#9076637 - 07/11/17 12:28 PM
Re: Last month I lost 50% of my portfolio
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Risky Business
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I am dizzy af watching that, holy shit man.
Cool vacation tho, looks interesting.
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#9076641 - 07/11/17 12:31 PM
Re: Last month I lost 50% of my portfolio
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SuPeR-MaRiO
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Holy fuck that is AWESOME. That's on our bucket list, but we need to do Tahiti first. Just stay away from Koh Toa island (Thailand) aka Death island. Tourists are being killed there left right and center and they're not being deemed suspicious either. Lol yea a suicide, then why is the body hanging from a tree with its hands tied behind its back? Ugh Thailand is nowhere near Tahiti.
I know, but on the topic of vacations and islands I thought it was an interesting piece to share.
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#9076968 - 07/11/17 07:10 PM
Re: Last month I lost 50% of my portfolio
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furball
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The personal vids I did were ~7-10 hrs in the making (4-5 vids, 1 hr first draft, 30-45 mins tweaking), so they're not as dizzying as the CSI:ON Edition vid ...
I used iPhone 6 Plus (built-in optical stabilization, but only 1x zoom) + DJI Osmo Mobile stabilizer. iMovie for editing.
I dunno... Africa is nowhere in my Top 10 list of places to visit. Then again, I'm not much of a world traveler. The whole 'safari' thing I've always felt as an 'old retired white couple' or 'rich white family' thing to do.
I enjoyed the video stuff I got to do... with animals/scenery as subjects, it provided much content for me to work with.
Temps in Africa were wild: 13C-23C. Freezing my balls off in the morning as I shower in an area open to the outside, hot as hell during the day in the sun, but beautiful in the shade, little to no mosquitos.
Seychelles wasn't as bad-ass as it could have been, as the food wasn't 'unique', and the shitty car on shitty roads didn't add to the experience.
I'll tell you though... Your African *safari* experience, should you decide to try it, differs wildly. I was with the &Beyond crew, and our naturist/guide was phenomenal. We got some of the BEST shots out of everyone there, he got closer to the animals than any of the other groups. He even told us later that the 'customer interaction experience' is much more intense with &Beyond than with other places he's worked. I noticed the other 'drivers' would 'follow' other cars, drive up, then sit there.
There was a point during the trip (labelled 'OMG DAT VIEW!' in the video), where I was sitting in the 3rd row of the open safari truck, elevated, and I had this wraparound view of the world going by. Holy shit, it just felt surreal, like I was in a virtual world....
Edited by furball (07/11/17 07:13 PM)
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#9077022 - 07/11/17 08:29 PM
Re: Last month I lost 50% of my portfolio
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That's pretty amazing man. Thanks for sharing.
Can we see the 'other' honeymoon videos too? 
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#9077051 - 07/11/17 09:00 PM
Re: Last month I lost 50% of my portfolio
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That's pretty amazing man. Thanks for sharing. Can we see the 'other' honeymoon videos too?
+1 asking for a friend
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#9077225 - 07/12/17 08:52 AM
Re: Last month I lost 50% of my portfolio
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Congrats man!
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#9079610 - 07/14/17 10:48 AM
Re: Last month I lost 50% of my portfolio
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furball
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I brought a mirrorless DSLR, a GoPro, and my iPhone + stabilizer.
I also asked the Kenyan High Commission re: drones -- don't do it.
- The DSLR had challenges taking solid photos ... 60% of them were fuzzy as fuck.
- The GoPro, I didn't even bother.
- Had I got a drone, it would have bugged the fuck out of the animals, logistics would have been a pain.
- the iPhone had issues in low-light and night shots -- I wish I used the wife's iPhone 7 Plus instead of my 6 Plus.
I'd post my more-polished 'personal' vids, but the stalkers here tell me otherwise. The CSI:On edition vid did have 80% of the shots in the other vids, just not polished.
Africa is nowhere in my Top 10 list of places to visit. Same here, but after that video, I'm reconsidering. Definitely a once in a lifetime experience.
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#9091513 - 07/28/17 02:38 PM
Re: Last month I lost 50% of my portfolio
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I've got the karma grip, so that will cover selfie needs as well lol $399 for a selfie stick???????????????
It's a gimbal and works really well.
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#9166556 - 10/23/17 11:57 AM
Re: Last month I lost 50% of my portfolio
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I'd like to think my home made vids are a ghetto version of this one 
https://www.facebook.com/FairmontMaraSafariClub/videos/10155146204903592
Stalking facebook, I noticed the 'leadership team' at a company I used to work at is there now ... I guess for 'bonding'   
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I frankenstein'd it with a BestBuy in-house branded selfie stick's phone clamp and BT remote. 
FTMFW!!!
