Harris Tweed - an update

[Brian K]

The honest answer is that it was a two day working trip-cum-holiday and since the family was coming too it felt right to dress informally (and warmly!). I hadn't actually intended to make the video before arriving and seeing the amazing process for myself. I then knew I had to, and arranged to come back the next day. We had to cobble it together with the battery life left on my partner's pocket video camera, plus the odd bit from her iPhone video when the juice ran out. Under the circumstances I feel it didn't come out too badly. Thanks for all your kind words.

I'm even more impressed now, Nick. This is a remarkable presentation for something done "on the fly." I can only imagine how good it would be if you'd been prepared to do it and had professional equipment. On second thought, I don't see how you could have improved it.

Regards,

Brian

[Nick Fiddes]

Aww. Thanks. :-) The funny thing is that in some ways the constraints made it easier. We knew we had to be ultra economical with the footage to have enough time to cover the entire process. So when it came to editing, it was far less difficult than some things I've done, just because there was such a limited choice of shots.

It kind of made it more exciting too, knowing that we had such a tight chance, so you just get into a more pragmatic mind-set I guess. I forgot that I actually used up the video memory on my still camera too. It was really touch and go, but the (iPhone) battery life finally died in the middle of the last shot we wanted so someone must have been smiling on us.