Circles Gallery

I spent a good chunk of this week trying to figure out what theme to use in my gallery.  It wasn’t until I was setting up a Slayer vinyl in my turntable that I decided that I really wanted to do circles.  I grabbed my camera and spent the next 20 minutes taking pictures of it before I decided on one I liked.

My next picture is of some vitamins I take.  I popped one out of the bottle shortly after taking the photo of the record, and realized just how cool they looked.  I poured some on to a piece of paper, lit it up, and took a pretty awesome photo.

The next photo is of a bubble being blown.  I took it outside in -18 degree weather.  It was so cold that I could see the air like smoke in the bubble, and when it popped you could see it dissipate.  Admittedly this one was the most fun to shoot in this set.

By now the ball was really rolling (no pun intended).  I decided that what I was shooting was too lighthearted and needed a little contrast.  So I took a round noose into a forest, hung it over a tree, and turned it black and white.  I’m really happy with how this one turned out.

This last one was actually inspired by the desktop background on the computer at a Tim Horton’s I’ve worked at.  I hated that picture with a passion, so I was determined to take a better one.  I like this one much better.

Check out this gallery here.

Edward Burtynsky

I have to say, the best part about being in an art program is discovering amazing artists like Edward Burtynsky.  Edward is best known for his industrial landscape photography, but is also well known for his documentary Watermark.  I was fascinated while watching The Making of Watermark, because of the way he looked at the world.  Where most of the world would look at the Colorado Canal and see some water; he saw a living organism, and turned it into a thing of beauty.

I would suggest that everyone should check this video out.  It’s really inspirational to see inside the mind of a genius.

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Lazer Team

Ten years ago I fell in love with this small video production company based out of Austin Texas called Rooster Teeth.  They are actually one of the main reasons that I decided to turn my hobby of making videos into a career.  So when I logged on to their site one day and saw they started a crowd fund to make their first feature film, I was ecstatic.  Needless to say, they met their goal in no time at all.

 

Time flew by and they released some trailers.  I generally don’t like watching trailers, because everyone ends up spoiling their own movie with them, but I really couldn’t help myself.  I watched it and it seemed alright, but I wasn’t completely impressed until I saw the movie.  They completely mastered the art of making a trailer.  They had some great moments in the trailer but they were far from the best parts in the movie.  If that wasn’t enough they gave us ONLY the information we needed to know.  I was impressed. Check it out here.

 

I walked into that theatre feeling the way I imagine a child feels when one of their parents becomes Prime Minister, and I was not disappointed.  It was an amazing movie and I think everyone should see it.  Check it out on Youtube Red or find a screening at https://www.lazerteamthemovie.com/.