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Canon and Vimeo – Film Contest

Matthew — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:30:38 +0000

I use Vimeo, (I’ve been told not to) and I also use Nikon (and I’ve been told not to) but when it comes to something as cool as this, I had to share. Canon Inc. and Vimeo are coming together to put on a Film Contest with Vincent Laforet. You’ve probably heard me talk about him before. I am really interested in this upcoming video contest.

The idea is that there will be seven chapters to work on. In other words, 6 chances to win. The first chapter is shot by Vincent on his Canon 7D (seen above). That chapter ends with a still image. That still image is what you have to create your short video about. Interpret that still and make it your own, whatever that may be. The winner of the second chapter (who has a still frame at the end of their movie) is then the inspiration for the third chapter. And it goes like this for 7 chapters (Laforet + 6 winners). I’m really excited to see what comes out of this and I’ll try to keep everyone here updated on it as it happens.

Unfortunately, due to some strict rules, the contest is only open to age of majority in the United States of America. Sorry Canada/The rest of the world, you’re out of luck on this one. Perhaps they’ll open it up later in the game.

Like I said, I’ll try and keep posting on this with new entries and the winners of the chapters. And finally, a little plug at the end here, if you have 5 minutes, head on over to fill out my quick survey on web search, what you search for and how much you’ll pay for it. Once you’re done, if you could pass it on I would greatly appreciate it. Don’t forget to send in your submission to win a copy of my book (I’m not asking for your soul, just a cool picture that you’ve seen).

Vancouver 2010 Olympic Host City – Time Lapse

Matthew — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:15:25 +0000

Alright. I turned on my computer this morning thinking that I was only going to post once today and leave it at that. However, when I opened up Google Reader, I found this link to Rob Galbraith’s post. It’s about Vancouver and the 2010 Olympic Games. It’s a Time Lapse Video and it’s really cool. Seriously. Watch it. Full screen.

Right? Cool. That’s it.

Nikon Festival – Chicken Vs. Penguin

Matthew — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:03:23 +0000

Marko Slavnik was the winner of Nikon Festival‘s grand prize of $100,000 during the Your Day in 140 Seconds competition. The competition was judged by Chase Jarvis, Rainn Wilson (The Office) and Justine Ezarik (iJustine). Head on over to Nikon Festival‘s website to check out other videos that were submitted to the competition and the winner of the audience choice, New York State of Mind.

If you want to win my book, all you have to do is send me an email with your favourite picture/photographer and you’ll be entered to win. More details on the post Photobook Give-away II.

Mag+

Matthew — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:08:47 +0000

This is a really cool concept on the new wave of magazines. Instead of putting video or “moving stills” in to your magazine (Harry Potter style), put your magazine in a large touch screen display. It would be great if all the magazines used this device and you could sync with your computer to download certain subscriptions of magazines. Like a podcast, that you pay for.

Be sure to enter to win a coffee table book from me to you! See the details at blog.kerrphotography.ca!

Bloopers and Outtakes – Playing with Video

Matthew — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:19:00 +0000

Purely just bloopers and outtakes. This video was completely shot with my Nikon D3. I blasted away at 8fps and then threw it together for motion. The song you hear is Epic from local band and bro’s, On Call Heroes. They’re about to go record their second album, so go check them out. I hope to do more stuff like this in the future. It’s a really cool way of shooting video in my opinion.

Thanks to my friends for being the subjects, yet again, in one of my little projects. It would’ve been really boring without people in the video. Also, thanks to the band for the music. Again, really boring without it.

New Laforet Movie Posted by Canon, Then Taken Down

Matthew — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:28:34 +0000

Canon needs to get their act together. They just released the Canon 1d MkIV. Or, just 1d4. Seriously how do they expect people to understand which camera is which? I still don’t know the difference between Canon’s 1d2 and 1d3 are.

You may remember when the 5dMkII or 5d2 came out with 1080p video that there was a video posted by director/photographer Vincent Laforet. It was called Reverie. It was quick, to the point and a very expensive short. I liked it. And it was the first video of it’s kind to be shot on an still camera. Now, we have hundreds of great videos out there all shot on SLR cameras. One of my favourite at the moment is by a photographer in Atlanta, USA. Andrew Kornylak did a whole series on bouldering and rock climbing where he shot interviews with the Nikon D5000 and then did still-video with the Nikon D3 by just blasting away and getting a cool, stop motion like feel.

Here is one of the videos from Andrew.

You can’t always tell when it switches from the 720p video of the D5000 to the D3 which tops out at 11fps.

Unfortunately, Laforet’s newest movie Nocturne isn’t available at the moment because there seems to be some strife between Canon Inc. and Canon USA. Hopefully it will be up on the web soon. Of course you can always find it on YouTube. Because everything is on YouTube. Laforet wrote on his blog that he has agreed to take the video down until Canon gets it together. If you missed it, here is Vincent Laforet’s Reverie.

Just so you know, Nikon isn’t sitting by with there video/still cameras and not producing movies. Bill Frakes did an amazing video with the new Nikon D3s. And yes, ballerinas in Austrailia.

Moving Wood

Matthew — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:46:51 +0000

Just something I did the other day to try and inspire myself. It’s not fancy or finished. It’s only about a minute long and there is no message or meaning for it. The only reason for it is that it inspired me to pick up my camera (well, put it on a tripod at least). During the last year at school, I felt like I had so much creative juice (I was a ripe fruit?). Recently, however, I feel like that lemon in your ice tea at the restaurant, all the juice has been squeezed out and now it just haphazardly floats just below the ice. Click here if you are using a reader to view this post, so you can view the video.
So, in forcing myself to pick up my camera and take these 1400 pictures of yours truly stacking wood, I have also put my camera on my desk so that I see it everyday. Otherwise, it might just sit in my camera bag in the corner of the room waiting to be played with. Just after finishing up all the work seen in the video, I went out climbing at the local climbing gym. Then I finished the work in the yard. Suffice it to say, I was a little sore. Then I went sailing.
This little project also progressed me towards taking my camera to the coffee shop and taking pictures there. You’ve seen some in the previous post, but here are a couple more. Don’t forget to vote in 2009 Photoblog Awards!

Video

Matthew — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:51:45 +0000

This has been out for a while but it’s a video that Wired.com did about photography. Specifically, street photography using a natural light. I found on the strobist blog about a week ago and I feel that if you don’t read that blog, and you’re a photographer, you should. If you haven’t seen it here it is.

Click here if you are using a reader to view this post, so you can view the video. I hope you enjoyed that video, I’m going to have to get out the scrim and head downtown to try a little of this out.

What the F**K is Social Media?

Matthew — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 06:31:07 +0000

I was browsing through twitter this evening and came across a really cool slide show. It talks all about social media and how companies (and consumers) should be using it to have conversations and not to just blast out useless information that we could get from a more mainstream (read: old school) venue such as T.V. or radio. Here’s the link to the blog I found it at courtesy of @stephenbaugh. I encourage everyone who reads this to go through it. It’s 80-something slides but it only takes about 5 minutes and it’s full of awesome facts about social media. While you’re at it, go check out the customer-company pact as well.

–edit–

Here’s the actual slideshow!

What the F**K is Social Media: One Year Later

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