer out!
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  • Alex Onfire 2 years ago
    So thats where all the snow went! Great video, i wish there was that much snow up here in the Toronto area.
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  • Thaddeus Hunt 2 years ago
    Awesome choices here! Music, shots, everything. Loved it! Thanks!
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  • noah Franck 2 years ago
    It is a winter wonder land all over
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  • dantv 2 years ago
    Really nice stuff. Well done!
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  • Steven Hale 2 years ago
    I liked the video but IMHO the music was completely wrong. Just didn't fit. If the video was a "10," the music was a "1." There's a lot of joy in the snow condition and you captured that.
  • Michael DeAngelis 2 years ago
    Regarding the music - What is the legality about using copyrighted material like that song? I was under the impression that in this type of work/video you need either the creator of the music's permission or non-copyrighted music? True? No?
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  • Diane 2 years ago
    wow you made my day x
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  • Mark Bellusci plus 2 years ago
    dang, now I want to visit Washington and get in on the fun. People in the streets in the winter. We should all get blizzards.
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  • Incredible, what camera do you used?
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  • Kelley Duilio 2 years ago
    Beautiful Video..... Very Heart Inspiring,,,, Thank you,,, I'm once again inspired to work with my mini-photo camera to make another short film.... Thank you!!!!
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  • por petite 2 years ago
    I love love love it!
    thanks for sharing :)
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  • Shoval Or 1 year ago
    That's really good.

    Those kind of things are the reason why i bought my new computer for (:
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  • genosimo 1 year ago
    Nice video,really like it
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  • Ruth McCullough 1 year ago
    Really like it! The music sent shivers down my spine.
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  • sunshine haven 1 year ago
    awesome! Love to see any more footage if you have it.
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  • sorensilk 1 year ago
    Great shots. You really caught some cool moments.
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  • jamkuba 1 year ago
    awesome shots and fantastic music
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  • Made me smile :) Beautiful shots!
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  • Fabiz Rabbit 1 year ago
    fantastic video! congratz!
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  • Rohan Modi 1 year ago
    I know everyone keeps saying great job, but I just need to say that this video was inspiring. Goes to show you just how beautiful every season really is.

    "New Day. Live it."
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  • MPLS.TV plus 1 year ago
    Simply Amazing. Kudos.
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  • Terri Agy 1 year ago
    for those of us who are no strangers to snow like this, some would see it as same old stuff. But it truly re-awoke the beauty of the season for me. Sometimes you forget the little things. Thank you
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  • Diamond Davis 1 year ago
    Fantastic! I live in DC and we got tons of snow. I was out of school for 11 DAYS!
    I love the snowstorm(s) of 2010
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  • KennDoo 1 year ago
    This Was Great.....I Am In MD (Hyattsville) Just Outside of NE DC & I Was Snowed in for Two Days & Being From Buffalo I Can Say This Was Truly A Blizzard of 2010 for DC.....And Can't Wait For This Too Melt:)

    Thank you For Beautiful Piece of Art!!!
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  • ZakiFauzan 1 year ago
    this is lovely video :)
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  • Alexei Prokudin 1 year ago
    Beautiful! The atmosphere of "snow fun" is interpreted so nicely! Thank you.
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  • Dawn Howard 1 year ago
    'Pure Magic' to us Southern Hemispherians, Thank you!
    I loved it!!
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  • Emily Reynolds 1 year ago
    Beautiful.
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  • john davis 1 year ago
    You have captured the moments superbly. Plus you showed what a bunch of saps we are in the UK; we get a couple of inches of snow and everything goes to the dogs.
    A lovely film.
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  • Sjwsjw 1 year ago
    Such a lovely video!!
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  • Rick Macomber plus 1 year ago
    even the doggies loved it! Great work guys ; )
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  • Mike Staniforth 1 year ago
    What did you shoot on guys?
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  • Martin Mueller 1 year ago
    this is................great!
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  • Sami Sinervä plus 1 year ago
    Awesome!
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  • Es Video! 1 year ago
    Thanks everyone! This was shot using two Canon 7Ds with a 50mm 1.4 Canon lens and a 70-200 2.8 Canon lens. Some shots were taken using a monopod and others with a Zacuto sniper. Edited in Final Cut Pro.
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  • Skye Wentworth 1 year ago
    You captured it -- a veritable winter wonderland in D.C.

    S W E E T !
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  • Trevor Cate 1 year ago
    wonderful piece gentlemen. i wish i could have been downtown for all of it
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  • Sherry Truhlar 1 year ago
    Loved the short! Tweeted it today.
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  • Sue Mitchell 1 year ago
    I must have watched this fifty times........ Can't seem to get enough of the pure joy it evokes....... absolutely SUBLIME.
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  • vveltze 1 year ago
    DC YAy!! but snow bad 4 business.
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  • Infinite4aMoment 1 year ago
    this is cool
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  • Martin Vaughan 1 year ago
    Loved it! What were you shooting with?
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  • Radek Grulich 1 year ago
    This is nice video. Nice work
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  • Doug Richards 1 year ago
    Great images and the song is a perfect pace for the movement. Really good work.
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  • beeveedee 1 year ago
    Nicely done. It's work like this that is inspiring this still photog to shoot video. I'm learning by watching quality work like this.
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  • gordon mccann plus 1 year ago
    Got the equipment but not the talent to do the same. Nice work and I think I say my daughter in one shot. Good to see her laughing.
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  • Lareki 1 year ago
    Súper!!!!!
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  • Just beautiful. It's good to remember all the joy this snow brought people, now that they're all complaining about the huge ugly grey piles that are a pain in everyone's butt.
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  • gusto-uno 1 year ago
    Wonderfullll!!!!! I love Everything in this vd...
    Nice work, thxxxxxxxxxx
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  • Matt Curran 1 year ago
    sick bussiness
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  • Gotama 1 year ago
    just winter ! all the ideas that you have when someone said winter ...
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  • I have never been in snow!!
    How do travel on days like this ?
    Great filmaking guys , awesome effort.

    What lens were ion the camera and did u slow in post, used 720 p at all

    your response will be much apreciated.

    Cheers!!
    Jimmy
  • Nathan Golon pro 1 year ago
    Thanks Jimmy. We used a Canon 50mm 1.4 and a 70-200mm 2.8. It was shot in 720p, and the footage was slowed using Cinema Tools. Cheers.
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