Formula

Formula is a mathematical visual structure using motion and animation to highlight the main character: The Sun. Click the player to watch.

2006- 30secs/Color/Silent

Fall Down

Fall Down is a movie exploring alternative framing, the golden rectangle and fictional mishaps. Click the player to watch.

2006- 30secs/Color/Silent.

Birds Life

This film explores motion and the creation of suspense. Click the player to watch.

2006- 30 secs/Color/Silent.

Fall Down

Stills and motion, premonition or hindsight, implied mishaps, a happy ending.

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Formula

A movie about the sun.

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Pier

Vertical lens flaring, color distortion, effects of camera motion, sparkling concrete, and partial occlusion of the sun.

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Flagpole

False distortion created by the composition; color contrast bewteen flag and sky; contrast of motion between flag and sky.

I also have matching stills that use a fill flash to foreground the pole in the waning light, which reveals textural reflections between the sky and the pole.

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Breakwater

Pure contrast between stone and sky; stone and steel; and stone and plants. Factual contrast, as well as the effects of motion. Reflection of shape between stones and clouds.

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Hydrant

The occlusion of the sun, vertical flaring and color distortion, the contrast between blue sky and objects in the foreground, a wide-angle look created by composition.

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Tree

Flare artifacts, false distortion from composition, occlusion, extreme contrast forground to background.

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Strategy #1

Using a mini-tripod, capture 2 images. After the first image, move the camera 1 inch to the left while maintaining the same focal point as the first image in order to create a stereoscopic pair.

Strategy #2

Only capture images 8 inches from the ground.