Yesterday I wrapped production on two very exciting projects that were shot simultaneously. “Ballet 360” and “Krump 360” were created by collaborating with The Big Freeze – a USA based company specializing in the ‘time slice’ effect. The concept of these projects was to trigger 48 DSLR cameras at the same moment aligned in a 360-degree ring. The result is what I consider to be ‘360-degree Photography’. These twin projects are an extension of the Chalmers Arts Fellowship I have been undertaking this year – ‘to explore the structural elements of the moving image’. The subjects photographed were dancers from Canada’s National Ballet School (Ballet 360) and dancers from Northbuck Entertainment (Krump 360). These projects would not have been possible without the help of such a dedicated cast and crew – I can’t thank them enough. I’ll be posting content and notes on the post-process over the coming weeks as I begin to work with the files and assemble images to a 360-degree view. Below is a look at the production process – photos by Photographer Melissa Tait.
NPR (National Public Radio in the USA) featured a write up on a few of my projects for their blog ‘The Picture Show’. Here’s a link to the post.
Someone pointed out to me last week that my project “Bugs!” was included in MediaStorm’s ‘Worth Watching’ list. Some great projects linked here. Check them out.
Broncolor (distributed by Amplis in Canada) has been very supportive of my creative experiments with light over this past year as part of The Chalmers Arts Fellowship I am undertaking. The new Bron.ca website is up with a section that will develop shortly highlighting Canadian Photography talent – worth checking out.
A few weeks back I was helping friend and Photographer Arash Moallemi with a creative project for a makeup company. Arash’s creative had both a still and motion component, and was lit with HMI units – the full project should be released shortly. Here’s a behind the scenes image I took on set.
Over the weekend I had a Nikon D3S HDLSR that I was testing out. I’ve been a Canon shooter for a while – but am attracted to several features in Nikon systems that Canon lacks. One of the less pressing features, but still very fun, is the ability to create multi exposure files in-camera. Below are two images I shot while in Etobicoke.
I spent yesterday conducting some camera tests for an upcoming project where I’m planning on working closely with a Steadicam Operator. We shot the tests in Toronto’s docks area – using the Canon 5D Mark II, the Canon 7D, and the Nikon D3s. The photos below were taken by Melissa Tait.
I spent yesterday giving a talk at Westside Studio about the Red One Camera and HDSLR systems. Working with Krump Dancer Amadeus Marquez as subject, we compared and strengths and weaknesses of the Canon EOS 5D Mark II, the Canon EOS 7D, and the Red One Camera. Personally I’ve used each of these systems for various applications – and its fair to say that each has their strength given the subject, budget, and time constraints of a project. This talk will hopefully be the first of many happening at Westside Studio over the coming months. The below images were taken by Aric Guite.
Bugs! was featured on the Applied Arts Blog today. Check out the write up here.
