Category: Video
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Spotify, The Ringer, Netflix and YouTube
I am intrigued by the recent announcement from Spotify that a range of their podcasts from The Ringer (which is owned by Spotify) will be coming to Netflix. In recent years, The Ringer has leant heavily into video for their titles. And now, complete episodes will air exclusively on Netflix – in the US initially.…
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Mirroring
It has been a while since I posted a video. I’ve always been a big fan of Bosch and Bosch Legacy, but the former had an amazing opening title sequence featuring reflected shots of the downtown Los Angeles area. I’ve gone for a slightly different vibe, with a series of shots of the autumnal leaves…
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Whitewebbs XC 2025
My running club hosted its first ever race this weekend. I was one of a small crew on Saturday afternoon laying out the course. Then a much larger crew helped marshal the course, be timekeepers, car park attendants, hand out race numbers and much more. Overall, a massively successful event with more than 100 runners…
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Aurora Borealis – Video
During the excitement on Friday (and early Saturday), I shot a few minutes of video footage which I’ve embedded above. This video has been sped up about 4x speed to show the lighting effects better off.
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Trent Park – Autumn 2023
It has been a while since I made a drone video and published it here, so here’s one shot at the weekend in Trent Park, just at the northern tip of London. The changing colours have come late this year. The following day, I was racing through the same park as part of a team…
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Algorithmic Promotion Shouldn’t Be Everything…
As an addendum to my last blog on the lack of physical media for the leading Oscar contender, Everything Everywhere All At Once, I thought it was worth seeing how sharp the streamers have been reacting to yesterday’s Oscar nominations buzz. The nominations came out on Tuesday lunchtime, UK time, and I’m writing this a…
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Everything Not Everywhere on Home Media
Yesterday, the 2023 Oscar nominations were announced, and the film with the most nominations was Everything Everywhere All at Once with 11 nominations including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress (x2) and Best Supporting Actor. I know I’m banging a bit of a drum on this subject, but why on earth can’t…
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Rain, Wind and a Tyre Blowout
Saturday’s ride was always going to be a little interesting. The weather wasn’t great, with rain falling fairly constantly early on. I prevaricated a bit, but decided to do 100km or so circuit around Hertfordshire. So fully layered up in Gore-tex and waterproof shoe covers (which never stay fully waterproofed), I headed out. All was…
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A New Year’s Day Ride to Cambridge
Starting the year as I mean to go on, I rode to Cambridge on New Year’s Day, taking a slightly circuitous route to stretch it out to 100km. A quick ride through the city centre before heading back to the station for the return leg by train.
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The Rapha Festive 500 – 2022 Edition
For the second year running, I decided to embark on the Rapha Festive 500 challenge – riding 500kms between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. I’ve already documented a couple of this year’s rides. Here’s Ride #1, Ride #3 and Ride #4. I didn’t take a camera out with me for Ride#2, and while I…
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Festive 500 – Ride #4
Ride #4 of this year’s Festive 500 was the longest of my rides so far, heading out in the pre-dawn from Sheringham on the North Norfolk coast, southeast along the coast through Cromer, Overstrand, and down to Winterton-on-Sea where the seals gather on the beach. I stopped for a warm tea at the van (it…
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Christmas Eve 2022 – Festive 500 Ride #1
I’m doing the Rapha Festive 500 this year – riding 500KM between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. This was my first ride on Christmas Eve when it was damp and therefore very muddy. Not shown here is me cleaning the GoPro lens many many times during the ride. This was a ride between Sheringham…