General mudding
Comments
Well, the comment experiment is over. I love to get comments from you guys, but I get 25 spam comments for every legitimate comment. I’m just going to turn off comments until I release my next movie. I might shoot something in the swamp tomorrow (Thursday, March 15), if this weather holds. Today would have … Continue reading
It’s in the Can
As they say in the movie biz, it’s in the can. We shot the claypit suspension movie today. The shoot was originally planned for Friday, but the weather was very nice today (Thursday) and the forecast for Friday was deteriorating. Most everything went to plan. We set up the suspension tripod, two cameras, and a … Continue reading
Warm weather
It was too nice today not to get out on the water for a while. The first day of the month is often one of my busiest days, so I hustled to take care of business before tossing my boat on the creek and going for a short paddle. I couldn’t resist the urge to … Continue reading
Mild Weather
The weather has been really mild, for February. I’ve been watching the tide charts and weather reports, looking for an opportunity to partake in some swamp mud. It seems like it’s been forever, since my last mudding trip. If nothing else, I could use the exercise, and my skin needs softening. I’ve also got a … Continue reading
Correspondence
Every so often, someone uses my contact form to send me a message. I don’t get that many messages, and I reply to every one of them. Usually I reply within a couple of hours. In rare cases, it might take me a day or two to respond, but if you do not get a … Continue reading
Video blog for October 9, 2011
Here is my video blog from my trip into the swamp on October 9, 2011. If the video isn’t embedded here, just follow this link to download the MP4 video file. Hopefully, you have Quicktime or another MPEG4/H.264 capable player. supported browsers include IE 9, Safari, FireFox 3.5+, Opera, and Chrome
Tides and Tarzan photos
Although it was only 45 degrees, with a cold, northerly wind this morning, I wrangled Heather into taking a trip with me, deep into the swamp. Recently, I’ve been frustrated with my success in predicting low tides. The wind has been blowing from the South and the tides have been higher than usual. A couple … Continue reading
Exploring the swamp
Well, I went out today, in hopes of catching a low tide, but the tide never got low enough for mudding. I was determined to enjoy my time on the water, so I paddled a few miles and did some exploring. I got wet, I got a little dirty, and I found a tiny creek … Continue reading
Best Mudding Gear
Doug, You have SO much experience out in the tidal mud maybe you can share your best mudding gear> ? You are bearfoot? so no surf shoe recos.? Any cock constraining rings, etc in addition to your hogtied ropes, etc.. If so, rubber, neoprene, etc… ever wear singlets? any tools for digging in tidal muck? … Continue reading