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What Self-Assigned, Fun Shoots Have You Done Recently?
Nic Coury, Photographer
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Monterey | CA | | Posted: 1:45 AM on 12.06.10 |
->> So after a long month of just assignment work, I took advantage of free admission for locals at the Monterey Bay Aquarium to shoot some photos for a blog post for work:
http://mcweekly-photoblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/sunday-at-monterey-bay-aquar...
It was really refreshing being there and shooting with no pre-conceived shot ideas and pure creativity and a camera. The Aquarium always chills me out and I realized I need to do more fun shoots for both work and myself.
So what fun, self-assigned shoots have you all done recently?
Let's see some to just relax with fun images.
~ n |
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Jack Howard, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Central Jersey | NJ | USA | Posted: 4:57 PM on 12.06.10 |
->> Experimental abstract time lapse of ice and watercolor paint... MobyGratis soundtrack...
http://vimeo.com/13334247
Shot with an antique 20D and the Canon TC-whatever, and a Reb XTi, with a Promote Control to set the intervals. About 10K total frames shot for this project over 2 days.
I really want to re-render the video now that I've learned a bit more about wandering into the frames in Adobe After Effects...
Hoping for a significant snowfall in the forecast before Christmas to try something else along these lines, too... |
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Daniel Berman, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Seattle | WA | US | Posted: 5:16 PM on 12.06.10 |
->> Fun thread Nic!
I photographed attendees and exhibitors at Bellingham Comicon earlier last month. I found an empty corner, set up lights and asked as many people as I could to pose for my portrait series. The results are on my member page.
Daniel |
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Chuck Liddy, Photographer
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Durham | NC | USA | Posted: 5:53 PM on 12.06.10 |
| ->> nice jack!!! |
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Nic Coury, Photographer
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Monterey | CA | | Posted: 6:18 PM on 12.06.10 |
->> @Jack
MobyGratis music is awesome! I've used a track from them before.
Pretty cool that Moby is doing that. It gives him some nice cred.
http://www.mobygratis.com/film-music.html |
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Jacob Langston, Photographer
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Angus Mordant, Student/Intern
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Sydney | NSW Australia | Australia | Posted: 10:00 PM on 12.06.10 |
| ->> Whilst in London on holidays I took some time out of the busier parts of the city, in Hyde Park enjoying some time with the Squirells. Pics on my member page. |
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Randy Sartin, Photographer, Assistant
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Knoxville | TN | USA | Posted: 12:31 AM on 12.07.10 |
| ->> Gee Dan, you owe me an hour or two of my life back. Nice images and cool stories.... |
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Dave Collyer, Photographer
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Los Angeles | CA | USA | Posted: 1:29 AM on 12.07.10 |
| ->> Funny, been doing quite a few self-assignments lately and enjoying. See them posted on my blog http://davecollyer.net/ Great thread. |
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Phil Hawkins, Photographer
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Fresno | ca | usa | Posted: 3:46 AM on 12.07.10 |
->> I shoot Laura.
Ah, my kingdom for her presence. (She figures predominantly in my portfolio; more so than is probably wise.) I live only to see to her happiness and contentment.
Then, I shoot basketball. Being as how there is no money in it, I do it for relaxation and pure enjoyment. |
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Dan Routh, Photographer
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Greensboro | NC | USA | Posted: 10:32 AM on 12.07.10 |
| ->> Randy, thanks for the very kind remarks. I started my blog a couple of years ago, not really knowing what I was going to do with it and where it would go. Both commercial and editorial assignments have been really slow in our area lately, so I decided to look close to home and start documenting the things and people of my rural community. It's begun to take a life of it's own, and the more I shoot, the more I discover, both about my neighbor's and neighborhood, and about my own photography. If you want to be a photographer, you have to shoot and you have to shoot often, and all of this self assignment has kept me going creatively in this sucking economy. |
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Tim Snow, Photographer
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Montreal | Qc | Canada | Posted: 11:16 AM on 12.07.10 |
->> The best thing I have done lately was shoot at a local Help Portrait (www.help-portrait.com)
It was an awesome day, and I love knowing that by giving up a few hours of my time I would help make someone's day a bit brighter. |
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Jack Howard, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Central Jersey | NJ | USA | Posted: 9:30 AM on 01.22.11 |
->> Finally got a couple snowfalls to create a new time lapse piece I'd been thinking about for a while and mention above wanting to make:
http://vimeo.com/19006878
This was a lot of fun... so many battery changes because of all the night frames... I couldn't believe how long the temps lingered below freezing before this fellow finally started to get some serious meltage! |
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Daniel Berman, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Seattle | WA | US | Posted: 1:13 PM on 01.22.11 |
->> Jack,
That was really cool! The soundtrack fit the piece perfectly! |
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Adam Vogler, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Kansas City | Mo. | USA | Posted: 1:55 PM on 01.22.11 |
->> Jack,
I'm with Dan. Very cool. The soundtrack was awesome. |
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Alex Menendez, Photographer
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Jay Janner, Photographer
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Austin | TX | USA | Posted: 12:30 PM on 01.29.11 |
| ->> I just finished a fun, self-assigned project. It's my tribute to gig posters. The photo essay combined two of my favorite things - visual art and rock 'n' roll. Check out the photos and video here: http://bit.ly/eDU8Wl |
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Sandy Huffaker, Photographer
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San Diego | CA | USA | Posted: 3:11 PM on 01.29.11 |
->> Been working on a self assigned project on the Imperial Valley in California. It has the highest unemployment rate in the nation at just under 30%.
http://imperialvalley.blogspot.com/ |
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Vasiliy Baziuk, Photographer
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Jack Megaw, Photographer, Assistant
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Jack Howard, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Central Jersey | NJ | USA | Posted: 11:55 AM on 03.24.11 |
->> As time permits, I've been continuing my time lapse experiments. I think I finally figured out all the little missteps and hiccups in getting that z-axis zooming going on with full-rez stills in After Effects.
http://vimeo.com/21399367
So, this is 720p video (1280x720 px) shot full resolution on a Reb XTi (3888 x 2592 px), so over the 4,290 frames, each frame creeps a little tighter and tighter in on the giraffe and renders & crops down to 1280x720 px, with the end resolution being a 1:1 crop of the frame at 720p resolution, so it stays sharp, crisp, with that z-axis motion the whole time. This is a test, so I rendered it at lowish quality, and you'll notice some fraggies in the b/g especially when the sun goes behind clouds.
I'm getting really hooked on Time lapse, and man, I wish, I wish, I wish I could do a project like this one: http://vimeo.com/21419634 I feel like I'm in the kiddy pool when I see work like this! |
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Chuck Liddy, Photographer
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Durham | NC | USA | Posted: 12:28 PM on 03.24.11 |
| ->> I shot kite flyers in kabul a couple of months ago....don't know what I'll do with the photos but it was fun. |
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Jack Howard, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Central Jersey | NJ | USA | Posted: 12:47 PM on 03.24.11 |
| ->> I'd like to see that, Chuck. |
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Saquan Stimpson, Photographer, Assistant
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