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I am a father of two, who has been a paramedic for 15 years and a professional photographer for around 5. That is until recently, from the 1st of May 2017 I will no longer work on the frontline full time. Instead I have made the transition from specialist paramedic to advanced practitioner and will be working full time in primary care. This blog will chart the development of myself from my current role of specialist paramedic to an advanced practitioner. In the last year I was diagnosed with Ankylosing spondylitis. Which is a degenerative condition which affects the spine. While this diagnosis saddened me obviously. It also came as a relief as I had struggled for over a year and had no idea what was wrong with me. So the diagnosis also came with some relief as I finally had a name to put to my condition. It did help me to look forward and consider a new career pathway. I am the first paramedic to work in primary care in my practice area. This is quite an accolade.

Monday 5 September 2011

Benifits of Slr Video

I read with interest an article regarding the use of the SLR video function and the writer stated that he felt the uses are limited and the idea was a passing fad.

http://www.photozz.com/fizz/19966598.aspx


I recently took some photos of an elderly gentleman who is dying of cancer.

The client wanted to record some images before he became to unwell. I filled the brief with ease and then an opportunity arose to shoot some discreet HD video, I asked a few gently probing questions . My intention being to cover his highs and lows in life. At the time I had no idea if the family would be able to use the footage or would even want the footage. But I felt it was an opportunity that could not be passed up. My camera was on a tripod and recorded silently while I asked about the subjects life.


I showed the family the images and asked them if they would be interested in some video footage I had shot explaining that I had taken it discreetly and gently led the questioning. The family stated they were delighted as they had nothing like that. What I had done on the spur of the moment had become a precious record of events that the family could not have dreamed of capturing.


With this in mind I feel the advantages of video capabilities is something that I could now not do with out, I will always consider using both Video and stills in future.



There are of course limitations to hand held SLR video, but I have made several high quality films which have been of excellent quality, the one below was all filmed on a hand held digital compact camera :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tei488YgBZs

While the qaulity is not as high as an SLR, it shows that even a small compact camera can produce great results

I feel this extract article below also argues the point very well by stating

Video capability in DSLRs represents nothing short of a revolution. A new generation of photographers will embrace what they have to offer and use them to create new forms of art and commerce. In a few years we'll likely think that a still camera that can't also shoot video, or a video camera that can't also shoot stills is strangely underfeatured.
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/camcorders/cam-cam.shtml

Further interesting reading can be found below :

http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/technical-report/1650999/the-ultimate-guide-hd-dslr-camera-accessories
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