Bladerunner is my all-time favourite Sci-Fi film and soundtrack. There are so many moments in it and the whole feel of the film is very emotive for me.
That’s why I was delighted to discover the video below from quality film maker François Vautier on Vimeo.
An explanation of how he did this is included below too, but if you want to see the video in its full glory take the HD link to Vimeo and watch it full screen. It is amazing and probably the best Bladerunner tribute I have ever seen.
An experimental film in tribute to Ridley Scott’s legendary film “Blade Runner” (1982) This film was made as a unique picture with a resolution of 60.000 x 60.000 pixels (3.6 gigapixels) It was made with 167,819 frames from ‘Blade Runner’.
1>first step : the “picture” of the film I extracted the 167,819 frames from ‘Blade Runner’ (final cut version,1h51mn52s19i) then I assembled all these images to obtain one gigantic image of colossal dimensions : a square of approximately 60,000 pixels on one side alone, 3.5 gigapixels (3500 million pixels)
2> second step : an illusion I placed a virtual camera above this big picture. So what you see is like an illusion, because contrary to appearances there is only one image. It is in fact the relative movement of the virtual camera flying over this massive image which creates the animated film, like a film in front of a projector.
I have wanted to experiment with off-Camera Flash for ages but I always thought you needed 2, 3 or even 4 of them to make a decent shot and at £350+ per unit, I had given up on the idea. Having seen this video from Derrick Story, I now know that very decent results are achievable with just one, albeit still very expensive, Flash unit and a great deal of talent.
I still can’t afford to buy one, but this has made me even more interested in saving up and scouring eBay for a decent secondhand Canon 580 EXII or whatever it will be called by the time I finally get one. I can dream…
Well, that’s the hope anyway. This post is a test to see if it is true that embeds from the wonderful and much-classier-than-YouTube video sharing site Vimeo, actually do work on the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.
Let me know in the comments if it doesn’t work for you:
*Update* Had to change the video as it looks like there has to be a mobile version created especially, or at least, the original video by my friend James Burland (see the original here) didn’t work on my iPhone.
This amazing video from Air & Space Magazine (complete with Joe Satriani soundtrack) is a slice of times past when rules on military air flight were not as strict as they are today.
Taken from two separate flights in 1959 and 1960, this video shows just how close the pilots flew to the Canyon walls and floor, it looks really scary, but so much fun!
I understand the reasons why these kind of antics aren’t allowed any more, but it is a great slice of aviation history that we can all see thanks to the Internet, and thank you to Air & Space Magazine for hosting this and lots of other really great Flight videos, including this painstakingly prepared timelapse of the Shuttle preparation and launch:
(Thanks to David Hobby, Strobist extraordinaire @davidhobby on Twitter for highlighting this site)
Part of my job is to explain why we need to backup our data, and whilst it is very hard to appreciate why you should go to all the effort when the chances of data loss are relatively small, the chance is there, and ever present with the increased amount of digital data that we are storing nowadays.
Chase Jarvis is a really amazing visual artist. As well as being a top notch Photographer/Media producer, he is also a great Teacher/Instructor and, unlike many professional photographers in days gone by, he loves to share the secrets behind what he does to get the results. I have learnt a lot from Chase and his team and been inspired in the past by their practical approach to Photography, but also the artistic side too.
In the video below Chase, and his (very professional) team, show us how their workflow has been setup, from capturing the shot/video through to final storage and output via backup processes for servers and individual machines. It is something to aspire to and is based on a full-on professional studio, but the principles of redundant backups, off-site backups and individual machines with Time Machine running (giving hourly versions of files), are useful to anybody.
If you have ever been unfortunate enough to lose cherished photos of moments that can never be repeated (I have) then you will know how painful and time consuming, (not to mention expensive!) data recovery can be.
It is vitally important to have a solid backup policy in place. At the very least it should include an on-site daily backup, copied to an off-site/online location of your key data.
Please, take the time to watch this very stylish and informative video, even if you have just a passing interest. One day you might be very thankful you did. And if you have any data loss horror stories feel free to leave a comment and share the pain.
Remember: With data loss, it is not if it is WHEN!
I can’t swim. I have tried to learn, several times, but my confidence in the water has been shattered. Yet, I live by the Sea, I love to be near the Sea, and it scares and fascinates me in equal measure.
That is why I love this video. I can only imagine what it must feel like to be amongst such powerful waves with any amount of confidence, let alone have enough composure to take photographs and produce such great results.
The images in this video are gorgeous and awe inspiring because of the power of the Sea demonstrated in them but also the moments in time that photographer Mark Tipple has captured. Have a look at Mark’s site for some more stunning documentary photography, and I recommend watching this video in HD at fullscreen size if you can.
I haven’t posted much here recently, so I thought I would add some stuff that I am looking at or, in this case, laughing at. This is so great, it had me laughing out loud for ages (I’m actually quite jealous!).
You may have seen this Justin Timberlake ‘Sexy Back’ cover by Brett Domino before, but if not, it is a great lunchtime laugh. Enjoy!
I don’t know about you, but when I am online, specifically when I am on Twitter I see numerous links every day to articles or blog posts or just sites and services that I want to check out, and usually I don’t have time to look at them. So I have become an avid user of the Read it Later service. But it is just about to get better!
I bought my first generation iPhone almost a year after the original launch, only when I could afford to because O2 had drastically reduced the price without contract. Selling my old iPod 30Gb and my old mobile meant I could just about afford it.
Now, I have desperate geek-lust towards the iPhone 3GS, but there is no way that I can afford to get one at the moment. So I am resigned to using my old original iPhone for the foreseeable future.
This isn’t such a bad thing really, I love the iPhone as a device, and the OS3 software update went a long way towards making my iPhone more of a pleasure to use.
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I bought my first generation iPhone almost a year after the original launch, only when I could afford to because O2 had drastically reduced the price without contract. Selling my old iPod 30Gb and my old mobile meant I could just about afford it.