Film and video is another favorite creative outlet of mine. There’s nothing quite like a moving picture with sound. I still remember sneaking into the student union at the Univ. of Texas (Austin) to watch classic films. I even got my undergraduate degree in Radio-Television-Film there. And then spent a few years making educational movies. Those were the days of 16mm film, mag tape, and lots of heavy equipment. These days, it’s mostly videos, and everything you need is in your pocket. So here are some selected vids I’ve made in the recent past (in reverse chronological order). I’ll add more when they become available. (Spoiler alert: some of these are a bit goofy!)
Why and How To Use Swim Fins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bp4Ix3P8cw
How To Do a Flip Turn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODFDKFGDv8g
A Summer Solstice Teaser – an imaginary movie trailer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFFxq5rFAVA
Let’s Go Slow . . . Spotting at a recent disc golf tournament.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7skegCsRC0
Drunken Sailor Spinning – A disc golf spinning song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1ivRk2_Tpw
Deer Dogging – Be quiet! (no deer were harmed in the making of this video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=726ZhRcoJYk
$10 Basic Wash – April 23, 2025 – 2:26
Dirty car needs washing. Time to hit the Tiger Wash Express Tunnel! Ready to “sit back, relax, and experience an LED light show that will dazzle?” Okay, then . . . let’s go . . .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdQpE9RNvrE
Ode to an Oak – March 15, 2025 – 3:15
We felled an old oak tree outside our bedroom window with mixed feelings. It was gorgeous, but also dangerous. This is what happened…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_2tnk_4HH4
Dance of the Floppy Man – March 19, 2025 – 0:40
I was driving by when I saw this guy. I couldn’t resist stopping and recording his antics.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jlW1ATLTx7o
More Snow – February 11, 2025 – 1:14
I love watching snow fall. And this day just caught my eye.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAfZyccZ4zo
Author Reading #1: The Twilights – June 26, 2024 – 0:33
A trial run of me reading the opening of my latest novel: The Twilights.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e4qT1LuwbY
Amphibious Harald v75 – October 11, 2023 – 2:14
I wanted to celebrate my 75th birthday in a special way. Like swimming 75 meters underwater without breathing. But wisdom won out and I opted to do my 75 meters a little differently.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gSy54QHW80
Harald’s Watery World – December 21, 2023 – 3:23
Later the same year (2023), I thought I’d take a little journey through my relationship with water. It felt good to track down and capture some of this personal history.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IlYcBuKW3A
Disc Golf: Two Old Guys take on Chris Greene Lake #13 – Aug. 27, 2023 – 3:56
Had some fun with disc golf buddy Peter in making this goofy video. I was still pretty new to the game, and my narration shows it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wehDTxOU97U
Disc Golf: Battle in the Blue Ridge, Ams – July 20, 2023 – 1:57
I like this bouncy reflection of a local disc golf tournament.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHm40PSLlR4
EL NORTE cover reveal – January 22, 2023 – 0:18
Playing with a TikTok cover reveal for my 2022 novel: El Norte.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQp-IR4P64o
Barn Gig Time Lapse – January 8, 2023 – 0:46
During my recent and brief rock music career—as a drummer—we played around town. This is Robbie’s time-lapse photography with my added music track from a 2017 barn gig.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE2HvfN0b3U
Harald’s Flip – November 20, 2022 – 0:26
How to do a swimming flip turn without hitting your feet on the wall. Using sarcasm and slo-mo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ainHOQHpsHM
Slot Target #2 – October 1, 2022 – 0:21
I created a “natural” disc golf course on my property using what nature provides. It feels very primal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wS8ahNxyQw
Slow Sawing – June 18, 2022 – 0:10
Incremental dynamics at work. A few cuts at a time. Eventually, it gets done.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6IJgDmzyc4
Phoozl Photo Assignment: After Dark – March 11, 2012 – 1:31
Here’s another Phoozl activity: online photo assignments. And I was the judge on this one. I reluctantly closed down Phoozl to concentrate on other things a few years later.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q5mXfoV95I
Pool Bach – October 9, 2009 – 1:19
One of my favorite early videos. I was using a cheap underwater camera so the image quality wasn’t very good, but I liked the concept and upscaled the video to what you see here. And yes, that’s me.
https://youtu.be/hqwiG9OMc14
Aquatic Vault: Pool Jump – August 8, 2009 – 1:20
I was hoping to make a series out of this concept but never got around to it. Another vid with low image quality, but I like the music works.
https://youtu.be/yI7OwQ01oZo
Mono Fin Prototype Action Review – July 19, 2009 – 0:57
When my buddy Bob Evans sent me a mono fin prototype with an extreme lunate shape, I had to put it through its paces!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NH3LDhNXU0
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