Tools of the trade P2.

My digital video recorder came today. The sound quality is kind of shit and it is easy to inadvertently put your thumb over the microphone. But like I said in a previous post, it was cheap. It came with a mini-tripod (which would be great if I was video recording ants.) But I can't complain because it came as a kit and maybe some day I'll need it. Who knows.



But I would like to point out the awesomeness of the pictures in the eBay listing. For some shots, the seller took to the default stock item pictures and pasted their pictures on the camera screen. (I obviously added any text.) They also included some of the stock pictures, unedited. Truth be told, I like the seller's pictures better and find them more interesting. Supposedly you cannot copy pictures hosted on Auctiva picture service by ye old right-click but I know a loop-hole and I did.

Here was the main picture, the thumbnail you see in the left-hand side while you browse the auction listings (AKA: "look at my new girlfriend!"):




Look at my tits, indeed. Silicone not included in the purchase of the camera.

This is me, doing the lawn work:



stock picture:




Have you noticed that quite a few camera/tv/printer ads use hot air balloons? Did some consumer test panel tell them that this is what buyers like or do they not have enough money to buy different stock pictures?

This is our dog:



stock picture:




Really, what is this, the wing of a plane? How big of a tourist must you be to record footage of yourself flying? I also love how the most stock product pictures have that shitty fake reflection to attempt to fool you that the picture wasn't taken against a plain white background.

Well, time to go make some pornos. Kidding! But I may take the video camera and the Tascam out for a test spin at Allentown Arts Festival.

Tools of the trade P2.