Friday, June 12, 2009

Capturing Lightning in Action


~ Fun EZ Photography ~
Originally uploaded by ViaMoi
There have been a lot of wild and active thunderstorms in the last few weeks here in the midwest. I'm interested in methods for catching a lightning bolt on film (er, disk). I think about it every time I see a nice bright flash. I stumbled upon this shot and link and I thought I'd share.
With my last lightning upload, many commented on my speed and reaction time. It's a lot easier than that and I hope you can grab a few like this one after reading below.

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Scary Mary Poppins

Editing is everything. If you don't believe this, you've got to see one of Disney's most beloved children's stories recut as a trailer for a horror movie. This is a true masterpiece of editing and the proper choices of sound effect and music score --all in just over one minute and six seconds.

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Epson Stylus Pro 7880 ColorBurst Edition

Here's a pretty nice photo printer that by Epson. Sometimes for certain projects that go beyond the standard 8.5" x 11", you need a Large-Format Color Inkjet Printer. This unit has you covered. It's fast and has full photo quality.

Here at ColorBurst Video, we recommend Epson. Check it out on Amazon.com!

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Camera Trick Challenge

I love a good magic trick, don't you?

It's clearly a viral video, but they aren't lying when they warn you at the beginning that it hasn't been edited in any way. The answer to how this one was done has already been posted in the comments and video responses on YouTube. But I urge you to watch the short video all the way through (1:43) and see if you can't reason out how it was done. It's not that hard, but it is very clever on their part. Good luck, and let me know what you think!

Saturday, March 14, 2009

YouTube Remixed

If you dig a bit, you'll find that lots of musicians of every skill level post clips of themselves online. The video and audio quality varies all over the map and that's okay. But imagine if some genius takes as many of the clips as they can find and puts them together into one overdubbed sampled funk-jam that is as beautiful to listen to as it is fascinating to watch. Well, if your imagination is like mine, you probably wouldn't have reached this far. Watch as Kutiman mixes YouTube, and not just for one little song but seven! When you see genius like this, be sure to smile. Who comes up with this?

Note: If you follow me everywhere, I'm cross-posting this in at least one more spot.