Just before taking my current job at SSIS, I was contracted by the International Red Cross Federation, the German Red Cross, and Red Cross Vietnam to shoot and produce a short documentary about the VCA project in central Vietnam. The Mai Hoa region is frequently hit hard by storms and flooding, and it is home to many disadvantaged people. (more…)
Time-lapse photography is effectively the opposite of slow-motion filmmaking. By shooting multiple frames of a scene at intervals and then stitching them together into a film/video, the final product presents the passage of time in a unique, artistic way. It’s not a new process – the first time-lapses were done in the 19th Century. And it’s not a fad — with advances in digital photography, digital processing, and digital video, new creative styles are possible and the process has simply gained renewed popularity. To see the work of a great, contemporary time-lapse filmmakers, I encourage you to check out Tom Lowe and the stunning 4K film he produced, “TimeScapes”. (more…)
