Fit Body Wellness Yoga Video

Hey guys,
Summer Huntington of Fit Body Wellness wrote a blog about our Yoga Video shoot from last year. Here is here write-up on the shoot:

I just want to give everyone an update on what I have been doing in New York, besides having fun and taking tons of yoga… A typical day for me in the big city starts with training my private clients, sneaking in a yoga class at either Jivamukti yoga studio or right now ISHTA yoga, then finding the extra time to film yoga and CST videos.

You tube is the best way for people to share videos these days, so I figured I should make a clip to promote the yoga instructional dvd that I want to shoot. So far I have done this with two different producers from the Pacific Northwest, first the Knapp Brothers and then Mike Barbero of Darkheart Visions. Both had different outcomes with the clips, but I learned a whole lot in the process. And trust me it is a long process.

In the first shoot with the Knapp Brothers, I learned that I needed a bigger space to shoot so that my arms were not out of the shot when  I was doing sun salutations. I love the opening edits and ohm for this clip and it is very bright and easy to see everything In this shoot,  I also learned that I wanted to make my video a bit more edgy and have a ton of different angles. Check out this video on you tube and give me your feedback.

Summer & Beth having a healthy snack at yoga shoot (snap peas and green tea). 

In the second video shoot, months later with Mike Barbero of Darkheart Visions, I learned that you can manipulate the light in your space to create a more intense feeling tone. Also in this shoot, we were lucky to have Branden Clark aka “IG88″ share some of his music that he created specifically for the video. I am a huge fan of his music, so that was really awesome that he partook in the creation. The shoot with Darkheart Visions allowed me to see that there are a lot of tools at our disposal to get the type of video that I am envisioning i.e. rolling cameras, having a second model to demo poses, creating more of a mood to the shoot. I was inspired by yoga teacher Sarah Tomson Beyer’s video from 2007 and I sent some of her clips to the Producer so he could have an idea of what I wanted.

After working with two different producers and acting as a director, I am ready to open the floodgates for any and all feedback from my readers. What do you want to see in an intermediate yoga DVD? Please share any inspiring links to your favorite yoga videos and teachers. I have got a taste of filming and I will continue to keep shooting until I get it right. Everything in life starts with a thought, and with persistence and hard work, then it manifests into your reality.