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Jeff Boyd
Приєднався 4 жов 2011
I work in communications, which involves video production. This channel is a random collection of videos I make when off the clock.
Paw Paw River Cleanup (short version, 2024)
Our group met on County Road 687 in Hartford, where it passes over the Paw Paw River (close to the Van Buren Sportsmen's Club - 54030 CR 687, Hartford, MI 49057). We got out at the 67 1/2 Street bridge/parking area. The other group started in Lawrence.
Together, the two teams pulled out:
- 9 tires
- 2 traffic cones
- 9 55-gallon contractor bags of trash
- A recliner
- And more!
Together, the two teams pulled out:
- 9 tires
- 2 traffic cones
- 9 55-gallon contractor bags of trash
- A recliner
- And more!
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2024 Paw Paw River Cleanup: Team Hartford
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Our group met on County Road 687 in Hartford, where it passes over the Paw Paw River (close to the Van Buren Sportsmen's Club - 54030 CR 687, Hartford, MI 49057). We got out at the 67 1/2 Street bridge/parking area. The other group started in Lawrence. Together, the two teams pulled out: - 9 tires - 2 traffic cones - 9 55-gallon contractor bags of trash - A recliner - And more!
Prayer of a Loving Neighbor
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Shortly after my mother finished six months of cancer treatment, we sat down together to record some of our more meaningful and memorable family stories. Two and a half years later, I'm finally sharing the third story in the series, this one focusing on a major incident in my grandfather's childhood. Intro and conclusion filmed at the Still Waters retreat center in Buchanan, MI (www.stillwaters...
PART 2: A Slow Reflection on Grief (and Photography) on the Manistee River Trail (4K)
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As the one-year anniversary neared-one year since losing my dad-I spent a weekend in the Seaton Creek Campground, where I took time to gather and share my thoughts. This is a very slow journal of sorts, a semi-random collection of my reflections on my dad, his camera, loss, and grief. It's a pretty rough cut, so issues with lighting, sound, and framing are left nearly as-is. And like Peter Roll...
Paw Paw River Cleanup (Sept 2023)
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The Van Buren Conservation District sponsored this event on the Paw Paw River, beginning in the city of Paw Paw, Michigan (vanburencd.org). The Two Rivers Coalition was also involved (www.tworiverscoalition.org). Opening music: "I'm On My Way" by Adi Goldstein (Audiio.com)
The Man at the Well
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THANK YOU TO: ~My mother, who told the story despite her uneasiness with her appearance in a wig after cancer treatment. ~My friend Robert Fusté, who helped record the intro and conclusion. See more of him on his UA-cam channel, "Robert Fusté - Wheelchair Life," www.youtube.com/@wheelchair-life. ~The Stevensville Seventh-day Adventist church for letting me film in their Sabbath School classroom...
Time Suite, John Boyd (2022)
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I had the privilege of spending a day with my dad recording his creativity on the piano. The day's pieces will slowly go up on his channel (link below), so here I'll just share the first from the session - Time Suite. Here is how Dad describes it: "In 2020 and 2021 [my wife] had a successful bout with cancer, but going through the process one cannot be sure. I approach challenges with composing...
St Joseph River Paddling Meditation (July 2022)
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This is all b-roll for a project I'm working on about my dad, but I thought I'd share it here as a standalone meditation. This was shot during our family vacation in southwest Michigan. Nothing was staged; I just followed my dad around with our Sony a6000 and kit lens while he went for an early morning paddle shoot, run ahead on the shore, shoot, run ahead.... The light kept changing from diffu...
Hope Rides a Harley-Davidson: How Far Would You Go to Help Someone?
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Shortly after my mother finished six months of cancer treatment, we sat down together to record some of our more meaningful and memorable family stories. This video features one of the stories from that conversation, a story that includes my grandfather when he was 12 or 13 years old. In the conclusion, I shared these two quotations: Carl Wilkens: "It’s often pretty meaningless to use phrases l...
