Author: Paul Joy

Morston mud

I’m not sure why I woke up at 6am on the morning of the 29th October 2008, but I’m glad I did. The sun wasn’t even close to rising but what little light there was had that magic feeling about it, it was going to be one of those colourful...

Glidetrack SD

Note: Since October 2012 I’ve switched over to the Kessler Stealth slider. The Glidetrack is a small track which allows you to mount a video camera and then achieve dolly type shots by pushing the camera along the track. I had considered purchasing an Indislider but with shipping costs from the US...

Glidetrack in Norwich city

I had a meeting in Norwich so popped into the city for an hour with the glidetrack to do a few tests. It’s quite an interesting way of shooting as it’s easier to carry around than a tripod and gives me the ability to use any walls, rails or other...

Windy Wednesday

This footage was shot on a windy Wednesday and was mostly handheld so it’s very shaky. I shot this all at 720/50p so that I had the option of slowing it in post, but that has highlighted a problem because my shutter speed automatically increased to 100th sec which has...

Glidetrack test

Here’s the results of my first hour playing with the Glidetrack. Firstly, not having a fluid head, or for that matter any kind of tripod head attached to the glidetrack makes it very tricky to use. For now all I’ve done is mount a Manfrotto adapter to it and slid...

Dragons and Vampires

Here’s the results of my first hour playing with the Glidetrack. Read more & comment