Tag: video

  • A little loopy

    A little loopy

    Today I took several stills I shot in succession of a crepe myrtle tree using my macro lens. I noticed while shooting that as I adjusted the focus it created an interesting kaleidoscopic effect. So I decided t to do a little experiment. I took a couple frames and put them into video. Sadly I didn’t get nearly enough frames to really feel like the effect was all it could be, so I looped it up a few times ti give it a little more substance. Next time I hope I remember this lesson and get many more frames to work with.

    As I am a hobbyist, there was no planning that went into this endeavor. I just got an itch and grabbed my rig and went outside. In my next blog post I will have several stills from this endeavor, which turned out very nicely. I was very pleased with this little session that spontaneously happened a couple days ago.

    In the near future I may do some kind of shoot with the goal of a much longer kaleido loop. Bring the tripod for some stability and consistency of frame and just shoot a ton of stills while racking the focus. This sounds like fun.

  • High Museum of Art: Part 7

    High Museum of Art: Part 7

    I made an experimental video this morning. I’m pleased with the initial outcome. This was a fairly lazy experiment on a Sunday morning. Mostly just having a little fun, but I think I may explore the concept a little more.

    I was looking at my High Museum photographs and thought these guys were interesting.

    Colorful ball sculpture using many multi colored fibers. High Museum of Art 2024
    Colorful ball sculpture using many multi colored fibers. High Museum of Art 2024

    I started to play with them a little bit and decided to try something. I wanted to play with some strobe effects, some different colors, and different positioning. These two photos are in fact subtly different images though very similar. So I started with them as my base. I have one more similar image I plan to add to this project at a later time.

    As the title suggests these were photographed at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta on my trip in 2024. I don’t know the original artist I’m afraid. I will try find out who it is in the future.

    I also want to experiment a little adding video to my blog. This is the first video posted. I am going to try to link from YouTube. I don’t expect this to be too complicated, but isn’t that always the way it goes. Here goes nothing.

    That was easier than I thought. And I will leave this experiment here for the time being as I must leave for Church.

    EDIT: 2-10-25

    I added the third ball into the mix and dropped the time significantly for the second iteration.

    Edit 2-23-25

    Moving around the balz a little bit. This is kinda fun. Kinda…