I recently had the pleasure of launching a couple photographer sites using the “Profolio” system. This was a great solution for me becauase it only involves some slight customizations on my end. Also it’s nice that the sites will show up and work on an iPhone. Typically these types of portfolio sites are flash based.
The photographer can update and upload everything themselves. So if things like the “about” page are not populated or need to be updated… this is just a couple clicks away for these guys, and does not fall into my lap…
A.B. Johnstone - http://www.indivisualist.com
Ryan Fujiki - http://www.ryanfujiki.com
Contact me if your interested in getting one of these launched for yourself.
Well the time is finally here! I have been able to pop another chapter in moving pictures. Ill post the link to the super quality 720p file soon enough but for now just enjoy the vimeo!
Studio304 and it’s crew are featured in this short picture. If your in the Vancouver area contact us at http://www.studio304.ca for more information on rates and availability.
Big thanks to Adam and Kev Photography for the raw conversions.
THE IDEA:
We had a regular shmegular studio meeting and decided to take a portrait of all the studio members. Well, this turned into more than a portrait as you can see.
The camera was actually triggered by an iPhone passed around the group. By tapping the shutter over wi-fi.
In the first scenes we are all standing around with the light setup from that days portrait shoot, then in the second scene, we each setup our own light. Adam Schelle [softbox camera left], Kevin Holloway [umbrella] Adam Blasberg [beauty dish center pillar] Justin Frost [camera right].
A true colab, everyone here has a photographic background and what a great time we had at this meeting!
SOFTWARE:
Lightroom
Bridge
Automator
Logic Pro
After Effects
Adobe Media Encoder
Illustrator
iPhone app to control mouse on mac
Canon EOS Utility [for the mouse to trigger the 5d]
I have to shout out Robert Rodriguez as he has been a huge inspiration in my recent filmmaking journey.
If you like this version PLEASE visit one of the following sites to download the proper 720p HD file. The quality is amazing on this PHOTO-JPEG encoded version and will be available here for download in the next post..
Well I finally decided to post some work that I have been doing for a Vancouver based company STORMTECH. A full scale customized muti-national deployment of Magento.
I learned Magento in and out for about 6 months straight, and well… Now our company is running smoother than ever on it. It was a large project with close to 10 000 SKU’s.
Above is the video intro page, I shot the segments on the 5d and cut them in Premiere Pro .
Above is the Canadian Landng Page.
This is the flash catalogue conversion.
Now I can build E-commerce sites to showcase the cool stuff like video, photo, awesome graphic design.. A perfect environment to be familiar with for content publishing, it generates income!
At first I found magento very difficult to get used to, but with enough time it’s possible to pull massive projects off single handedly, that would have taken a large team not too long ago..
Well I am most definitely supposed to keep on the “leading edge” of technology, but is technology what really creates anything?
I think not.. I think that technology only provides more effective tools for realizing a vision. When is the last time a piece of technology did anything on its own without a human telling it exactly what to do?
Never.
Cause it hasn’t happened yet.. Machines are stupid, they only know what we tell them…
Enough talk, I had to post this video created with the new 7D, Canon’s smaller chip brother to the 5D. [It does have a 24p setting though!]. This is an example of “New Cinema” as far as I’m concerned.
Well, I finally got my hands on one of these Canon 5D mark 2’s. I’m using the camera strictly for video and it is working beautifully. This clip shows what sort of “photographer inspired” imagery can be done with this thing. There are many drawbacks to using this camera for video, but there are also amazing features like: interchangeable lenses, the full frame sensor, and extreme low light sensitivity!
Warning: Music is a bit of a downer. Skip to the motorcycle video if you want something a little more “upbeat”.
These days are opening new doors for photographers that are looking to expand into the cinema relm. RED has been a huge influence on the high-end film community which has created a ripple through the video and photography world.
This past weekend I was lucky enough to tag along on a photoshoot at the Vogue theatre in Vancouver. The Workshop team was on hand powering through set after set of amazing stock photography. I was there to check out the vintage theatre and chill with my girlfriend.
Snuck a shot off Adam’s set…and an overview of the set on the stage.
Adam is also the Studio Director over here at Studio304. This new space has really brought us together and we are consistently cooking something up creatively.
Having a professional photographer available for any multimedia campaign is a must. All to often, proper photography is skimped on.
All of these images are some excerpts from Adam’s site.
