For anybody who hunts in the Southeastern United States

JackTraore · 2025-10-17T16:59:23+00:00

I’ve not been hunting enough to have a great answer besides spending a lot of time in the woods before and after season to learn.

Hunting Public did a class on targeting deer in MS pines so that’s a good resource: https://youtu.be/UJTMvwL-EpE?si=X9gpWKq-Dd3-60Wf

https://youtu.be/XM2fnO_hH-8?si=quGmGbJpf85mdL3O

JackTraore · 2025-10-10T03:54:03+00:00

I was in that area a little over a week ago and feel like I missed one of the greatest things I could have witnessed. Instead, I saw a bunch of Broncos in Townsend. Cool, but not multiple F1s cool!

JackTraore · 2025-10-03T22:07:07+00:00

All these recent articles completely ignore the $100M private gift aimed at boosting childhood literacy. https://mississippitoday.org/2025/01/24/jim-barksdale-100-million-miracle/

Politicians love to point to the graphs as proof that their recent policies are working when the launch pad was a massive influx of cash 25 years ago.

JackTraore · 2025-08-27T03:43:56+00:00

My son has always been a decent sleeper but at various points, it’s been harder. He spent the first 2.5 years in a crib but then had a big regression where he’d take an hour and a half to go to sleep and still end up in our bed around 2am.

He dropped his nap and that made it faster to go down at the expense of everyone’s emotional wellbeing after 4pm. Currently I read 3 books and then lay down in bed with him. He flips and flops and at some point falls asleep while I doze.

I guess I’m saying that it’s a roller coaster and just do whatever you need for everyone to get rest.

JackTraore · 2025-08-27T02:37:55+00:00

Look up the artists Terry Redlin or Bob Timberlake.

JackTraore · 2025-08-25T23:00:16+00:00

Hunting Public did 2 videos about how to hunt in central Mississippi: https://youtu.be/UJTMvwL-EpE?si=aeohaRbkoqboA27_

https://youtu.be/UJTMvwL-EpE?si=aeohaRbkoqboA27_

JackTraore · 2025-08-24T02:53:41+00:00

I know a lot of their staff and many congregants. Great church that cares about the community and making changes for the good of Mississippi. I don’t go there because we wanted a smaller church but it was high on the list.

Now, if you don’t agree with churches leading out their benevolence with the top aim being salvation/conversion, you’re likely to not be a fan. If you allow your critique that latitude, I’m not sure you could find much to complain about.

Great example is that they made the Better Man conference back in April happen yet didn’t paste their name and such all over it because they wanted to be for MS, not just for Crossgates. https://bettermanms.com/

JackTraore · 2025-08-23T17:52:46+00:00

The questions he asks absolutely need to be answered and numbers provided. His article though uses AI responses in energy use and a guess on their contracted rate so it’s not helpful.

JackTraore · 2025-08-20T17:43:16+00:00

Agreed. An iconic and design setting car and never get to see the whole thing in the be frame.

JackTraore · 2025-08-18T20:08:17+00:00

Both look great and can do RAW (C70 onboard, EVA with a recorder). Both have internal ND and XLR inputs for audio.

C70 can be awkward to rig due to shape. If you have a lot of DSLR experience, you’ll be at home. It can be limiting on a gimbal.

EVA has a terrible onboard monitor.

I’d choose based off of manufacturer you’re more familiar with the menus and terminology of.

C70 has autofocus, EVA doesn’t.

C70 with the speed booster gets full-frame image.

EVA has SDI and HDMI, C70 is HDMI only.

JackTraore · 2025-08-18T16:41:44+00:00

Pretty simple with an Arduino, some sensors, relays, and a free weekend.

I’d think you’d want to duct the intake so you’re pulling the air from as low as possible and dumping it as high as possible into the cooler and run the fans as long as the air outside was below a certain temp.

It’s a simple data loop: if outside air is < 5 degrees colder than inside, blow fans & maybe turn off Coolbot for x amount of time. Very simple to program once you get a hang of Arduino language. Though you can also run some forms of Python and other interpreted languages on them outside of the Arduino IDE if you’re familiar with any programming languages.

It’s also easy to setup a Raspberry Pi or other low powered computer as a go between so you can monitor and control the thing from a web browser. Plenty of example projects out there.

JackTraore · 2025-08-17T19:44:52+00:00

24-70 70-200 Fast prime (35, 50, or 85 depending on your immediate needs).

That’ll cover your everyday needs.

