Recollections, reviews, discoveries, and future plans.
It's hard not to look at the ground as you walk. To set your sights low, and keep the world spinning, and try to stay grounded wherever you are. But every so often you remember to look up, and imagine the possibilities. Dreaming of what's out there.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek, kenosis "emptiness" + opsia "seeing" kenopsia, n. the eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that's usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet-a school hallway in the evening, an unlit office on a weekend, vacant fairgrounds-an emotional afterimage that makes it seem not just empty but hyper-empty, with a total population in the negative, who are so conspicuously absent they glow like neon signs.
It's the kind of basic human vulnerability that we'd all find familiar, but is still somehow surprising when we notice it in others. It's an open question why we have such public confidence, and such private doubts. From The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows: http://www.dictionaryofobscuresorrows.com
From Jason Silva's "Shots of Awe" series on Discovery's new Test Tube Network.
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This is a great time-lapse video by Shane Black that I saw on instagram the other day and happened to stumble upon the full HD video on Vimeo just now.
I was fortunate enough to spend several months this past summer traveling around the U.S. and parts of Canada, teaching workshops and shooting timelapse along the way. Since the trip was so similar to the year before, I thought it was fitting to dub this video as a sequel to Adventure Is Calling. It was so great getting so much feedback on the last video about how it inspired so many to get out, travel, and spend more nights under the stars. I hope this video will revamp those desires. Special thanks to Arn Andersson for making an extended version of his song The Truth Beyond for me to use for this video.
www.arnandersson.com
Camera Gear:
Canon 5D MKIII
Canon 5D MKII
Canon 16-35L II
Canon 24L II
Canon 50 f1.4
Canon 70-200L II IS
Motion control thanks to:
eMotimo TB3 Black
www.emotimo.com
Dynamic Perception Stage Zero Dolly www.dynamicperception.com
Vanguard Tripods
Editing:
Adobe Lightroom
Adobe After Effects
LRTimelapse
Email shaneblack300@gmail.com for licensing inquiries.
www.shaneblackphoto.com
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This is a short documentary that I first saw last year and happened to stumble upon it again a few minutes ago.
Fifty years ago, Jim Whittaker became the first American to summit Mt. Everest.
Directed by Eric Becker. www.weareshouting.com. This film was made possible by support from Seattle University. Archival footage courtesy Eddie Bauer and The Whittaker Family.
I'm a Nikon guy and have spent a ton of time in Argentina over the past 8 years so naturally I was drawn to this short film that shows off some of the new D7200's features. I'm pretty impressed with what I've seen, but would still like to play with the camera myself. I shot a music video on the new D750 a few weeks ago and that camera kicks ass!
In the making of 'Sur Argentina', photographers Andrew Hancock and Corey Rich head out to Argentina with one mission: to test the theory that creativity is not limited to the size of your kit.
From a breathtaking time lapse of the city lights in Buenos Aires to the expansive natural beauty of Patagonia, the Nikon D7200's 24.2-megapixel DX-format CMOS sensor and EXPEED 4 image-processing engine delivered extraordinary stills and motion of this vast country effortlessly.
This is a great documentary about David Welsford and the life he lives on his 28 foot wooden sailboat. The things worth appreciating the most are usually the most simple things in life.
A short documentary about David Welsford, who has given up the luxuries of land in search for happiness and adventure on a 50 year old wooden boat he restored from a scrap heap.
This was a fun travel documentary to watch, now I want to go find some snow.
ISENSEVEN presents "Alaskan Holiday" - A Story by Stolen Paradise "Tobi, Fips and me spent the last twelve months traveling around the world and one of many highlights was our roadtrip from Seattle to Alaska. In Alaska we spent three unforgettable weeks at Tailgate AK: camping on a glacier 20 miles away from the road, riding our first steep AK lines, seeing northern lights and just hanging out with friends. In the end we met up with Elias Elhardt and went Heliskiing in Haines. For me personally this was the last trip of my professional snowboard career and I couldn't ask for a better final. Alaskan Holiday. That's what it felt like." - Marco Smolla Supported by Nitro Snowboards, Chiemsee, Planet-Sports.com and Tailgate Alaska Cinematography by Julian Pintarelli Edited by Alex Schiller & Max Neumeier / Hey You! Films Additional Cinematography: Fips Strauss & Callum Swift Aerial Cinematography: Christoph Thoresen Photography: Fips Strauss Check out the teaser here: https://vimeo.com/114295490 Music: Wake Owl - "Gold" www.wakeowl.com Daniel Norgren - "Whatever Turns You On" www.myspace.com/danielnorgren The Walking Who - "With Roses" www.thewalkingwho.com Jon And Roy - "Every Night" www.jonandroy.ca Filmed on Sony FS700. Edited with Adobe CC. Graded with Magic Bullet Looks. www.stolenparadise.net www.isenseven.tv
yù yī - 玉衣 n. the desire to see with fresh eyes, and feel things just as intensely as you did when you were younger-before expectations, before memory, before words.
