i've been thinking about buying a camcorder for a while, but a great deal came up on ebay and i had to jump on it.

i've been meaning to take more video of me hanging out with my friends, because it's gotten so rare with us all graduating and everything. i realized just how awkward filming with a phone is. your subjects can never tell if it's a photo or video, and you have to hold it precariously, making it difficult to film events in motion. it brings me out of the moment to see my notifications as well, and i just end up not taking my phone out at all, and then being sad when i come back home with maybe 1 or 2 photos. i fondly remember being 9 and filming family vacations on our little camcorder as a kid, and i definitely want to bring that sort of vibe back to my life. it's just so natural to keep rolling when you have something always in your hand.

so, fuck it. i pulled the trigger and i'll make sure to obnoxiously film my next miami trip as much as possible, with the goal of seeing if i can make a little celebratory visualizer for myself on my upcoming birthday vegas trip