Snow Day (Dragnfly) HD1080

I wish I could harness some of your dog's energy... Love the video and the music in spite of the beat flipfloping between a swing/straight/swing/straight feel... most of all, I'm just so happy I don't live up north in snow country...    Very cool work Shad...

Nice work all round Shad and Maggie.

This is outstanding, Shad.  I love the song and video and the glimpse into your life.  Here in Kansas City we close the schools if we get a half inch of snow.  Anyway, I'm very  impressed, and I wish your creativity was contagious.

Snow is fun? Till it's not... Dogs on the other hand? Dogs are always fun! And kids? Usually.

Frank - This from the hardest working guy on the forums? I would say you have harnessed it just fine. I am with you on the whole snow and cold schtick. I am not a fan of it myself. However Maggie is showing me a side of winter I had previously missed. The fun side. I found the happy screams of the neighbourhood kids more than a little hearwarming.

Thanks John. Indeed, it is the new camera I bought on Saturday. I really like it, and as you saw, it stood up to rough doggy play (if you watched till the very end) and wet, even though it was not designed for such use. I will have to be a bit more careful as I cannot afford to replace it. Bit of a crazy tune, but... that would be a reflection of its creator.

John - Arouwroor rooaghrouu mrouaghsthaggrs. Wreenarungnee rooaghrouu herehh hehh herehh!

Janet - Why thank you m'lady. I am glad it was enjoyable. I really had no idea how it would be recieved. I pretty much expected "yawn, home movie".

Lynn - Thank you. It means a lot. I will tell ya, video editing is some of the most arduouse creative output I have done. It is painful to edit HD1080 on my rig; upwards of 2 hours to render 4 minutes with image post processing. I left of one step of "treatment" that I would have done to the whole vid would it have not taken more than 9 hours to render (i did include it on the shot of the church - that clip alone took 45 minutes to render). I really need to upgrade. Tthe Avid software I have as it is circa 2005 vintage and not optimized for multi-core processing. However, at about 1500 bucks.. thats not going to happen anytime soon.

Scotty - It is too bad that Maggie and Tanner cannot meet.  Outside of the actual grayhound in the neighborhood she is the fastest we have yet encountered (she frustrates a lot of dogs), though she has yet to actually run with it. She chased down a wippet of her size uphill (this was in the summer). It was already at the top running full bore along the ridge and she actually intercepted it at an angle. She needs to be challenged as she is getting lazy. Thanks for the kind words.

Robby - truer words were never spoke. Thanks for the watch m'man.
 
Daryl - I know eh? I am often just left agape at her stamina. She is obviously loves outputting that much energy, but man... I think my heart would explode if I tried to. Thanks for watching.

That's nice Shad. No snow in this part of Scotland..yet. Cool music too, the mix has a good spread and depth, sounds lovely through my 'phones.

having three dogs of my own ( and also having recently lost my beloved Husky/Malamute, speaking of snow )
this really moved me back to that innocent mindspace-place of childhood winters in New York. 
perfect soundtrack for the visuals. really- mastrefully done.  I gave you a LIKE on youTube too.

thanks so much for sharing. dogs rule!! 

-Daren  :)

way cool shad. Thanks..

Hey thanks guys. It was fun to make. A good day with the dog.