I’ve been watching the tides like a hawk, waiting for a low tide and trying to plan a trip around it. Today, I planned a 5 hour expedition into the swamp. I didn’t know what the weather would do, so I prepared for anything.
I got a really low tide that lasted for almost two hours, and it was totally overcast, which makes for very pleasing light. I did get rained on once, but it was a light rain and it lasted just long enough for me to put my gear away.
Anyway, I made a short video with a voice-over to provide a little more insight into my trip. I edited it very harshly to keep it short, and the bits from the two scenes I shot are just some outtakes that I won’t use in the final videos.
Anyway, there will be at least 2 clips from this trip. One will be an inverted/head-first video that ends with an orgasm. The other one is a quicksand/stuck video.
A really interesting and informative video along with the other one. Sorry to see you got rained out after all that setup. Hopefully it doesn’t demotivate you too much 🙂
It’s hard to get demotivated when I only get a low tide a couple times a month. I’ve been going out every chance I get, as long as I don’t have to work.
Thanks for the comment. I often wonder what people think of my video logs. Sometimes it seems like people just want to see me die in quicksand, and they’re not interested in this behind the scenes stuff. 😉
I find them very interesting, especially as it’s not obvious how much work goes into filming your videos. A couple of questions:
– How far away are these bogs from your house and are you able to take the canoe all the way of switch over to using that after having driven to the edge of the swamp?
– For future videos, might you be able to add more talking or a narrative to the sink? I personally find that very erotic.
I could make videos like this all day. I wish I could put them on YouTube, because I have to keep the bandwidth usage under control on my web-site. That’s why the videos are generally pretty low quality. I’m also probably contributing to global warming.
I drive my car to a put-in on the creek (most of my trips) that is about 1.5km from my home. The distance I have to paddle on the creek varies from 1-4 km (one way), depending on which mud hole I’m visiting. When I go to the river, that is a 22km drive and a 1.5km paddle that lands me about 200m from the place where I sink.
As far as talking, I am not sure exactly what you want. Do you want me to talk in the video or do a voice over after editing the video? Also, what should I talk about? What it feels like? A story about how I got there? Pleading for help? I’ve never been shy about talking, but I also know that different people watch these clips for different reasons, so I try to stay out of the way. Way back when, I received a critique from a fan who felt I cussed too much.
Anyway, if I know what you’re asking for, I’ll do my best to make it happen. The video I shot on Monday was by request. I’m open to ideas, although I’m a bit limited in what I can do.
Personally, I like the idea of you playing up the drama of the situation – falling into the mud and talking about your predicament as if to a hidden observer; about the texture of the mud, how you’re going to get out, anyone around to help, becoming more terrified of sinking all the way under, etc. That sort of thing really adds to the sinking for me and there can never be enough of it.
I would be surprised if anyone doesn’t like you talking, but then I suppose each to their own. I certainly have no problem with cussing – what do they expect? Your videos to be rated ‘PG’? 😉
BTW yes I did see your ‘making of’ video – very informative and makes me appreciate the amount of work you put in for us!
You should keep an eye out for the “stuck” clip from July 13. I talked a bit in that one, since I was a little surprised that, after walking across many similar looking areas, this was the first time I had encountered anything like what I had stumbled into, there. The mud was bottomless, was pulling me in, and seemed to hold me fast, in spite of my best efforts at pulling myself free. I talked about how I was in the middle of nowhere and there was no one to hear my cries for help, and that I was likely to die of exposure before anyone would find me.
What can I say? I’m a pessimist. 🙂
p.s. I assume you have seen the “Making a Mud Movie” movie.