Adam Gichie

L.2.Mae – behind the scenes video

admin — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:50:48 +0000

Kaya Scodelario – Louder Lounge 2011

admin — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:50:21 +0000

Kaya Scodelario dancing in the louder lounge at V festival 2011. Photo by Adam Gichie.

Lovelifelong.com – New vests photoshoot

admin — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:04:20 +0000

We lugged a bleddy great generator all the way to Heavans Gate to snap some moody back-lit shots of the new vests.

Click here to see more pictures.

AANAATT (by Max Hattler)

admin — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:21:29 +0000

This is definitely a time-lapse with a difference! The music and strange obscured upside down angle of the shot make for a very interesting experience. It has reminiscent feelings of sailing or open water... The clever use or reflection really makes it difficult to understand what the objects are.

Vincent Laforet has all the fun! – Behind the scenes at “Neighborhood”

admin — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:04:53 +0000

Here is the behind the scenes video for the commercial 'Neighborhood' by Famous Footwear.

This is what Laforet had to say about it...

"I was the DP for this commercial for Famous Footwear alongside director Loni Peristere and the incredible folks at Zoic Studios in LA. This is the 60 second cut. The spot was shot over two nights in Vancouver, Canada with a Phantom HD Gold, at 600 frames per second, with Cooke S4 primes at f 2.0 with 250,000 Watts of light. Motion control was used to do multiple shots with different focus points. The shutter angle was 360º (359º to be exact) at 2048X1080 and the iso was set to 640 if I remember correctly. This shoot was a blast and I owe the camera team and G&E a tremendous thanks - especially to the incredible focus puller Cam Hayduk and my buddy and gaffer Mark Lindsay. Check out my blog for behind the scenes footage of this project."

Here is the final commercial...

Gulp. The world’s largest stop-motion animation shot on a Nokia N8.

admin — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 12:05:25 +0000

Aardman have done it again!

'Gulp' is a short film created by Sumo Science at Aardman, depicting a fisherman going about his daily catch. Shot on location at Pendine Beach in South Wales, every frame of this stop-motion animation was shot using a Nokia N8, with its 12 megapixel camera and Carl Zeiss optics. The film has broken a world record for the 'largest stop-motion animation set', with the largest scene stretching over 11,000 square feet.

The animators: aardman.com
The sand artists: sandsculptureice.co.uk
The phone: nokia.com/n8

Make a motion control timelapse dolly rig

admin — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 08:30:07 +0000

There are a few videos out there at the moment that show some amazing tracked time-lapse shots. Companies like Kessler Crane make electronic rigs that will do it all for you and they are super sweet.. they are however very expensive!

So it got me thinking... How can you get the same effect but without spending the big bucks? Whilst visiting Ikea not long ago I picked up one of their paper tape measures. Whilst admiring the simplicity in Ikea strategy in giving these out I also thought "mmm this looks like it would be a good fit down the middle of my Glidetrack"

With that we quickly finished up our purchases and rushed home to find... yes! it was a perfect fit. The metal plate which attaches to the ball head passed over the tape measure allowing you to accurately see its position millimetre by millimetre.

So the plan was simple. Move the camera a millimetre and take a picture. repeat.

High speed robot hand

admin — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 08:53:53 +0000

Ishikawa Komuro Lab's high-speed robot hand performing impressive acts of dexterity and skillful manipulation.

Find out more here.

Giant beach bubbles

admin — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 08:53:35 +0000

Mark Days video of bubble-smith Sterling Johnson on Stinson Beach.

How ships are launched

admin — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 08:52:52 +0000

I love that ships are launched this way.