PowerDirector recently added an AI (artificial intelligence) feature that converts video to various styles of animation. I’ve been having fun with it on a few of my clips. The videos are interesting and a little weird, especially when you examine them frame by frame. For example, things appear to be […]
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Payette River with Team River Runner
After Team River Runner’s recent multi-day trip on the Main Salmon River, some of us took advantage of a bonus day on the Payette. Big thanks to TRR’s Boise chapter coordinator Bob Tracy and his fellow Boise, Idaho volunteers for hosting us that day. Here are descriptions of this section […]
Salmon River with Team River Runner
A fantastic week on the Main Salmon pursuing the Team River Runner mission: To provide all veterans and their families an opportunity to find health, healing, community purpose, and new challenges through adventure and adaptive paddle sports. August 2023. Here’s my video…
Ocoee River with Team River Runner
Cohen R. and I recently drove to North Carolina for our first visit to the annual #TeamRiverRunner SE Rendezvous. We were treated to good food, new friendships and two days kayaking the Nantahala River followed by a day on big water of the Ocoee. It was a tremendous event with […]
Busy Kayaking Season
It’s been a busy spring and summer of kayak instruction; both whitewater and sea kayaking. And the busiest part of the season is still to come. I haven’t posted lately so I’ll play catch-up now about some of the events to date… SCOUT LEADER KAYAK TRAINING, June 5-8 I’ll start […]
Northern Lights Time Lapse Video
Time lapse of the northern lights over the bay April 24 as the Moon and Venus descended. The second part was recorded after midnight over a period of several hours. Shot with a GoPro 10 on Night Lapse setting.
Ducks and More Ducks
We witnessed another amazing duck migration this spring. I shot this with a drone just offshore from our home on Green Bay two weeks ago. Most of them appeared to be either Greater Scaups or Lesser Scaups. (If you can tell the difference from this angle, please let me know.) […]
Red River Dunks
My first paddle day in the Midwest this season after kayaking in the Southeast US earlier this year. Apparently I’m still shaking off some winter rust. And yes that should be “CFS” for Cubic Feet per Second, not “CFI”. I shot the drone footage right before we launched our kayaks.
Flying Across Ice
Chasing my neighbor across the ice of Green Bay with a DJI Avata drone for the FPV footage and a DJI Mini 2 drone for the cinematic aerials.
New Canoes and Other Temptations
A few days ago I rode along with friend Dan (@ongreenbay) to pick up his new canoe, a beautiful H20 Canoe Company Prospector. He ordered it from Umingmaq Paddle Touring Center, located a few miles west of Westfield, in Central Wisconsin. I had heard about Umingmaq but I hadn’t been […]