Category: video

04 Mar

welcome video.

I’ve decided to get into video. Simple as that… in theory. The reality is that the world of moving imagery is significantly more technologically complex than still photography. I’ve the basic concepts, but some of the more complex considerations elude me for now.
Take for example, monitors. For photography, you get yourself a decent monitor [...]

02 Mar

seam carving.

A press release recently passed my desk announcing that onOne Software acquired a new resizing technology to be released as a Photoshop plug-in. The killer was info about the origin of the technology and a link to a video demonstration.
This is an amazing technology, best explained by just watching the video. It all [...]

31 Jul

creature heaven.

This is a fantastic video for those of you interested in marketing, advertising, or the human psyche. We are all highly impressionable and susceptible to unconscious memory shaping. This video rolls on two marketing pros who are thrown into a setup that unconsciously molds their ideas to an uncanny degree. I can’t speak for [...]

13 Jul

operation food.

As I write this, I am sitting on my front stoop, spying on my dog via a network surveillance-type camera I installed this afternoon (the Axis 207W if interested). Spying on my dog, yes indeed. You see, he’s talked himself into a brazen nonchalance about stealing food when and where he sees fit.
Things Cole has [...]

09 Jul

bat for lashes.

Bat For Lashes was an unexpected discovery this morning that I found while reading the Go Clipless blog. The video is indeed a bit creepy, but well shot, has bikes, and the song is pretty rad. As a side note, I found that she (Natasha Khan of BFL) opened for CocoRosie a few years back. [...]

08 Jun

manifesto.

This won’t interest many of you, but I’m posting it anyway because it’s amazing. Ryan Leech has released his latest trials riding video, Manifesto. His goal was to take trials riding style further: “eliminate all setup and recovery hops from trials riding.” Setup and recovery hops are those couple of in-place hops you see riders [...]