Have returned from a hugely enjoyable weekend in Dorset attending my brother-in-law’s wedding. You couldn’t have asked for better weather, and all went without a hitch. Well, almost. On the Friday I managed to break the zip on my shorts necessitating in me borrowing a pair from my father-in-law. I hadn’t brought any other pair of trews other than my smart suit trousers which were intended for the wedding day itself. Sadly, I managed to split the borrowed pants on the Sunday when we got home. So it’s off to buy replacements later..
On the big day itself, we were picked up by Mary, my mother-in-law, and awaited the procession. I borrowed Memset’s HXR-MC1P high-definition “actioncam” at the last minute to record proceedings. As we were waiting in the car, the future Mr & Mrs got in the impressive Land Rover taking them to the wedding venue (the old town hall). We were still sitting in Mary’s car, so I took the camera and started filming out the rear window. The resulting footage looks like I’ve been staking out the place, awaiting the suspects to come out into the open! It gives me an interesting opening angle on the finished wedding video – a “24″ style title sequence.
The ceremony itself went without a hitch, and I’ve got some good footage of the whole event (even if I was filming their backs – but the ring exchange footage is a lot better than I expected – this camera is a little beauty) along with the reception party and speeches. I’m going to be editing it down into something watchable and distribute the results to the family on DVD and Blu-Ray (for those that have them).
On Sunday, we demonstrated the art of candy floss making to our 3-year old niece and 10-year old nephew. Never have I seen sugar consumed at the speed of light given them two. But great fun nonetheless. Was also exposed to “Dora the Explorer” for the first time (Pirate Adventure) and I can honestly say that it was: odd. For example: Lisa the Lizard doesn’t pay any attention to steering the ship while huge rocks threaten to destroy Dora and her gang – all they can do is sing, “Lisa, turn the wheel” with huge grins as impending doom threatens their very existence. Part of me wishes they were all crushed against the rocks as punishment for trusting the safety of the entire ship to an idiot. And what’s with baby Jaguar? Every other animal can talk, but he seems to have speech impediment – all he can do is go, “mewmewmewmewmew”.
Took the HXR for a bike ride to work today. I have some excellent footage (all things considered – the camera is poking out the back of my backpack), including a cyclist who is talking on his mobile phone whilst riding on the main windy road towards Worplesdon.
