September 2012
79 posts
1 - Finger Icons
Astoundingly creative. via InspireFirst
2 - An R/C Drone Mountain Climbing
A remoted-controlled quad-rotor drone follows climbers ascending Pakistan’s 20,623 foot Trango Tower. WIth accesible gear like this, actual mountain climbing expeditions can look as cinematic and gorgeous as theatrical ones. via The Awesomer
3 - 21-year Timelapse
A photo-a-day project for the first TWENTY-ONE YEARS of this kid’s life. Take that Noah Kalina. via PetaPixel
POTD - The Kingfisher by Mary Oliver
The Kingfisherby Mary Oliver The kingfisher rises out of the black wave like a blue flower, in his beak he carries a silver leaf. I think this is the prettiest world—so long as you don’t mind a little dying, how could there be a day in your whole life that doesn’t have its splash of happiness? There are more fish than there are leaves on a thousand trees, and anyway the kingfisher wasn’t born to...
4 - How A Whiskey Barrel is Made
Brown Forman Cooperage in Louisville, Kentucky where Jack Daniel’s whiskey barrels are made. via Doobybrain
5 - Van Gogh's Starry Night Recreated With Hubble...
Harvard PhD student Alex Parker use the top 100 images from the Hubble telescope and a mosaic-making program to make this stunning version of Van Gogh’s masterpiece. via 22 Words
1 - Hyperlapse
Panning, rotating, zooming, tilting, zooming alongside a speeding train, flying. These are not ordinary shots for a timelapse. Hyperlapse is apparently the term for such awesomeness. The music being The Alley by DeVotchKa certainly helps in creating an impactful and moving experience. Put the video in full-screen HD if you can. via Kuriositas
1 - Hyperlapse
Panning, rotating, zooming, tilting, zooming alongside a speeding train, flying. These are not ordinary shots for a timelapse. Hyperlapse is apparently the term for such awesomeness. The music being The Alley by DeVotchKa certainly helps in creating an impactful and moving experience. Put the video in full-screen HD if you can. via Kuriositas
2 - Multiple Exposure Landmarks
German photographer Christian Ruhm transforms the familiar forms of world landmarks through multiple exposures.
3 - Urban Elements
Buildings and other various objects found in inner city surroundings are placed into a sketch paper blank backdrop in Urban Elements, a series of images by German photographer, Boris Loder. via MashKulture
4 - Trash Art
French artist Bernard Pras puts together trash and other found objects to make these big visual construction “paintings” . via My Modern Met
5 - Duelling Photographers
“This is a photographic collaboration between photographers Timothy Burkhart and Stephanie Bassos. This double exposure project allows us to step back from having full control of the image making process and trust in one another while allowing coincidences to happen naturally on film. Stephanie exposes a full roll of 35mm film of only “people,” and Timothy reloads the film again...
1 - Slow Motion Dancing for Peace
Genki Sudo a MMA UFC fighter/ Buddhist/ Writer/ Actor/ Dancer/ Musician has utilized all of his talents to create a music video smooth over the conflicts between Japan, Korea and China. via Visual News
2 - Architecture Experiments
I began my educational career as an architecture student, and have always had a great deal of interest and affection for architecture, it’s processes and materials, it’s thought process and mindset. This video details the goals and point of view of the MIT School of Architecture. via The Fox is Black
3 - Amazing African Wildlife Photography
German-born Klaus Tiedge’s astounding set of wildlife photos from South Africa, Namibia and Botswana. via My Modern Met
3 - Amazing African Wildlife Photography
German-born Klaus Tiedge’s astounding set of wildlife photos from South Africa, Namibia and Botswana. via My Modern Met
4 - Lots of Things I did not know but find...
These may or may not be facts, but if they ARE facts, they are interesting. via Crack Two
5 - Star Trail Timelapse
North Carolina-based photographer Daniel Lowe explains:These scenes are created by stacking a sequence of long-exposure, high-resolution digital photographs in Adobe After Effects and allowing each photograph to linger on the screen for a short duration of time before fading. via PetaPixel
1 - Literary Canon as Graphic Novels
Oh what a joy it is (for me anyway) to see some of my most loved stories, poems and novels given the graphic treatment. The Graphic Canon, Vol. 2: From “Kubla Khan” to the Bronte Sisters to The Picture of Dorian Gray brings together such favorites as Huck Finn, Moby Dick and Leaves of Grass. I think that for the ones I haven’t read, the visuals rob me of the opportunity of...
2 - Princess Bride Cast 25 years later
Well, I guess the opening SNES Baseball game scene DOES indicate it was a long time ago, but 25 years? Sheesh. via 22 Words
3 - Timeslice Composite Photos
This is a cool execution of the timeslice photos from photographer Richard Silver. via PetaPixel
4 - Lightpainting Greatness from pre-digital 1970s
Decades ago American artist Eric Staller would find spots in the empty streets of New York City to user his Nikon 35mm SLR camera, sparklers and a set of Christmas lights. He explains:“New York City at night was an enchanting place for me. The plazas, bridges, parks and monuments, empty and eerily quiet at night, were dramatic stage sets waiting to be transformed. Transformed by my magic...
5 - Genetic Patchwork Portraits
This is a project well worth revisiting. Half the face is from one relative, the other half from another. Just creepy and stunning and awesome from French photographer Ulric Collette.
1 - Bodyscapes
Put body forms into landscapes and apply body take pictures. Awesome. Jean Paul Bourdier is the author of Bodyscapes. via Feel Desain
2 - Incredible Visualization of Asteroid Discovery
This motion visualization of the discovery of asteroids from 1980 to 2012. Watch it full screen at original resolution if you can. via The Awesomer
3 - Stunning Light Projections on La Sagrada...
