Macworld Cover creation time lapse

Cover creation from Peter Belanger on Vimeo.

After working on the latest cover for Macworld Magazine I wanted to show what is involved in making a cover. I focused on the three main areas: the photography, photoshop and design. I chose a time lapse format to convey lots of information in a small amount of time. The only drawback of time lapse is that since half a day goes by in 30 seconds, the whole process seam so easy! Lots of details were left out of the design process (like the cover meetings and rounds of layout options). I began to photograph the design process after the layouts had already been narrowed down to just three cover designs.

On the technical side, for the time lapse video, I used the Canon 5D Mark II with a 24mm-70mm zoom. I chose the 5D because of its great image quality with high ISO's. Canon's sRAW1 gave me the flexibility of a RAW file with the file size of a jpeg. The actual Macworld cover was taken with a Phase One P65+ digital back attached to a 4x5 Sinar X camera with a 65mm lens.

Many thanks to Rob Schultz for allowing me to invade his office and literally shoot over his shoulder.

The music was used with permission by The Brokenmusicbox.

Bathtub IV, Time lapse film

Bathtub IV from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.

©2009 COPYRIGHT - All Rights reserved
Project info @ http://vimeo.com/channels/keithloutitssydney

This is a personal project that would not have been possible without the support of the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service. Thanks to the entire team for their generous access during training exercises and patrols this Summer. Since the Service began in 1973, it has carried out more than 21,000 missions ranging from urgent patient transfers to dangerous search and rescue missions.

The Service depends entirely on the generous support of sponsors and the community to stay flying. Donations can be made here:
http://www.lifesaver.org.au/funding_challenge/donate.html

This film is 100% 'real', but there are some new techniques for me here, such as using time lapse to create the illusion of forward movement for the helicopter ocean scenes. These flight sequences would not be possible without the skill and patience of Chief Pilot Peter Yates. Thanks also to Trevor Cracknell (for getting wet!) and Family.

Music:

“CLEMENTINE” (Megan Washington)
Performed by Washington
© 2008 J Albert & Son Pty Limited
Used with permission

www.myspace.com/meganwashington

Artist Info @ www.keithloutit.com
Project info @ http://vimeo.com/channels/keithloutitssydney

Thank you,

Keith.

Moved the site to Squarespace

So far it's been a really amazing experience.

We were using Wordpress before it's a nice CMS the one huge issue I had was compatibility within it's own system. Let me explain.

Plugins and updates to wordpress.
I love the open-source aspect but in some ways it's the whole too many cooks in the kitchen kinda thing. One plugin gets updated and then one previous plugin stops working. Or the plugins gets updated almost every day. It's a tiring experience. I felt like updating and trouble shooting wordpress issues were taking up most of my time.

Then when there's an update to wordpress the plugin might not even work again or the developer of the plugin might have moved on or have another job so it takes time to get an update for usability sake.

In comes Squarespace
I'm loving it. No more back end work or tinkering. It just works. Now I can actually focus on more of what i'd like to create or do with this site.

So keep an eye on the site there's a lot more to come.

Thank you Squarespace 

Jetta Time Lapse

Jetta Time Lapse from Ronnie Bruce on Vimeo.

My first time lapse. Just testing it out, I'll be adding a lot more to this eventually.

New one: http://vimeo.com/1872723

Info:
Canon Rebel XT
Lens: Canon 10-22mm
Focal Length: 10mm
f/stop: 5.6
shutter: 2 seconds
shot fired every 2.5 seconds.
Song: The Album Leaf - Outer Banks

331 photos total, set at 4 frames each.