Trip to Mexico by Andrew Julian

I brought my new Blackmagic Cinema Camera with me on a recent trip with my wife to the Bahia de Banderas area of Mexico. We stayed in Mismaloya, about 20km south of Puerto Vallarta. If I had it my way, the camera would have been glued to my hands for the entire trip, but considering it’s not water-proof, I had to leave it at the hotel quite a bit.

We did a day trip north of Puerto Vallarta and explored towns, beaches, and did a small jungle hike. In Valle De Banderas, they were celebrating their town’s anniversary, or at least I think that’s what a banner said. At any rate there were many people out celebrating. (Source)

I love shooting with the BMCC! Little issues aside, it is an amazing camera! I love how it makes me slow down while shooting. Considering I’m getting about 25 minutes of raw footage on each 240gb SSD, and the fact that you can’t delete clips or format the drive from the camera, makes me feel as if I’m shooting film. On this trip I had no way of downloading footage or formatting the drives. It felt like having an old slr film camera with me and just a couple rolls of film.