Sunday I got to go skiing with this super-cute clan. I grew up skiing in Minnesota from the time I was 3 so I love that Shannon & Andy are getting their little ones on the slopes at such an early age. It was an absolutely gorgeous day in New Hampshire for skiing:
And yes, I did bring my Canon 5D Mark II up on the slopes with me. The mission: not to fall down. Proud to say: mission accomplished.
I thought it would be fun to try out the video function on my camera a bit. I put together a little video but before you view it -- HUGE DISCLAIMER -- I am NOT a videographer. I definitely plan to stick with photography. And I'm sure you will fully support my decision after viewing this. Still, it was fun to play with. Most of the video was taken with the camera hanging around my neck and it was harder than it looks -- I had to juggle poles, gloves and the whole bit. Check it out:
So we started out spending some quality time on the green slopes but I ended up getting talked into going down a double black diamond. I'm really just an intermediate skier and usually steer clear of anything above a blue (it helps in keeping with above mentioned mission) but this double black seriously seemed more like a hard blue. The park we were at (Pat's Peak) was a bit whacked with their difficulty gauging. But I figure I can still SAY I did a double black diamond, right? :) I left my camera taping the whole way down but it ended up just being very bumpy snow with my ski in the frame every once in awhile so I thought I'd save you the 2 minutes :).
Here's a few more shots from our fun day:
I thought it would be fun to try out the video function on my camera a bit. I put together a little video but before you view it -- HUGE DISCLAIMER -- I am NOT a videographer. I definitely plan to stick with photography. And I'm sure you will fully support my decision after viewing this. Still, it was fun to play with. Most of the video was taken with the camera hanging around my neck and it was harder than it looks -- I had to juggle poles, gloves and the whole bit. Check it out:
Skiing in NH from Melissa Jill on Vimeo.
So we started out spending some quality time on the green slopes but I ended up getting talked into going down a double black diamond. I'm really just an intermediate skier and usually steer clear of anything above a blue (it helps in keeping with above mentioned mission) but this double black seriously seemed more like a hard blue. The park we were at (Pat's Peak) was a bit whacked with their difficulty gauging. But I figure I can still SAY I did a double black diamond, right? :) I left my camera taping the whole way down but it ended up just being very bumpy snow with my ski in the frame every once in awhile so I thought I'd save you the 2 minutes :).
Here's a few more shots from our fun day:
All three of us were crammed on the chair lift in this one:
SO FUN. I was definitely sore the next day. But this was one of my favorite experiences skiing! Totally worth it.
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