A full year after Whitney and my trip to India, we finally finished up the piece we were working on for it: India in Motion, which was published on The Washington Post’s website. Whitney did over 20 short videos reflecting the sights and sounds of the country.
There are videos from almost all the places we visited, chief among them Mumbai, Udaipur and Rishikesh. I designed the piece and built the player, which had some similarities to Scene In in that it was a series player and I used some of the same code, but look and feel wise, it is pretty different.
I was never a huge fan of trip/tour video, but going back and watching these gives me a newfound respect for it. It reminds you of the feeling of things in a way it’s not easy to get with photographs. Instead of a single moment, you have a stream of existence. I am going to try to find a way to do some video of my own on future trips, because I like the perspective it gives you after the fact. It can also be less obtrusive shooting video because people aren’t aware when you’re shooting, versus photography when they can hear the shutter. You also need longer shots so you end up staying in position longer. The Canon 5D Mark II takes AMAZING videos — the quality is awesome, just like a photograph.
If you like these, check out my pictures from India!