Antoni Gaudí’s Barcelona masterpiece, the Sagrada Familia still sits unfinished, but this Saturday saw an amazing light show projected across is organic facade. via Co.Design
4 - Wearable Camera For Documenting Your Day
The Autographer can snap up to 2,000 high-resolution photos of the course of a single day, giving you a visual record of your life experiences. It is like a GoPro but timelapse (and probably less daredevilish). via PetaPixel
5 - Animation as a Thought Experiment
One of my favorite things about essays are the opportunities for the writer and for us to suppose things. To think through ideas and concepts in exploration and experiment. Such experimentation can be seen in sketching too. But I have never seen animation be used as a tool for thought experiment. But that is exactly what this is. And it is mesmerizing. Caution there are flashing lights in the...
Top 5 Things of the Week of September 16, 2012
1 - Movie Scenes Brought to The World
The worlds in film meet the world at large on FILMography. A very clever idea, an inspiring idea. via Feel Desain Ideas
2 - Descending to Lava Lake
Whao. That is some roiling pool of liquid hot magma. And that guy (and the cameraman for that matter) are awfully close to it. via The Awesomer Ideas
3 - The Shuttle from its Chase Plane
It was pretty amazing to be able to see this flying outside my office window in Santa Monica, but from one of its chase planes, is even better. Feeling nostalgic for the Shuttle already. And here are some videos of its landing at LAX too. via Doobybrain
4 - The Covers of the Hobbit
The Hobbit was first published in the U.K. in 1937, that’s 75 years ago. It was been reprinted a number of times and in a number of languages. The range of the cover styles is pretty interesting and a bit surprising. And of course with the movies coming, there is a movie tie-in cover (see to the right). via The LA Times
5 - A Young Photographer's Vision
Currently based in Chicago, Amelia Fletcher is a young photographer with a clear vision, and her self-portrait project is both dark and bright, sexy and contemplative, and overall it’s interesting. via Empty Kingdom
5 - A Young Photographer's Vision
Currently based in Chicago, Amelia Fletcher is a young photographer with a clear vision, and her self-portrait project is both dark and bright, sexy and contemplative, and overall it’s interesting. via Empty Kingdom
5 - A Young Photographer's Vision
Currently based in Chicago, Amelia Fletcher is a young photographer with a clear vision, and her self-portrait project is both dark and bright, sexy and contemplative, and overall it’s interesting. via Empty Kingdom
5 - A Young Photographer's Vision
Currently based in Chicago, Amelia Fletcher is a young photographer with a clear vision, and her self-portrait project is both dark and bright, sexy and contemplative, and overall it’s interesting.
1 - A Boy, His Train and Space
A father and son team build a rig to send his favorite toy train into space and film the whole thing. In father, Ron Fugelseth’s own words: “My 4 year old and Stanley are inseparable like Calvin and Hobbes. He’s been attached to him since he was two, and they play, sleep and do everything together. I animated Stanley’s face with After Effects and Photoshop to bring him to life how I imagine...
2- Lightning Strikes the Three Tallest Chicago...
Just amazing.
3 - Tilt-shift Timelapse of Singapore
The very beautiful Singapore is presented in this tilt-shift timelapse. The selective focus that is the hallmark of tilt-shift is used pretty aggressively here. via Fubriz
4 - Undercity - Exploring under NYC
The world of the mole people is passed, but there are still amazing things under the city,
5 - Japanese Underwater 'Crop Circles'
What a fantastic answer to the mystery of these underwater ‘crop circles’ found off the coast of Japan. The whole story is over at Spoon and Tamago. “While diving in the semi-tropical region of Amami Oshima, roughly 80 ft below sea level, Ookata spotted something he had never seen. And as it turned out, no one else had seen it before either.” It turnes out these...
1 - Pilot View Timelapse
Really one of the first times I’ve ever had the urge to learn to fly a plane.
2 - The Story of an Early Color Photographer
A great digital storytelling of an obscure early photographer shooting in color. You should click through to hear the narrated story. thanks, Tobey Albright
3 - Beverages under a Microscope
Each of these vibrant images is actual a drink, close up. This one to the right is a Piña Colada. Click on any of the above to see what drink it is. via Lost At E Minor
4 - The North of Finland
Well, I guess I need to book tickets to Scandanavia soon, because this in another on the list of the stirring videos of the place. This time of Finland. via Fubriz
1 - In Praise of Abandoned Places
Eric Holubow is an urban photographer who seems to believe in the beauty of abandoned things, or perhaps in the persistance of beauty. Either way, its easy to get lost in these photos.
MY PICK - 5 THINGS TO BUY THE BAREFOOT RUNNER IN...
Runner’s are their own tribe, I think. To turn what seems like a bit of torture and turn it into a point of pride and a source of joy is one reason so many are drawn to it. We have been constantly impressed by our good friend and barefoot runner Chris Gkikas and we’ve asked him to pick 5 things to buy the runner in your life.“I’ve been running for about two years. The...
MY PICK - 5 THINGS TO BUY THE BAREFOOT RUNNER IN...
Runner’s are their own tribe, I think. To turn what seems like a bit of torture and turn it into a point of pride and a source of joy is one reason so many are drawn to it. We have been constantly impressed by our good friend and barefoot runner Chris Gkikas and we’ve asked him to pick 5 things to buy the runner in your life.“I’ve been running for about two years. The...
2 - Sad Super Faces
Superheros (and superstars like Marilyn and Rocky) have bad days too, sadly. via Flavorwire Also take a look at SadSportsFaces
