Jacpot Gets An Idea From Survivorman

On the Discovery channel there are two different shows about guys that go into the wilderness and show how to survive in harsh conditions. One show, "Man Vs. Wild" is very well done and looks slick but the guy takes along a camera crew and althouth he is very good (I sure wouldn't want to have to drink liquid from camel dung to get rehydrated) it is not very raw. Another show, "Survivorman" is more raw and the guy is all alone and must do all of his filming himself. On many clips he will set the camera down and walk off into the distance (or wherever) and then have to hike back to get the camera... double the effort but it gets a good shot.

While shooting video of Jacpot on our run this morning, I thought it might be nice to get both of us in the shot. Below is some of the footage, thanks to the idea from Survivorman.

Below are a few bloopers. The first video was taken of me trying to get a shot of Jacpot running into the distance. I was going to first pan across the aquaduct and then get Jacpot taking off along the trail... he was too smart for me.

The next video was of Jacpot and I running by the camera and then off into the distance together, at least that was the plan.

The third and final blooper should have been a very easy shot. I just set the camera on the asphalt next to the aquaduct and Jacpot and I would run into the distance. The problem was I had picked up a couple of sticks that I wanted to take home and use for something in the classroom...