A short film: “Batavia – a modern tale”!

While on a business trip to Jakarta Indonesia recently, I had a few hours to go and visit the old Dutch Port of Batavia again. This time I wanted to capture images on HD Video, using the 5DMKII. I find that when I concentrate on shooting Stills, my brain doesn’t allow me to switch easily to shooting Video. It’s a strange thing really and one I’m trying to fix. Last time I was here, I captured hundreds of amazing images but virtually no HD video. With only a couple of hours on a Sunday, I ran around like a madman filming the workers as they unloaded/ loaded the Tall ships birthed at the Port. It is still amazing to me that a place like this could exist! After all, it’s the beginning of yet another decade and the scene before me looked more like from Robert Louis Stevens era?! The image above is a link to the video (hosted by vimeo). Enjoy!

To read my article on taking photos at the old Dutch Port of Batavia see here

To read my blog entry on this business trip see here