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Published: 2010-06-24 03:15:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 10289; Favourites: 87; Downloads: 358
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I had Jaz doing motion poses for stock, and we were both amused by the way all the tassels in the harem dancer costume whipped about. So she took a break while I set up the big light-bank and we captured some slow-motion video.If I had the musical skills I'd do some slow drum accompaniment, perhaps with a bodhran. But, lacking the skills, silence must suffice.
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Me encantΓ³. Brillante. AdorΓ© el lento movimiento y seductora danza los 2 minutos con treinta segundos....
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You're welcome to your opinion.
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mmm She is dressed like a tribal belly dancer... but she's not doing any dance..
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She's dressed in a fantasy costume not related to any ethnic group or tribe. So as far as I am concerned she could be standing on her head and it would still make sense.
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This made my heart hurt.
On another note, really, a Casio EX-F1? How do you like it?
I have a Casio too, but a much dinkier one... an EX-Z77 
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The EX-F1 is pretty good. Mine got broken, unfortunately, recently - I dropped it on a rock. Poof. I'm going to get one of the less expensive models.
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Argh, rocks!! When I do shell out serious money for electronics, I try to make sure they can survive my butterfingers... but it's tough to protect cameras much. Sorry to hear.
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I'm tough on equipment but that's mostly because I'm always handling it. It becomes a numbers game - if there's a 1 in 10,000 chance you'll drop a camera every time you pick one up, that means I drop mine a couple times a year.
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Haha fair enough. Mine goes everywhere with me in my purse, so it gets jostled around and used quite a bit, although the places I go are usually pretty mundane. But every now and then I'll bring my camera to Central America or on a camping trip to New York state, and the chances of me destroying it multiply drastically.
Funny, though... I've never destroyed a camera. I've had one stolen and one broken by someone else. I nearly broke my little Casio when I dropped it in May, but I was able to fix it at home with a little metal file. 
Phones on the other hand... those, I go through like mad.
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I found it mesmerizing. It is amazing how the fluidity of movement transcends language. I used to be a ballet dancer and what made me fall in love with it was the way that the most talented dancers could tell a story without any words just the raw emotion of their bodies. While your model here may have just been twirling for twirling's sake, I saw in her expression a suggestion of something sadder, like a slave commanded to perform her only freedom in the dance itself.
Maybe I'm a romanticist and this was just a fun recording of a twirly girl with tassels, but I adore it.
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It's cool that you read so much into it. One neat side-effect of the slow-motion is that expressions become either very natural or very contrived. I think we're used to sudden changes in expression and seeing them slowed down comes across to us as sad.
I'm also a romantic. But - shhhh - don't tell.
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Wow she is truly a goddess! What a wonderful dance and pose!
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Yup. Without her it's just a pile of shapeless fabric on the floor.
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Well, of course. And with me in it it, just for instance, would have been a pile of fabric surrounding a woman who can't dance and it wouldn't have deserved that title.
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I learned something from this, thanks.
Throughout the entire video, I found myself 'pressing the shutter' button and saying 'awesome picture, awesome picture'.
If only the world moved in slow motion.
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My friend you just described how I got interested in photography. Watching people move and thinking "click click click" in my head.
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Gotta love Moresca clothing. Good movement. Thanks for sharing.
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I'm happy to come play djembe or dumbek for you. How much can you pay me?
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I can pay you $0 for the first one and double thereafter.
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How 'bout you teach me to fish instead of feeding me?
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Ok! I'll teach you how to avoid paying people for their drumming skills in return for some drum-playing.
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One day I will play my drum for you. Pa rumpa pum pum, bitch!
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WTF you are DALLAS?!
i WAS there tuesday.
Damn it. OK. Next time I come out, I will take you for vietnamese food. How about?
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FUCK! Really? Now I'm just pissed. 
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Seriously. I got home thursday night. I'm in Dallas about once a year so I'll make a point of pinging on you next time I'm out, OK? I promise. Beer, pho, and argue about art. Hell, maybe I can bring audio recording gear and some dance videos and check out your skillz? I don't travel with Sarah anymore; so we'll have to keep the bottle mere mortal-sized.
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Sounds friggin' awesome. Also, if I ever take my road-trip up to NYC you'll be on my list of destinations.
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I love these slow motion films! ^_^ Thank you very much for sharing this to us!
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took my about five seconds to realize she was moving. thought the camera was going around her.
just for that, i applaud you both. easily best quality of body motion that i've seen in a long time.
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