I often wear my Speedo swimsuit when I am heading out to the swamp. Generally, if I’m shooting a video, I change into something different; just to mix things up a bit. Lately, I haven’t really been inspired to shoot video as much as just get out and enjoy the mud. I still have at least 7 videos that need to be edited.
So, on July 25, I went out to the swamp to catch a late day low tide. I assumed I wouldn’t have much time and that I’d be leaving very close to sunset, so I just unpacked some gear, shot some short bits with the action-cam on a selfie-stick, then put the action-cam on a tripod and set about having some fun in the mud.
I ended up with over 30 minutes of video, but it’s not all that interesting. The pictures on this post are frames from the video. I’m not sure if the video will ever be published, but I can see assembling a few sections of it for a video short when I run out of other things to edit.
As it turned out, I got carried away in the mud and the sun set while I was still up to my ears in it. I had to hustle to get my gear packed, get cleaned up, and paddle back to my car before it got too dark. It’s generally ill advised to be swimming in alligator infested waters at dusk, but sometimes you just have to roll the dice.
On a clip sales/production note, Clips4Sale has revised their rules again regarding record keeping on models/actors. It’s not going to impact me much, since I’m generally a solo act. There could be some old videos with other actors that I may eventually take down because I don’t want to hand the model contracts and photo-id over to C4S on a clip that is well beyond it’s prime. Therefore, if you’ve been waiting to buy the fngibtm clips (Lichen Collector and Fngbtm’s Vacation?) you would want to get them before September.
I know I’ve been threatening to get out of the clip business for a while. This is just one more straw on the camel’s back. I’ve kept my store open this long because there wasn’t much else to do during the pandemic. Business is picking up, again, so I’ll be weighing the pros and cons of maintaining my clip stores.