scats
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I bought myself a cheap go-pro style camera from The Range last year for £30 and promptly forgot all about it. Discovered the thing in my drawer last week so set about trying to work out how I could get it to film my schooling sessions as Im always on my own at the Farm.
So Im umming and ahhing about how to do it and my wonderful dad appears with a big clip-type thing. We managed to attached the waterproof protective case to the clip and now I can simply clip the camera to the manège fence. Set it up yesterday evening attached to the short side of the school. I will play around with location this week but all in all I am made up! I can film my sessions now and watch them back to see whats going well and what is not. I uploaded the footage to my computer and was able to get some nice stills off it aswell.
Granted, the quality isnt perfect, but cant grumble for £30!
So here is the Diva in action last night. I have cropped the images, the camera did cover the whole school apart from the two corners either side of it.
photo album upload
Diva is doing amazingly well for a pony given such a bleak outlook last year. We have a training system in place that is working for her- she does one to two twenty minute school sessions a week. Very light walk and trot with a short canter on each rein. I have to try and keep her in a slightly more open frame- infront of the vertical ideally. The middle picture is where she performs best with regards her breathing, but its taking some work as she does tend to try and come a bit deeper at times. The session is also made up of lots of walk breaks and stretching. Another three to four days a week we go hacking- a mixture of walk, trot and canter. We only does as much as she wants to and I am careful that she doesnt get too enthusiastic as she is something of a speed demon. Management wise she is on a breathing supplement and gets as much turnout as possible. Aside from that she is treated completely normally. She is looking and feeling fantastic and hopefully we will get out to a few Intro tests this year.
If anyone is interested, The Range still have those cameras in, though I think they are £40 now. I can always upload a picture of how we have attached the clip to it. For anyone regularly on their own who wants to film their sessions, I highly recommend it. I plan to film both girls at least once a week.
So Im umming and ahhing about how to do it and my wonderful dad appears with a big clip-type thing. We managed to attached the waterproof protective case to the clip and now I can simply clip the camera to the manège fence. Set it up yesterday evening attached to the short side of the school. I will play around with location this week but all in all I am made up! I can film my sessions now and watch them back to see whats going well and what is not. I uploaded the footage to my computer and was able to get some nice stills off it aswell.
Granted, the quality isnt perfect, but cant grumble for £30!
So here is the Diva in action last night. I have cropped the images, the camera did cover the whole school apart from the two corners either side of it.
photo album upload
Diva is doing amazingly well for a pony given such a bleak outlook last year. We have a training system in place that is working for her- she does one to two twenty minute school sessions a week. Very light walk and trot with a short canter on each rein. I have to try and keep her in a slightly more open frame- infront of the vertical ideally. The middle picture is where she performs best with regards her breathing, but its taking some work as she does tend to try and come a bit deeper at times. The session is also made up of lots of walk breaks and stretching. Another three to four days a week we go hacking- a mixture of walk, trot and canter. We only does as much as she wants to and I am careful that she doesnt get too enthusiastic as she is something of a speed demon. Management wise she is on a breathing supplement and gets as much turnout as possible. Aside from that she is treated completely normally. She is looking and feeling fantastic and hopefully we will get out to a few Intro tests this year.
If anyone is interested, The Range still have those cameras in, though I think they are £40 now. I can always upload a picture of how we have attached the clip to it. For anyone regularly on their own who wants to film their sessions, I highly recommend it. I plan to film both girls at least once a week.
