Friday Inspiration for December 31, 2010 – The Chapel

// January 1st, 2011 // 1 Comment » // DSLR, HDR, Timelapse, Video

I’m getting this Friday inspiration in just under the wire… and not just getting it in by Friday, but by the end of the year!

THE CHAPEL is a remarkable short film I discovered today. It has things I love: Church architecture, time-lapse photography, excellent film making, and HDR video (!). This guy’s whole portfolio is amazing. More and more tools are being developed for film makers, especially in terms of tools that allow someone to move a camera smoothly. A number of these tools, as you can see in the video below, also allow a camera to move very very slowly, which makes for some really amazing time-lapse movies. As a side note, I’ll add that I love great typography, and you can tell just by looking at the thumbnails of the videos at lookycreative.com that type choices are important to this film maker. Watch the video below, with a bonus video after that…

TheChapel. A short film. (HDR timelapse) from Patryk Kizny on Vimeo.

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Friday Inspiration for Friday, Sept, 17, 2010

// September 17th, 2010 // No Comments » // Inspiration, Timelapse, Video

BACKWARDS!

My friends Rhett and Link came out with a new video this week. Their creativity and excellent execution never cease to amaze me.

This reminded me of some other “backwards” videos I’ve seen. Running things in reverse opens up a world of startling creative possibilities. (more…)

Time-lapse clouds

// July 12th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // Timelapse, Video

Yesterday morning saw some wicked weather in Kansas City. By afternoon, the fast moving and morphing clouds looked amazing. So I set up my camera, tripod, and laptop in the bathroom, where the top floor window faces south. I’m sure my neighbors think I’m some pervert, pointing a big zoom lens at their windows. Not the case, I assure you. I can plug in my laptop, but my camera battery surrenders after 2 hours and 40 minutes. I have another battery I could pop in (assuming I don’t move the camera), but I was having internet withdrawals and figured I had enough still shots for some good video. So here is the video, taken at one shot every 4 seconds, then sped up even more in After Effects.

Time-lapse clouds behind my house from Rob Webster on Vimeo.