still kicking

I've compiled some of my older footage into videos and I finally got a YouTube account, so yay.
Armoured Raven on YouTube.

I also recently purchased this new dvd, Scales of Poi and I highly recommend it!
That's about it for now, I just remembered this thing was here, heh.

Poi Fusion -Video

Oookay, I had time to get some video made...
and made a nifty graphic to go with it ^_^

Link to Video (6MB)

I compiled the video from a few different takes including some bits on the mainstage, so it's a bit choppy but it's finally done! The two stages found in the link are the main stage and our own stage at our encampment (Endless Productions), they had a great sound system at the main stage, so I left the original sound, our sound system sounded terrible on the video, so I used the original sound file.. again, a bit choppy, but it blended better than I expected... anyways... Choreography, and the designs on the costume, jewelry and flag poi are all mine, all mine. :D

Yes, I was nervous and my isolations went to poopie, but it was a great experience and loads of fun!

Bellydancer on Fire

Here's some fire dancing in full costume.
http://www.ravenrings.com/gallery/fire/video/arbdfire5-26-05.wmv (22MB)

It's mainly just practicing and such, I have found lots of fun ways to incorporate the chains with bellydance but unfortunately I chicken out when I light up, heh. Hopefully once the moves are more programmed into my muscle memory I can pull it off on fire, but for now, I do this. :}
And I do so need to find a more interesting location to shoot, but other than that I'm kind of happy with it...

More Video

I got this new video proggie that is very unfriendly, but I'm figuring it out slowly...so here's my first attempt with it, I played with settings and stuff, tried out various features, so forgive what appears to be changes in picture quality, it's both a mixture of the different angles used on the camera and (mainly) me playing with contrast and such. I figure it's better if it's a bit grainy but you can actually see more than just a couple of light spots moving around in a dark screen. :P

http://www.ravenrings.com/gallery/fire/video/arfire05-24-05.wmv
...right click, save as... :}

Finally, some video :}

I've finally figured out how to capture and upload video without the file size being a bazillion megs, so here it is!
http://www.ravenrings.com/gallery/fire/video/arfire420-05.wmv
Right click, save as... ^_^