As seen 1976 in the Muppets Show.

MahnaMahna, a song I remember as if I listened to it yesterday kept on popping into my mind these days. I have absolutely no idea, why. Maybe it was triggered by a highly intellectual (late night) conversation with my better half. I really don't know. Whatever the trigger was does not really matter: it initiated me venturing off to youtube and digging out the video of that song. And suddenly something dawned on me... Read More...

Tags: Short Movie

A stop motion short film.

And the more cinematographic way of photography.

And what a photographer can learn from it.

Stop Motion and time laps movies or, animations based on single shot photography are nothing new. They date back to 1892, when Katrina White and Emily Wilkinson brought a toy circus to live.
There is a wealth of movies out there on the internet, and a vast majority is certainly found on youtube. It is very interesting to say the least browsing these type of movies. Some creators are coming up with amazingly creative ideas.
But what else can we learn from assembling photographs into a film format? Read More...

Tags: Photography, Camera, Short Movie

Summer sunshine tourist photography - or the spirit of Life just happens.

Sometimes life just happens. And one has to hop on. That would be the gist of this story.

On the day of arrival I took our weekend guest, my good friend from Norway to one of my favourite spots in the neighbourhood: to the Iron Trunk Aqueduct. This Aqueduct lets the Grand Union Canal cross the River Ouse in Stony Stratford - so it is an open water bridge (Maybe this is part of Wolverton. It does not matter.). Along the Aqueduct is a mooring place for the canal boats. A peaceful place, what many boat dwellers call their home… Read More...

Tags: Photography, Photo Filter, Photo Shoots, Light Conditions, Seasonal Impressions, Grand Union Canal, Short Movie

New York City Street Photography a la 1940.

Just a few days ago I stumbled across this phenomenal slideshow about Street Photography in New York City by Guideo Steenkamp, a Berlin based photographer. The video takes you to NYC in 2008 and somehow Guido manages to make it in a very strange way look and feel like in the first half of the last century - if it wasn't for the cars, the cellphones and the overall more modern look of the city. The soundtrack of the video certainly helps this impression, but even without it, that old feeling is still left with the viewer.




His website www.guido-steenkamp.com is worth checking our for everybody interested in street photography.

Tags: Art, Photography, Street Photography, Short Movie

The art of photography in a brilliant short movie.

A long time ago I discovered this great video on youtube. It is the short movie Spin from Double Edge Films.



The storyline is told by a great short film underlayed by fantastic beats. And the photography in this film stroke me. There is great photography in every great movie, however, this was aboslutely down my alley. Read More...

Tags: Art, Photography, Short Movie