This is fantastic. Via: motionographer.com

Here’s how they did it.

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Congratulations to the winner of our first Living Art Contest, David Stewart. We had some really fantastic entries, and I want to thank everyone who participated as well as our sponsor, Really Right Stuff.

David’s entry offered something unique that we wouldn’t get as a still or as traditional video. As a living portrait, it manages to elicit a reaction that evolves with the progression of the piece. Good stuff, David.

He will now have his choice in choosing his choice of quick release system from Really Right Stuff. Check back in the future for more opportunities to show off your work.

Alexx

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Suddenly from Magnus Engsfors on Vimeo.

A brilliant 2.5D short piece from Magnus Engsfors. Stills shot on the Canon 5D with one Profoto flash, then heavily masked and retouched in Photoshop before the layers were then lined up in After Effects to add camera movement and particles. Appropriately cut to the glitchy song ‘Twenty Minuets’ by edIT

Dos

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Vincent Laforet along with Stu Maschwitz and David Nelson put together this vignette that shows off the incredible low light sensitivity of the Canon 1ds MKIV.

Vincent Laforet created a ton of buzz with his Reverie film shot with the Canon 5D Mark II and it looks like he’s onto something again – this time with the new Canon 1D Mark IV. The entire 3 minute segment is shot at ISO 6400 on the new professional DSLR.

Watch it in HD here.

More on the camera on Photography Bay’s Canon 1D Mark IV Reviews and Resources.

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Here’s our “Living” Magazine Cover and Spread released with the October issue of Outside Magazine. Photographed with the Red One camera, we created our vision of how a motion-magazine of the not-too-distant future would look based on emerging technologies like flexible OLED and E Ink.

Music is “Gone Gone Days” by Two Years Before the Mast and “I Like Van Halen Because My Sister Says They Are Cool” which has got to be my favorite song title in the world by El Ten Eleven. You can buy El Ten Eleven’s music here: itunes.com/elteneleven

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We shot triathlete Chris Lieto for a Living Magazine Cover and Spread for Outside Magazine. Not only did we shoot the print edition of the magazine, but we are also making a living version to give you a glimpse at what a magazine of the future might look like.

Here is a quick teaser to whet your appetite. Stay tuned for the final version which will be released with the October issue of Outside Magazine.

Also, don’t forget to join our Living Art Contest. Make your own Living Art and move us with your image!

Music by Ratatat. The song is “Cherry” off their self-titled album Ratatat.
Check them out here: ratatatmusic.com
Buy their songs here: itunes.com/ratatat

This video was shot using the RED and the Canon 5D Mark II

-Andrew

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Living Art, at it’s core, is an image that moves. Think- print in motion. Creating Living Art is about making a strong image, and then making that image move. Remember, we’re not making motion pictures: that’s what movies do. We’re making pictures that move.

So now, we would love to see what you all can do! We are hosting a little contest and calling it “Move Us With Your Image!” It might be helpful when designing your work to think in terms of 3 components: the start image, the movement, and the resolve. Then use the same artistic mojo that you use to creating a powerful still image, and make it move. For some examples of how we have been making Living Art, check out our Living Movie Poster and Living Magazine.

Keep in mind that this is a developing art, and we don’t want to limit you with rules. We will be judging on your creativity and how you use this medium to connect with the viewer.

A big thanks to Really Right Stuff for sponsoring this. The grand prize will be a L Bracket / quick release clamp combo of your choice to help you turn your camera on its side, and shoot vertical.

Deadline for submissions is November 30th and winners will be announced in December.

Here’s some guidelines:

1. Landscape or portrait mode, it’s your choice. Just make sure you make the choice and it’s a conscious one that fits the shot.
2. Audio is fine, but certainly not necessary, and may be distraction. Use with discretion.
3. It doesn’t have to be shot on an amazing video camera like the 5dMII. It doesn’t even have to be shot with a video camera at all. A series of images shot in rapid fire, for example, is fair game.

We will be judging mostly on creativity and how you use the medium to convey your ideas. Technical merit is cool, but whatever makes the image work conceptually will be valued over high production images that don’t connect as well.

Can’t wait to see what you come up with!

Here’s how to submit:

1. Go to Vimeo.com (they allow both horizontal and vertical videos)
2. Sign Up for an account
3. Upload your video
4. Email Andrew the link to your video (andrew at alexxhenry dot com)

Resources:

Canon 5d Mark II Users: For those of you that are going to use the 5D Mark II or if you’re a lucky individual that somehow has their hands on 7D you can find just about anything you need to know about the camera at Planet 5D’s Wiki. Whether its exporting or shooting issues, starting there should be very informative.

Exporting with Vimeo: When we first started posting to Vimeo we wanted to make sure we were exporting the best way possible so it looks crisp in clean on the web. This article is extremely helpful.

Now go out there and create! Any questions? Post them in the comments section and we will be sure to respond.

Don’t forget to subscribe to this blog via email or RSS and/or follow us on twitter for any updates or announcements.

Best of luck!
-Alexx & Andrew

Photo courtesy of: Nate “this-lens-is-worth-more-than-my-car” Kalushner

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To further reassure our vision of an OLED future presented at the Collision Conference on Saturday, scientist from the RIKEN center in Japan have made some wonderful new discoveries. According to Yutaka Yamagata of the RIKEN Center,

“We have discovered a range of conditions using a two-solvent method that can make extremely smooth thin films using electrospray deposition. Using this technology, these devices could be manufactured as inexpensively as printing newspapers.”

To dive into the specifics and technology of this discovery, head over to OLED-Info.
-Andrew

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We just finished profiling the new Sony XEL-1 11-Inch OLED TV at the Collision Conference on Saturday. When we returned to the studio we were delighted to see the new press release from LG stating that their 15-inch OLED will be released in November to Korea. Mark Wilson from Gizmodo states that the design is “as if vomited up by an engineer and never reassessed,” but I do like how they are hiding the hardware guts in a classic picture frame stand design.  

Reuters states “Research firm DisplaySearch expects the market for OLED TV to reach 2.33 million units in 2013 compared with estimated 320,000 units in 2011, according to data provided by LG.” Also LG has stated they are planning to unveil a 40-inch OLED in the future.

Via Gizmodo and Reuters.

More pictures after the jump.
-Andrew

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Kodak seems to be making some nice breakthroughs in the OLED Display market now. They have created a flexible underwater prototype that may not seem large to us humans, but in fact, is a HUGE display for lego people! This proves that OLED has the capacity to be safe against moisture. Until now, this was a huge problem for OLED technology. This was posted on one of Kodak’s blogs by Michele Ricks, an OLED Engineer for Kodak.

-Andrew

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