It’s safe to say that ever since I was able to get my hands on a camera, I’ve been fascinated by the things you can produce with a couple of minutes of footage and some simple editing software. The strange thing is that I never really thought about where this affinity came from and how it all started until a recent trip back home to Atlanta.
While sorting through some mail, I came across a bunch of old film reels that my parents were sending off to have made into a DVD. Funny enough, I never remembered my parents ever having a video camera around the house when we were kids. It turns out, however, that my while my mom was growing up, my grandparents did.
As a disclaimer, I did not add the audio…the soundtrack actually came with the DVD.
Looking through these old films is surreal. It’s even more surreal to realize that as much as I may be camera-happy, my grandfather was just a prolific a filmmaker.
It appears that no matter what the topic, from birthdays to family vacations and even to random card games featuring relatives I have only previously seen through well-framed still photos, he always had the camera at the ready to capture the moment.
I guess it goes to show that some things do just run in the family.
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