Testing the Clippy EM272 Mono + Roland R-07 (Also: Shure SM58 & iPhone)
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In this video I sample the Clippy EM272 omnidirectional mic with water sounds, voice, and sounds around the home and neighborhood. I briefly compare the Clippy with the built-in mic on my iPhone 11 (used to shoot this) and also the mics on the Roland R-07 and the Shure SM58 (why not). I was told the cable I used with the two SM58s was custom made by Gotham Sound; I bought it on eBay. Naturally,...
The Holy Land Piano
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While on vacation this summer, my dad and I collaborated on a project to tell the story of his Knabe grand piano. This is a story of parental devotion and a child taking full advantage of a blessing bestowed. It's a story I grew up with, and a story I wish to pass on to the next generation in the family as well as with others. May we each be encouraged to invest in others, to help them achieve ...
Miami Meditation
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Just playing around with my iPhone and Adobe Rush before heading to the day's shoot. No stabilization or external mic; just a quick experiment after breakfast.
Kalamazoo River (Calkins/Allegan Dam - M89)
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We started at the boat ramp below Calkins Dam*, and we got out at the M89 access (~4 miles). See "A Paddling Guide to the Kalamazoo River Watershed" (Daniel Burton, 2015), pages 39-40. *Google Maps calls this the "Allegan Dam River Boat Ramp."
Hey I happens to see this good video from you and I’m interested about the SM58 test, you just connect the two SM58 with a 3.5mm to XLR cable, anything in between? Thanks and have a good day!
Right, that's it! And I had a split cable that brought the two XLR cables down to a single 3.5mm. That way one mic went to the left channel, and the other to the right. Worked pretty well, I thought.
@@jeff_boyd Thank you for your reply! That's incredible! Didnt expect Roland can do this!
@@tonykwok2451 Honestly, I was surprised too!
I'm a big Clippy/Pluggy fan. I prefer the audio on the footage using that mic. Regarding wind protection: the Bubblebee removes an amazing amount of high frequency. My feeling is, that's mabye OK for voice over -- with a bit of boost in post -- which seems to be your main point of evaluation. When it comes to 'pure' environmental sound and bubbling brooks in particular? I'm dithering myself with how much wind I should keep versus wind I discard. If it comes at the expense of a lively recording of water or leaves or wind in the trees or other 'noisy' elements in the landscape, maybe it's too much. There's always wind or breeze outside and we become accustomed to it; it's subliminal but it contributes. I hope in the mean time you've acquired another Clippy and done some AB nature work. Inside there's no wind so the only challenge is figuring out how close and how much gain to get what you want/need. I like a bit of "room" in the recordings I make of my household stuff -- metal or ceramic bowls are the best!
Thanks for your comment, and for highlighting the Bubblebee trade-off. Very well said!
For Rob: "Life on Wheels" as a title?
Brilliant. You are most fortunate to have shared this experience with your father. And thank you for sharing this with us.
Hey do you know if the clippy mic/capsule is detachable?
Do you mean the mic is detachable from the cable, or do you mean from the microphone housing? It seems pretty solidly attached, but maybe someone else here could answer better than me.
@@jeff_boyd Yeah never mind I don't think it's detachable, thanks
I have a stereo matching pair of Clippy's and the Roland 7 as well. Its a brilliant combo. I can afford to buy the expensive gear but the cost to extra quality difference isn't worth it in my opinion. Also I like the challenge of getting the best from the gear I buy rather than just buying the best with no challenge.
I agree, a solid combo! I still haven't purchased a matching pair, but I plan to. And I really like that approach of making the most of what you have. I used to work for a small nonprofit that had the mantra -- "Do much with little." That has stayed with me. Thanks for your comment here!
It's so hard to believe John is gone. I'm so glad some of John's music was posted on UA-cam before November 13.
Thank you, Lois. :) And Dad and I recorded more music, so I'll be posting additional songs on his channel as I'm able to finish editing them -- www.youtube.com/@johnboyd5433/videos.
I am related to him thru my mother's side, also took voice lessons at Laurel Wood Academy in the mid 70's from him. I had heard he was in hospital and had passed. Found out today about these videos thank you for posting them.
