• finitebanjo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    3 hours ago

    I wanted to see some images or videos of fireworks in nearby areas to know what to expect but there weren’t any in the search results.

    Sadge.

  • VitoRobles@lemmy.todayEnglish
    37·
    9 hours ago

    I met the neighbors who talked about their trip in Europe, and then proceeded to show me a 2 minute video of fireworks in Paris off their phone.

    It wasn’t even like a good shot or framing, nor could I tell it was Paris. It was just a random hotel room, and in the background, fireworks.

    She then put her phone away and said, “Neat, huh?”

    I don’t know if it was just peak comedy or if I was being Punk’d or something.

      • apprehensively_human@lemmy.caEnglish
        8·
        3 hours ago

        It’s a time honoured thing from back in the day when you took your camera with you on holiday, your roll of film had 36 exposures that you had to ration and think carefully about where and when to use them.

        So when you got back and had your photos developed and printed, you had 36 photos to share with people.

        Now you can take thousands of pictures per day with your phone and there’s no life to any of them as you force people to swipe through them.

        • brbposting@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          23 minutes ago

          Big tech tries to help, automatically making short videos with meh music and a few questionable photo choices. Perhaps sometimes better than swiping through 200 unsorted photos, made more likely if removing/replacing bad photos accordingly.

          I think Apple can do it on device if I’m not mistaken, which mostly removes the creepy factor.

          I do like how my refusal to ever albumize/tag anything has been given such a soft landing!

        • SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          4·
          3 hours ago

          You forgot the days of “taking reversal/slide film photos and inviting friends over for the holiday photo slideshow”

  • Rhaedas@fedia.io
    551·
    10 hours ago

    That video will not capture the total environment that existed, and that you missed because you were trying to video it.

  • kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23·
    9 hours ago

    My wife’s family owns a fireworks store. We demo fireworks every year and record them on my phone. We post them on the store’s YouTube channel. We have people that watch and comment on them all the time as soon as we post them. We also have QR codes on our price tags linking to the videos so people can scan them and watch while shopping and it is an extremely effective tool for sales. But we might be the exception.

    • dfyx@lemmy.helios42.deEnglish
      8·
      9 hours ago

      But of course, the one time, the band does something special (like play a cover of a song they’ve never done before), there is no chance of finding a video afterwards.

      • VitoRobles@lemmy.todayEnglish
        7·
        9 hours ago

        I mean sometimes it’s better that way. I like watching live comedy, in dingy comedy clubs where there’s a strict no phones policy. A lot of the best stories all live in my head.

    • Burnoutdv@feddit.orgEnglish
      3·
      9 hours ago

      Fireworks on video boring, but the short 30 second clips i have from concerts? I watch those regularly, brings me back into the moment. Its like an anchor through time for a moment

      • blargh513@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        71·
        9 hours ago

        Oh yeah I remember that show, that was the one where I was standing behind a billion people all with their phones up on the air making a shitty recording that is dark and blurry with terrible sound.

        Aah memories.

  • Dagnet@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    9 hours ago

    I’ve seen people record live shows with a tablet, you know to really maximize that view blocking