Monday, November 29, 2010
Monday, November 8, 2010
Christoph Gielen
I discovered Christoph while on CNN of all places. He is an aerial Photographer who is making artistic photos of Americas Suburbs. i think the photos are awesome, and the message behind them is not heavy handed.
Its Almost reminiscent of Edward Burtynskys work. where the artist is examining Mans interaction with the landscape.
Its Almost reminiscent of Edward Burtynskys work. where the artist is examining Mans interaction with the landscape.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Long awaited update...
it has been a long time, i know.
more than a week , which is bad, but i have a lot to talk about. I might even break this up in to two posts.
LDI
for those of you who dont know i was in Vegas at LDI from Tuesday until yesterday. or was it friday... it was a bit of a blur.
Iwent to LDI to take the projections master class taught by Bob Boniol, and it completely changed the way i look at video as a form of art. It has also made me think of changing my focus to be more towards the video and media aspect of theatre, that is not to say i wont still design lights, but i think Video might be the way i want to go.
one designer of note is Pablo Molina, he teaches at Calarts and works with Bob at Mode studios
Pablo designed video for a show that was going on in new york. the show was called Abacus. What impressed me most about this show was, the way he designed the control. Pablo built his own media sever, which was controlled by by a Wiimote that was held by the main character.
it made me realize that as a designer you dont just need to think of the content but also the control and the way the actors can interact with the control and media. This can turn the projections from digital scenery to basically another performer on the stage.
more than a week , which is bad, but i have a lot to talk about. I might even break this up in to two posts.
LDI
for those of you who dont know i was in Vegas at LDI from Tuesday until yesterday. or was it friday... it was a bit of a blur.
Iwent to LDI to take the projections master class taught by Bob Boniol, and it completely changed the way i look at video as a form of art. It has also made me think of changing my focus to be more towards the video and media aspect of theatre, that is not to say i wont still design lights, but i think Video might be the way i want to go.
one designer of note is Pablo Molina, he teaches at Calarts and works with Bob at Mode studios
Pablo designed video for a show that was going on in new york. the show was called Abacus. What impressed me most about this show was, the way he designed the control. Pablo built his own media sever, which was controlled by by a Wiimote that was held by the main character.
it made me realize that as a designer you dont just need to think of the content but also the control and the way the actors can interact with the control and media. This can turn the projections from digital scenery to basically another performer on the stage.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Peter pan 360
we went to See peter pan 360 on Tuesday.
i was realy looking forward to this production, not only because i love the story and im a big kid at heart, but because the show was done in the round with projections projecting on to a 360 degree surface above the audience. content wise the projections were a bit childish, but its to be expected since the target audience is kids.
the video was used to basically be the stage, and there were 4 backdrops, there was the nursery, the pirate ship, the forest and the lagoon. and the video would change sometimes depending on the scene. for example when peter and the kids first fly off leaving the nursery the projections become a flying tour of london, while the actors are raised in to the air.
there were about 10 or 12 barco 10000 lumen projectors at the base of the stage creating the interactive video.
one thing i found very impressive was the lighting designers use of mirrors. since the only good place to hang moving lights was at the top of the circus tent. this would make most low angle shots impossible, but what he did was put mirrors around the outer circle of the tent. therefore he was able to make almost any shot possible, despite having a limited hanging position.
i was realy looking forward to this production, not only because i love the story and im a big kid at heart, but because the show was done in the round with projections projecting on to a 360 degree surface above the audience. content wise the projections were a bit childish, but its to be expected since the target audience is kids.
the video was used to basically be the stage, and there were 4 backdrops, there was the nursery, the pirate ship, the forest and the lagoon. and the video would change sometimes depending on the scene. for example when peter and the kids first fly off leaving the nursery the projections become a flying tour of london, while the actors are raised in to the air.
there were about 10 or 12 barco 10000 lumen projectors at the base of the stage creating the interactive video.
one thing i found very impressive was the lighting designers use of mirrors. since the only good place to hang moving lights was at the top of the circus tent. this would make most low angle shots impossible, but what he did was put mirrors around the outer circle of the tent. therefore he was able to make almost any shot possible, despite having a limited hanging position.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Photomerge
been experimenting with photomerge when i have some spare time.
it basically does panoramas for you, which is convenient, but i have been trying to do a big photo with all the dancers in 9, but its not working out exactly how i expected...
perhaps this warrants more trial.
heres the one i did of the players theatre during tech weekend
it basically does panoramas for you, which is convenient, but i have been trying to do a big photo with all the dancers in 9, but its not working out exactly how i expected...
perhaps this warrants more trial.
heres the one i did of the players theatre during tech weekend
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
it is a rare time that i am up for a sunrise
today was one of those rare times.
what i find interesting is not the sunrise itself, but the moment before. when the sky is this interesting blue gray, and you can kind of make out shapes. most of the stars are gone (well here in Long beach the sky is so polluted we don't see stars)
and then the warm light of the sun slowly peaks over the horizon, and everything changes.
gold warm light trickles in to fill the darkness and flat gray light and everything gets more shape and definition. perhaps this is because the source of light is visible and we aren't just light by the reflection from the atmosphere
the sunrises are definitely better on the east coast, but the sunsets here are nice.
what i find interesting is not the sunrise itself, but the moment before. when the sky is this interesting blue gray, and you can kind of make out shapes. most of the stars are gone (well here in Long beach the sky is so polluted we don't see stars)
and then the warm light of the sun slowly peaks over the horizon, and everything changes.
gold warm light trickles in to fill the darkness and flat gray light and everything gets more shape and definition. perhaps this is because the source of light is visible and we aren't just light by the reflection from the atmosphere
the sunrises are definitely better on the east coast, but the sunsets here are nice.
gizmodo shooting challenge
i think i am going to be doing the gizmodo photo challenge every week from now on.
the challenges are fun, and it give me an excuse to take more photos.
lets see how it goes.
the challenges are fun, and it give me an excuse to take more photos.
lets see how it goes.
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