Thank you for your message, William. It's hard to watch this now, but I'm all the more glad to have it and to share it. Peace
I’m so saddened by John’s death! Our deepest condolences to his family! I’m so happy to find his music has been recorded for us to appreciate! Last winter John came to our house and played this Suite on my piano for a group of friends! What a privilege and a blessing it was to know him! We will all miss him!
Meant a lot watching this today after hearing the news of his passing. I was in band, brass group, and choir at SWAU with Dr Boyd 2001-2002. Incredible man. He was a good friend in those years.
Thank you so much for sharing, Ryan!
Hi! Does the clippy em 272 needs a phantom power? Tnx.
Sorry I missed your comment. It needs plug-in power, which is much lower than phantom power.
What were the levels you were getting on the key sounds and scissors etc? How much noise once you get a compressor on there?
I don't remember now what the levels were at with those sounds, I'm afraid. And I didn't experiment with any processing like compression or EQ. Not a very helpful response, I know.
The clippy em272 are so good. Just ordered a stereo matched pair for my binaural recording setup
Nice! You'll have a lot of fun with them, for sure. And I checked out your channel -- looking and sounding great!
@@jeff_boyd thanks Jeff. I've just started this new channel to separate the content from my main car channel
how long of a trip was this?
I don't remember now how long it took us. I'm looking in a guidebook for an estimate, but I'm not sure I'm reading it correctly. I'm looking on pages 39-40 in "A Paddling Guide to the Kalamazoo River Watershed" (Daniel Burton, 2015), and it looks like this stretch (Calkins Dam to M89) is only 4 miles. But my memory is that we were on the river more than the hour or two that 4 miles would normally take us with three of us in the inflatable boat with just me paddling. But maybe I just remember it as longer because we were cold. :)
Clippy sounds super nice!
Especially at that price point!
I was glad to be able to help out in a small way. I'm more glad that you and your dad had the vision to make this recording happen - beautiful music, and a treasure to have this memory recorded.
Thanks so much for helping us take this to the next level! Looking forward to our future projects....!
Clippy EM272 cool sound! )))
Thanks for checking out this video! Yes, I think the Clippy is a fun mic. Enjoy creating!
Nature recordings in mono is like watching with just one eye! In mono recordings there are so many informations missed - it just makes no sense to do this. We are listening with two ears and if you use only one mic you are loosing more than just 50%.
Yeah, that makes sense for sure. I originally bought this mic because sometimes I want a little ambient sound with video projects, and I wondered if this cheap mic had the capacity to sound better than using my R-06 or R-26 external mics or if I'd need to go with a more expensive setup to get a quality I was satisfied with. So I wanted to see how this would sound in a variety of applications (thus all the sections to the video, and I should have done more, like at a coffee shop or restaurant). And I wasn't sure what I'd think about the capsule, so I wanted to listen to it before investing in a matched set of this or Lom or better mics. But 100%, if I do more nature recording, I'll purchase a matched set of some mic for stereo recording. Totally agree.
What a great and inspiring story you shared! God is good!
Hi, Joanne! Thanks so much for checking this out and for letting me/us know it was inspiring for you. That means a lot! Indeed, God is good (even when we so often don't understand). :)
A moving story, and an invitation for all of us on how to go about living. Love the music, setting… thanks for sharing!
Thanks for your kind, encouraging words. I'm glad it was meaningful for you!
Wow!! Jeff thank you very sharing. As a parent now. I understand the sacrifices we do to help our children succeed. The impact of your grandparents sacrifice for just a little better piano. What impact.
Thanks, Scott. Indeed, we benefit from the sacrifices before us, and as parents we pass them along. :)
Very touching story, John.
Dan still remembers playing duets with you, John, occasionally, there in Pendleton. Music always has a binding quality in our memories that continues to bring joy. This is a lovely tribute that spans 3 generations!
Thank you for sharing this beautiful story!
And thanks for your help working out the editing process!
Love this! Thank you for creating and sharing, Jeff!
Thanks so much for checking it out and for your message. It means a lot to share this story. :)
Love the intro and transition to music.