Yesterday was a pretty windy day on Lake Michigan. So I decided to shoot some video of the crashing waves. I’ve had my video camera for about 10 months now, and though I carry it with me in my camera bag, I’ve yet to really use it. I drove to a few different places and shot what I saw there.

Then, late last night, I tackled editing what I had shot and tuned it into this short video. The music is some sample music that came with my video editing software. It was there, it seems to work with the pictures, so I used it. In the future I’d love to write my own music for my videos.

So here you go, my first attempt a being a video photographer and editor.

Windy Day on Lake Michigan from Steven Bourelle on Vimeo.

In the last scene of the video you hear me let out a little expletive, (Please excuse my language.)  and then you hear a crash and see lots of water come flying into the frame. I then pick up the camera and get out of there. Well the expletive was for the very large wave I saw coming towards me, the crash was the wave breaking on the end of the pier, and the water was the result of the explosion that sent water flying about 20-25 feet into the air. All of this happened not more that 10 yards in front of me. That’s why I left

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