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2013 in Review: Video captures a little slice of life

OK, allow me to be honest — this video could be way better.

This is basically a snapshot — through videos — of my 2013. I know I took many more videos, but I just can’t find them all. The video — as it stands — is about 12 minutes long. There’s no music with it, as most of the videos have their own sounds.

Still, even without some videos I know I took, this is a pretty fun look back at 2013. From a singing disc golfer to clips from the cruise I was on to little iPhone videos, it has some interesting stuff on here.

This is the second in a series of posts looking back at 2013 and looking forward to 2014. I’ve adjusted the schedule a bit, as I had other things I needed to post on certain days. Tomorrow, as well as next week will have posts looking at all aspects of the year as well.

One thing I’d like to do is learn my camera’s video function a little more this year and have some better videos for 2014. That might mean the year in review video will be longer, but I’m OK with that. I realize not everybody will sit through it, but I know many who will — so it’s kind of a catch-22. In the end, though, if I do what is in my mind, it will capture my year a bit more.

Anyway, without further delay … here’s my look at 2013 in videos.

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2013 in Review: Images on the go paint a picture of my year

Despite knowing I’ll be changing the dates a bit because of previous blogging commitments, today starts my look back at 2013.

This year really had its ups and downs. Between probably reaching one of the lowest points in my life, it’s ending on a super high note — one in which I’ve really been waiting to have happen.

Still, even knowing what I have been through, photography has been a big part of my life this year. Whether with my phone (often) or my regular DSLR, I captured a lot of things I’ll remember fondly.

This first installment is a video. It’s about 16:30 long, and features hundreds of images I took this year with my iPhone. Many are “Instagram” images, others are not really processed at all. These images really paint a picture of my year, which is what I was trying to capture.

The video has a soundtrack, too, of songs I kind of got into this year and I tried to make them pretty upbeat and such for the video.

I hope you have the time to sit back, watch the video and enjoy. I’ll have the rest of the series starting Jan. 1 (as it looks now, anyway).

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2013 in Review: Upcoming

So I’m doing things a little differently with my year in review setup.

On January 1, I’ll still have my normal (lengthy) post looking back at 2013. But, this year, I’m also adding a few video posts to the setup. They will be as follows:

  1. A video of videos I’ve taken this year.
  2. A video of iPhone photos I’ve taken.
  3. A video of photos I’ve taken with my DSLR.

I’ve added music to the second two, mostly tunes I started listening to this year.

Two of the videos are already made, and the third will be made soon. I like how the first two came out, too. Hopefully, these will be posts people enjoy.

It’s been a crazy year, 2013 has been. It started out crappy, it wasn’t too bad in the middle, got really bad and then is ending quite well. I’ll explain it all in the four review posts.

The anticipated dates for the posts are as follows:

  • Dec. 27: iPhone video post
  • Dec. 30: Video post
  • Dec. 31: Regular photo video post
  • Jan 1, 2014: Year in Review

The first three are tentative in that I might move the placement of the videos, pending on how I want them done. The iPhone one is about 15 minutes long and the video post is about 10 minutes. The third one isn’t made yet, so I’m not sure there.

I’ve been working away at these posts, so hopefully they’ll come together as planned. I’m excited for them, too, as I think they show a good glimpse at my 2013.

Thanks, too, to everyone who has been a reader this year. I’ve enjoyed the interactions (though I really need to catch up on comments — I’m several weeks behind in responding!) and I look forward to another great year of blogging in 2014.

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