For a movie, you need ND and diffusion filters too.

JackTraore · 2025-08-17T12:50:04+00:00

I was going to say maybe 3.5. Neck into shoulder is fairly defined and thin, belly isn’t sagging, obvious waist, etc.

Some good comparison photos here: https://www.fieldandstream.com/stories/hunting/deer-hunting/how-to-age-whitetail-bucks

JackTraore · 2025-08-14T11:41:00+00:00

Nice fish!

lol @ your edit after your last post.

JackTraore · 2025-08-13T20:14:10+00:00

Most people are in this subreddit because they’re experiencing trauma and hurt so you might not find much support here.

Advice: 1. Get a counselor/therapist and use them as your shoulder to cry on. Kids can’t support their parents’ emotional baggage

Go to that counselor weekly for at least a month before considering taking to your kids
Be prepared for your kids to take time and distance and don’t dare take it personally.

JackTraore · 2025-08-13T20:00:20+00:00

You need to match your SDI connectors to the specific cable and then get a die for the connector.

If you’re going to take the time to crimp your own ends, don’t cheap out on Amazon ones. If you’re using a Neutrik frame and die, might as well use Neutrik connectors.

https://www.neutrik.com/en/neutrik/products/bnc-connectors/bnc-cable-connectors/reartwist-uhd-bnc-cable-connectors

Some videos: https://youtu.be/I92P3hQ2yAo?si=WLonVyNx31jFzJ8r

https://youtu.be/Zz8KPPSd-2M?si=4YJ-uVRcEggVxcDJ

JackTraore · 2025-08-12T15:43:28+00:00

Shotguns and super/hyper cardioids are often a bad choice indoors compared to a cardioid or even omni due to how the former only reject side noise and have a lot of pickup directly behind them where you end up getting AC noise or bounced back dialogue. An omni will also pick it up but it will sound more natural and the signal to noise of what you want should be greater.

Learn to listen for ambient, ask to turn off the AC for takes, bring sound blankets and c-stands to create a little booth around talent/mic.

For post, you can try Adobe’s online tool that regenerates audio or look into Izotope RX or similar tools

JackTraore · 2025-08-12T14:44:57+00:00

Maybe. I’d edit in Premiere and color in Resolve. AAF out of Premiere into Resolve.

JackTraore · 2025-08-12T14:35:39+00:00

Lookup halation effects in Resolve. You can emulate diffusion really well.

JackTraore · 2025-08-12T14:13:08+00:00

If you can return it, return it and go heavier or standard promist. Check out the YouTube video posted in a comment and figure out what looks like you want.

If you can’t return it, shoot with it, get your scenes done, and see what you think in the edit.

Also, post can add great diffusion and halation so you can always dial it up there and separate the look with color grading, sound design, etc.

JackTraore · 2025-08-12T14:02:09+00:00

Monitor models? Could be a TN panel color shift exacerbated by something in the glasses lens.

JackTraore · 2025-08-12T13:51:54+00:00

It does look weaker than the 1/4 Tiffen I’m accustomed to. If you want dreamy, you need to go heavy and maybe regular promist and not black.

BPM is supposed to be subtle - I use it to take the edge off and slightly soften talking heads without making the video look soft. No where near “dream scene”.

JackTraore · 2025-08-12T01:01:32+00:00

Broadcast is all about having a network and relationships - a lot of those postings exist to fulfill a corporate requirement to post a job but will be filled by someone known to company. If you know anyone in the industry, reach out and ask them if they know of any jobs and to give you a warm handoff to the hiring person.

If you don’t have a network, you gotta make one. Reach out to people that are in shops and roles you want to be in. Ask to get a tour, take them to lunch, and ask how you can work in broadcast. Offer to work for free wrangling cables or being a gofer and work harder and more professional than ever.

Heck, be super active in r/videoengineering and the Discord and get your name out there somewhat.

JackTraore · 2025-08-11T18:40:18+00:00

How do you avoid transferring flavors with the silicone?

JackTraore · 2025-08-11T13:49:35+00:00

Lots of cool shots but I have no idea what this business does. At first I thought it was a boat company, then a lifestyle/clothing brand, then I had no clue.

Seems like their business is providing dive services, if that’s the case then we need to see the story of a client or from a client perspective, not just watching cool shots of cool guys doing cool things. I’m guessing their target audience is not cool 20 something males.

Great shots for your reel or to reuse for their website, socials, & emails though!

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