Just got my Canon 5D. Didn't even have time to get a full charge on the battery before I went out to shoot some friends snowboarding in their back yard.

I still have a lot of playing around to learn about everything this camera can do.

Anyway, I just threw together this preview edit for my own satisfaction. Enjoy.

Photo motion of new years eve 2008, grand rapids, mi

After watching the 'Curious Case of Benjamin Button', which had Erica and I in tears for about 2/3rds of the film, we decided to take advantage of the strange weather in Ann Arbor that night.

It had been -1˚ a week before I flew to MI, and this night it was 10˚ warmer here than it was in CA. MI can be strange like that.

It rained off and on while we were walking around taking pics - but it was warm enough not to care :P

We kinda' made two versions of this video. I had cut together quickly a bunch of our clips, and threw an 'Album Leaf' song behind it... which is a sad'ish song. And Erica wanted to have a happy song, so we made a shorter version that is more happy, which is here vimeo.com/2660760 :)

This footage is from an awesome lakehouse I'm staying at for the winter... and the cold blustery weather is a little easier to take now that I've got my new Canon HV30 in hand.

All processing was completed with Sony Vegas.

Music by: "Celtic Women"