Yesterday was macro photography. I grabbed a bunch of my favourite antiques and got extremely close. I use external flashes, a cheap old "nifty fifty" 50mm lens with extension tubes that allow you to focus extremely close. The processing is done in onOne's Perfect Effects.
Project Do Stuf Day 13 and 14-An Outpost on the Edge of Space
Yesterday we shot this picture of my daughter out at a huge pit. We put a wireless strobe in a vase, this was the sample collector, obviously. Dropped in a bunch of other photos, and BAM! Instant Mars-like photo! Had a blast on this one, share it on Facebook! www.facebook.com/jefgibbonscreative
Project Do Stuf Day 12-The Parting Glass
This song is one of my favourites, and according to Wikipedia was the most famous song until Auld Lang Syne took its place. On Friday Catherine Affleck came over and recorded the main melody. Today I took her melody and used a program called Melodyne to create artificial harmonies from that 1 line. I then went to town and incorporated all my favourite instruments and sounds. Catherine's voice never ceases to amaze me!
Project Do Stuf Day 11-Vancouver Headshots
Yesterday we went out to Vancouver to shoot head shots for a business, we had a great time and had a sweet setup right on a street in Yaletown. My assistants were hard at work, I'll post some of the head shots later, but here are my lovely assistants... and a pigeon!
Project Do Stuf Day 10-Concert Band photos
Yesterday I worked on the photos for TWU-SAMC's Concert Band and Orchestra. I had to use off camera flashes due to the crazy backlighting of the venue, plus the stained glass that cast interesting colours on everyone! The flashes took care of that problem and made the photos a little more interesting. Here are a few examples.
Project Do Stuf Day 9-Giant Tiffany!
Today was working on a composite of a bunch of photos I shot last week as part of Project Do Stuf. It was extremely time consuming, but I have so much fun doing this stuf! Tiffany was a great sport, we had a lot of fun shooting these ones. Here is the photo and the other photos that made up the composite.
Project Do Stuf Day 6, 7 and 8
Despite the lack of posts, Project Do Stuf 2014 has been alive and well!
On Monday we decided to shoot my incredible car, a 4-door 1966 Chevy II Nova that I purchased last summer. The car has taken me to school almost every day this year, and it's been fantastic. I can fit all 6 of our family members in it! It was restored by a local guy, and the final pieces put together by the guy I bought it from, and it runs really well. I love antiques, and to be able to drive one feels like a huge privilege to me!
For this video I got my dad and my son to star in it, we had an awesome time driving around. Plus I got my dad to wash the car out of the deal (and a free ice cream)!
I used the Canon C100, and shot it in a way to hack slow motion out of a cinema camera that technically doesn't have slowmo. It ended up working out really well.
Day 6 was spent shooting, day 7 was the edit, and today day 8 I spent the day writing and recording the music. I hope you enjoy it! Please share the link and like it on Facebook. www.facebook.com/jefgibbonscreative