More Coney Island Gifs

Here's a couple shots I took at Coney Island the other week.



I post these tiny little gifs because anything bigger would result in massive file sizes that take forever to download. But if you've got a fast connection and want to be hard core and view this art at its intended size, here's a link to the hi-res versions: Cyclone Wonder Wheel

Also, speaking of hard core, check out the gifs on this page: http://www.cruzine.com/2011/01/31/animated-gifs/ I feel ashamed to call myself an artist.

Swing, Swing, Swing

It's been two months and too long since my last post. Life has been busy. But amidst all that unimportant stuff, like working so I have money to pay rent and buy food, has been that little lingering voice, that call of the wild reminding me that life is more than satisfying physical necessity. It's also about sequencing digital images loosely based in reality and setting them to a rhythm.


Hopefully more to come to soon.

Psychedelic Sky

The clouds were amazing yesterday. The whole sky looked like a Van Gogh painting. I've never seen anything like it.

As a photographer I am always a little envious of painters for the freedom they enjoy with the canvas. Photographers rely completely on actual objects and the physical world for the content of their images. I like shooting the sky, because it's the closest thing I can find to pure abstraction.

And yes, I did tweak the colors; it's not the apocalypse...yet.

Soup

I licked the spoon a few times while making this, and yes it tastes just as bad as you remember it.

At the Zoo

This monkey was on a mission: destroy rubber vine!



Giraffes in 3D. Good thing the smell does not come in 3D. Pow!


Shot this through one of the observation scopes on the side of the pond. Flamingos do this amazing dance where they all move in sync. Actually, it's better with music, so check out this video.

Shake Shack

Just a reminder that I am still taking submissions for the 3D world tour. So grab your camera and go out and create some stereographic images! Also, if you have friends outside the U.S.A. please forward them a link to this post. Thanks.


I took this one hand-held. Here's my technique:

1. Stand with your feet planted at shoulders width.
2. Put all of your weight on your left foot. Use the dot or cross-hairs in your viewfinder to focus on something small and specific (in this instance I placed the focusing dot on the center of the S in SHACK). Snap the picture.
3. Now carefully put all your weight on your right foot. Keep your cross-hairs, or focusing dot, on that same focal point (the S in this photo). Snap the picture.
4. Look at your camera and flip back and forth between your two shots. If you have done it correctly, you should see a 3D effect (the foreground and background will move, but the point you focused on should stay the same). It takes some practice to perfect the technique, but with a little care you can master it. Good thing digital film is cheap, eh? It is very difficult to line things up perfectly in camera. Usually I have to bring the files into Photoshop to line them up correctly.

Tips: The goal is to take two photos that are similar in every way, but taken about 4-6 inches apart. Carefully shifting your weight from one foot to the other works well, but here are a couple other techniques. Try holding your camera against a railing. This provides stability, insures no vertical movement, and allows you to move it exactly 4-6" horizontally. Also, try shooting two photos in rapid succession from the deck of a boat, or from the window of a moving car or train.

Man in the Mirror

This post is dedicated to my coworkers who let me walk around with a mustache all day and never said a word.