Expert Talk: 5 Films About Photography

A recent recommendation for a rainy Sunday:

5 films about photography

Read the post by Lauren Hoffman on the creativelive blog: http://blog.creativelive.com/5-films-about-photography-on-netflix/?utm_campaign=rainy-days&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

Dream Ride - Mountain bike ride through stunning landscapes

DreamRide from Juicy Studios on Vimeo.

Underwater Time-Lapse Photography

Time-lapse photography is a very interesting format to make visible dynamics happening in our environment on a different timescale.
Time-lapse is very popular in making visible the weather evolution in a scenic landscape, or to show the business of an urban scene of city life. While already on land it is relatively difficult to correctly orchestrate a time-lapse capture this is by orders of magnitude more difficult when trying to capture underwater sceneries.

Here are some examples found at the Vimeo archive. Some of them are very interesting artistic productions.


Underwater Time-Lapse Tests from Alexander Mustard on Vimeo.


Underwater Time Lapse Test from Alexander Thornton on Vimeo.


Underwater Timelapse Full HD (Dolby 5.1) from EnriqueDM on Vimeo.

Nikon D800 - Underwater Videography

Since a couple of years I am using a Nikon D800 camera in a Hugyfot housing for my underwater photography. So far I focused mainly on still images.

See the slideshow gallery below for some underwater macro photography from the Lembeh Strait, North-Sulawesi, Indonesia.

A more diverse collection of my work can be found in the underwater photography archive on my website www.andreasrmueller.com.


Lembeh Strait 2013 - Images by Andreas Mueller

Besides the excellent performance of the Nikon D800 camera for still photography, the camera has very good reputation if used in videography. I recorded once some short video sequences underwater. from a shallow dive at Middle Reef in Soma Bay, Egypt. And the result is very nice for an available light sequence and first try.

I do not know how often the Nikon D800 is used in underwater videography. Some other a little bit longer examples by videographer Rick Scott I found on YouTube:

SUPER 8 - Contemporary 8 mm film movie makers

Have a look at this short documentary on todays SUPER 8 film movie makers.

Also here people are following a hybrid process. The movie is shot on film, film gets developed and finally scanned image by image and edited in a computer.

As this seems to become more and more a common workflow Kodak already offers the most of the process as a service. And many people love it.



"The 8mm Revolution" - SUPER 8 Movie Featurette from Cinelicious on Vimeo.

KODAK SUPER 8 :: THE DIGITAL ANALOG HYBRID CAMERA

Kodak is Bringing Back the Super 8 as a Film Camera with Digital Features: While other photo brands are busy announcing their latest and greatest digital cameras, Kodak has a rather unusual unveiling: it's bringing back the legend

A very interesting an not anticipated move. Will this camera business model be successful?

Ted Forbes on this surprising announcement of Kodak:


The new stuff explained by Kodak CEO Jeff Clarke: