PSA CAN Prevent Child Abuse

CREATIVE ASSIGNMENT: CAN Prevent wants people to feel empowered to stop child abuse. Click the logo for the task force web site.

YOU CAN make a difference. We are urging people to report child abuse if the see it, sense it or know it. Help kids and families get education and support to stop the cycle of violence that child abuse causes.

LVHD produced a 30-second awareness campaign for the task force. Music and lounge act provided by Garry Lee Rosenberg really draws attention in a new way to an old problem. He uses a classic song with a snappy melody and adds a lyrical twist to create an original timeless message. Sticky Message stays with you.

Rapidly changing technology can make last year’s great idea into a slumdog, and that is certianly the case with HDV. The 2009 show seemed to be a sort of catch up year, in that innovations of recent years are now very usable and ready to work.  RED for example: a few years ago the camera was a prototype. This year the accessories were out in big numbers.  3D is big. More on that in years to come.  It’s cool, but the technology has to develop to attract an audience.

NAB camera report

My favorite camera is from Silicon Imaging. Slumdog Millionaire Shot with the SI-2K Cinema Camera. The SI-2K series combine a DCI-spec 2K sensor with CineForm’s revolutionary Visually Perfect® CineForm RAW™ codec. All that- embedded Intel Core 2 Duo powered architecture. It delivers a direct-to-disk recording platform with unprecedented image quality, 11-F stops of dynamic range, an intuitive 7” LCD touchscreen interface that is off the charts, sharp OLED electronic viewfinder option, IT-friendly connectivity, battery powered operation, and up to 4-hours of continuous shooting on its hot-swap 160GB notebook hard drive. My friend Steve Waterford of ZennaTek has already invented an ingenious waterproof housing that has interior climate control and lens clearing airflow for housing lens.  This partial submersion bag is for taking it to the extreme.

Please note: There is no up-side benefit to my company if you shoot a specific camera.  In fact; I’d like to see all ocean videographers using HDV please. This is my NAB 2009 review of cameras I personally would deploy underwater.

Video - HD2O-ReefLife016 A busy day on a healthy coral reef.

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You will notice the water is not perfectly clear which actually indicates healthy, nutrient-rich ocean water. Lots of food attracts lots of life as the music plays whimsically with the neighborhood action. We hope you enjoy it and hope we can bring this product to you soon.

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This is our first!  HD Podcast 001

Join us and subscribe to our Ocean Observations. Click the image will jump to our iTunes listing.  I find iTunes is best for delivering HD quality of over the web. Video clips download to your computer for the ultimate HD experience, then you can load and play on any iPod or iPhone. Come along, let’s see how it works.  I’m sure there will be improvements along the way.

This first Podcast is a very colorful reef I call “Blue-Green Day-Dream”.  The visuals are enhanced by a stellar soundtrack scored for this special reef.  You should find it ~ Relaxing ~ Entertaining ~ Meditative ~ and a bit Seductive ~

Set the mood to cool blue and take a full-screen plunge anytime you see this logo!  Or watch the version below; right here, right now.  Let us know what you think.

For best playback try the pop-up player!

VIDEO in this FLOG ARTICLE - Lots of things peter out; like gum. How about with HD2O?  THE ENTIRE DVD is nap time!

On the other hand; If you’re into entertaining @ home, an elegant dinner party to an intimate evening @ home ~ HD2O is a stimulating experience for your big-screen tv. Video and audio combined into a powerful underwater journey. Get it today in our store.

Grab this sample HD clip and see for yourself.

Musical composer Garry Lee Rosenberg is an exception to that rule. He doesn’t peter-out. Quite the opposite is true. He took on the “HD2O - The Keys” project thinking he would contribute a few tracks. That’s not what happened. Rosenberg ended up scoring all but 8-minutes of the 67-minute looping content, plus he scored the emotional visit to Island Dolphin Care. How the heck did I get a composer to contribute that much effort? I wish I could tell you, but I just don’t know where I went right!

I thought Island Dolphin Care would’ve mentally crippled him so I never released the final videos at that time. It wasn’t until after “Minnow Storm” which demanded a live flutist.

His first clue that I was dragging him into the deep blue water should have been when he found out my tracks were 12-minute compositions; not the usual 3-minute album track like he was expecting. (verse, verser, chorus, bridge, verse; doesn’t work) But that was only the beginning as tunes turned into tracks, a couple tracks turned into several tracks. That’s when I dropped “Track 14″ on him, a monster 20-minute track, I said, “Garry, would it make you feel better if you scored a 30-second disc-intro first? Then do the 20-minute piece?” Rosenberg had just completed Minnow Storm which required live musicians to include a monster flutist for the piece he had written.

By now Rosenberg was hooked, line and sinker. (LOL) Having scored 30 of what he thought was a 45-minute disc, so now he wanted to score the entire thing, and did just that… he scored a whopping 60 of 67-minutes. That’s right- Garry wasn’t counting as the disc blossomed from 45 to 67 minutes. In the end he did it all with the exception of an 8-minute piano solo. What’s most amazing is his Final Two Minutes. After an hour-and-five of amazing music he still had this left in the tank? The Final 2 are Magnificent!

With great admiration for his musical skills and Berkley education I say the DVD soundtrack on HD2O - The Keys is worth the price of the disc without video. The video too is worth the cost. Together the disc is a bargain truly worth having in your DVD and iPod library.

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HD2O’s Cameraflyer, Joe “ICE” Berg, shot video of this shining new Sea-Doo Seascooter VS Supercharged Water Scooter From Sea Doo. The group put it to the test at Snapper Ledge, a must-dive site off Key Largo. (see video in this post)

Overall performance was reported as excellent - even pulling two divers against the stiff current. We just happen to have the best price on Sea Scooters in our store, Ocean Beach.

Rated the No. 1 overall water scooter by Diving Science and

Life comes at you fast. There isn’t always time to research every detail, we all appreciate a little help. We at HD2O are happy to announce the opening of the “OCEAN BEACH SHOPS“. More and more friends are taking advantage of those last-minute vacation packages. Great bargains can be found, but it takes timing. Once the trip is booked, you may find yourself strapped for time and in need of a few

Here is a link to the thread from wetpixel regarding tape vs. disc recording.Three experiences. No matter which side of the HD fence you find yourself, check out the gear and the best cameras prices for underwater and surface professionals at the OCEAN BEACH SHOP.

Are you in touch with the Mother Earth? Most likely- if you’re reading this Flog. If so you will want to plug into one amazing group out of South Africa called Earth-Touch. I am a big advocate of animal rights. I’m also very interested and involved with animals in the service of humans. Visit our store category, COOL_STUFF and see most things sold are to benefit great causes. My wife mostly (and I) has raised four golden retrievers for CCI, a Capuchin monkey for Helping Hands, and we have committed to Island Dolphin Care.

Beauty is way deeper than skin. Beauty includes more than looks; to include such skills as; ‘takes direction well’, and ‘plays well with other beautiful women’, many other skills were on the list. This past weekend I had the divine pleasure of working with some outstanding people on both ends of the camera. I got a phone call from a distressed producer. His film crew was swept away in the mid-west floods. Scott was in a bind and I was able to help. I cannot reveal the show, network, or details - however I can tell you

I have many long boring stories about advertising in Las Vegas, but as stated; boring. Point is that advertising is going to encroach and conquer every square inch of ground and air space available. Here is my first attempt at marketing transparency on video. At least the product we’re marketing in our own! Buy through Amazon or buy directly thru our site. After you see the pop-up ads on this clip you gonna just buy it for everyone you know and love! Be part of a marketing success story. Order today!