Negra rockin’ out

March 25, 2009 by Sarah -

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Ok, so I am officially a dunce with regard to lighting videos. Apparently when shooting straight into the bright sunlight, everything else gets dark. Who knew?! But this is such a cool video of Negra, I thought I’d post it anyway. Negra loves to watch us dance for her. When we do, she bobs her head along. This video is of her watching JB dance – to Bruce Springsteen of course!

YouTube video

13 Comments

  1. Avatar Tamela on March 25, 2009 at 7:26 pm

    That’s a very cool video! Thanks Sarah! I’m a huge Springsteen fan too! I understand Negra; you just gotta dance.



  2. Candace (Tyler, TX) on March 25, 2009 at 8:05 pm

    Great video! Negra has the beat down perfectly, the chimpanzee version of headbanging.



  3. Avatar Shelly Knapp on March 25, 2009 at 8:07 pm

    how fun is that?! 😉



  4. Avatar ElizabethC on March 25, 2009 at 8:49 pm

    Negra is totally the queen of cool.



  5. Avatar Anna on March 26, 2009 at 7:39 am

    Check to see if your video camera has a ‘half-way down’ position on the record button. If so – you can aim your camera at a less-bright spot, press the button down half-way and lock in the aperature setting, then move the viewfinder over to your actual subject and press down the rest of the way. The camera will hang on to the locked-in setting that better shows off the dark spots but will, because of that setting, overexpose the bright spot. It’s a balancing act, depending on what you most want to have clear.

    LOL – chimps love dancing! The very idea of it makes me happy. 🙂



  6. Avatar Tamela on March 26, 2009 at 12:12 pm

    I’ve been trying to figure out the song. I can’t really hear it, but was it Tenth Avenue Freeze Out?



  7. Avatar JB on March 26, 2009 at 1:05 pm

    Tamela – Good ear! It was the 1975 Hammersmith Odeon show.



  8. Candace (Tyler, TX) on March 26, 2009 at 1:11 pm

    I think there should have been a video of J.B. dancing.



  9. Avatar dee on March 26, 2009 at 1:40 pm

    yeeeahh! GO NEGRA!

    I second a video of J.B. cuttin’ the rug…Go J.B.!



  10. Avatar Theresa on March 26, 2009 at 2:12 pm

    Go Negra! I would love to see J.B. dancing with Negra and The Boss too!



  11. Sara Lissabet on March 26, 2009 at 2:30 pm

    I’m also voting to see JB dance – ok, someone get the shot – make sure you have audio, and several of you (Diana? Sarah?) dance with JB and lets see if you can get a dance party going with several humans and several chimps. And let that tape roll! 18 seconds is not enough fun for us! 😉



  12. Avatar Cindy on March 26, 2009 at 3:46 pm

    I’m casting my vote for seeing some dancing too! Negra’s too cool, lets see what she’s enjoying soooo much!!!



  13. Jeani Goodrich on March 26, 2009 at 4:04 pm

    It’s unanimous! We all want a rockin chimp people and human people video! And I agree it has to be longer than 18 seconds. So let’s go guys, get to dancing!



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