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I just posted a film I made as a tribute to Eva Cassidy, a beautiful, young singer who left this world way too early. She sung the most beautiful rendition of "Somewhere over the Rainbow" that I ever heard. I used this performance, as a basis for the film, given in 1996 at the Blues Alley Jazz Club, less than a year before she passed away. One viewer called this "beautiful, a work of art"! I hope you will agree....

Well, I guess it's been a minute, eh? 

I've always loved footage taken by drone so I got myself a nice drone and have been getting into "droning" and filming some of my flights.

I've posted a couple of nice drone videos that I made recently 🎥🎶. 

One is a flyover of the Laguna Beach communities "Arch Beach Heights" and "Top of the World":

https://youtu.be/ZD6_Gagpepg

The other one is a look at a beautiful sunset above Laguna Niguel at an altitude of 1200 feet:

https://youtu.be/z-2krRFmHDA

Hope you enjoy them! 😀

Just posted a fun Halloween segment from our Beyond the Gates show. It features a couple of numbers performed by a great band called "Brand X" at this year's Pumpkin Festival, as well as a detailed "map" to several fun Halloween-themed events in Mission Viejo.

Enjoy!

Here's the link:

https://youtu.be/zzRVxP8RZOI

 Just posted a Beyond the Gates TV show I produced. It highlights two good restaurants and a nice Outlet Mall, all in San Clemente. I think that it may be one of the best shows yet produced by Video One Productions! 

Here's the YouTube link: https://youtu.be/1aZRBtu44FE

Hope you enjoy it! 

 Just uploaded a short video I made of some simple drone work at aobut 1200 feet elevation. It's a beautiful sunset and the "Snow Moon". Enjoy!

Here's the YouTube Link:

https://youtu.be/dCWhXwi2f5M

 I've now uploaded the expanded version of the previous short that I made while visiting the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, CA..

This is the YouTube link:   https://youtu.be/syvzl2WAEJs

This is a brief tour of the Bowers Museum with emphasis on the museum's history and two of the exhibitions currently running at the time of this posting: "The Power of Photography" and the "Harold van Pelt Gemstone Carvings" exhibit. In the Photography exhibit you'll see such famous photographs as Steve McCurry's "Afghan Girl", Yousuf Karsh's "Winston Churchill", and Alexander Hessler's "Abraham Lincoln".

Enjoy!

 I just uploaded a couple of videos made recently. One of which is the 2023 Beyond the Gates Christmas program highlighting various Christmas-themed attractions around town. The YouTube link is here:

https://youtu.be/VKcRUZHPh5Q

The other is a short video of my recent visit to the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana to see the Photography exhibit, which featured some of the most famous photographs ever taken. Here is the YouTube link: 

https://youtu.be/vt8-IZ4s53o

Enjoy!

  Just uploaded a short video showing some of the sunsets we saw on our recent sojourn on the Hawaii Island using time-lapse and stills. This includes one witnessed from the 13,800 ft summit of the Mauna Kea Volcano with it's observatories.

Here's the link:

https://youtu.be/kR9pq-ugvoo

Just uploaded my latest time-lapse video of a beautiful full moonrise over Laguna Niguel, Dana Point and San Clemente. This time, one can enjoy the usual topographic features of the full moon as it is now properly exposed. 

Here's the link:     https://youtu.be/Zoda40xYwgw

Enjoy!

Just posted a brand new Beyond the Gates episode, this one exploring the local surf scene including an interview with the iconic surfer and surfboard shaper, Duke Aipa. 

Here's the YouTube link:

https://youtu.be/SXebnRihy04

Enjoy!

 Just posted a new video on the YouTube Channel. It's a combination of two time-lapse videos I did recently. One is the moonrise that was posted a couple of days ago and the other is a nice sun/venus set time-lapse recorded a few weeks ago. Quite beautiful and very soothing, I think. Check it out!

Here's the YouTube link

 I just uploaded a really nice time-lapse video of the moon rising over Laguna Niguel taken from my back deck. 

Here's the link:

Mooonrise

Check it out!

 I just posted the latest version of the "Coastal Fire" video on YouTube: 

https://youtu.be/nPPzexJrWbI

It is a shortened version of the original, intended for submission to the VCLW "Goldie" Award. It was nominated but did not win. It is an improved version of the original in that it, I think, better captures the drama and tragedy of the event. 

Enjoy!

 I just posted another Beyond the Gates segment that I produced. It was filmed in mid-July and is  airing this month (August) on Village TV.  Here is the synopsis of the segmen (from my YouTube Channel): This is a segment, which I produced, that deals with two Laguna Beach artists, Chris Justice and Vladimir KUSH and a Laguna Beach Art Studio called "Coast Gallery". We interview the artists, take a look at some of their work, and tour the "Coast", which has an extensive and very interesting collection of local artists' work. 

Here's the link:  https://youtu.be/ZMI9_Q6yG3U

I hope you enjoy it!

 Finally! After months of dealing with a complete, down-to-the-studs renovation of our new home and then moving in, I have found the time to complete a new, albeit short project. We had a very destructive fire up here in Laguna Niguel a couple of months back that came to within a half mile of our new home. It was called the "Coastal Fire" and the wind-driven inferno destroyed twenty multi-million dollar homes and damaged eleven more. This is a video essay about that fire. The YouTube link is here: 

https://youtu.be/vXE_8YfCnf8.

 I just added a short video showing the actual presentation (as opposed to the entire hour plus long ceremony) of the Legacy Leadership Award to my grandson Luke Friedl. This is St. Mary's School's highest honor bestowed on any student! So proud!! Here is the YouTube link: https://youtu.be/9KK8XNXQ96E

 Recently uploaded a short film on my train ride from Burbank to San Juan Capistrano....very relaxing and fun....I LOVE train travel!

 I've just posted a short video, VCLW member Fred Harshbarger, called The Filming of "Hole in One in Laguna Woods". Its purpose is to familiarize viewers with the process of making a movie as carried out by the production arm of our club, Video One Productions. I was ‘Cam B” camera operator on the project.

The YouTube link is below: 

https://youtu.be/IB4bl1FobvI

Enjoy!

 I have just uploaded a short documentary on the manner in which we film the TV show Beyond the Gates, for which I am a Segment Producer. The venue was the Farmer's Market in Laguna Hills, CA. This should give everyone some idea of the filming process. It was shot and edited by Fred Harshbarger, a long time member of the Video Club of Laguna Woods. Here is the YouTube link: https://youtu.be/2ChpQKky5_M. Enjoy!

 I've uploaded another Beyond the Gates episode of which I was the Segment Producer. This one is about some of the attractions in the city of Laguna Niguel, where I live. The link is: https://youtu.be/7y-P3wkMXik. 

I hope that you enjoy it.