There are times we look, but do not see… passing up beauty in a rush to destinations… so, I took the challenge by fellow vimeo member Andrew Garcia and decidied to litererally “stop and smell the roses”. It turns out that mid-winter is not the best time for roses… so, like Andrew, I opted for mile markers instead. I traveled seven miles from my door, stopping at each mile marker to film what I found there. It was a great exercise.

Shooting stats…
– Panasonic Lumix GH1
– Shot in Full Manual mode
– 720 60p HD mode
– Shutter at 125
– ISO 100
– Lenses – Lumix 20mm F1.4 and Canon FD 135mm F2.8
– Filter – Singh Ray Vari-N-Duo Filter… with this filter I was able to dial in my exposure and shoot with a wide open aperture in full sunlight for great shallow depth of field
– Cam support – Manfrotto 536 Tripod w/Manfrotto 501HDV Video Head
– Hoya 77mm rubber collapsable Hood
– Neocine transcode from MTS to MOV (leaving it at 60p)
– Cinema Tools to conform 60p to 23.98
– Cut in FCP on a 23.98 fps sequence
– Music was “Ever After” purchased from royaltyfreemusic.com