Matt Hill Photo
Night, travel and fine art photography
So I heard about the big contest Nikon is holding, and it got me all jazzed up. I shot this in one evening with my D700 - 5300+ frames, all handheld. All were then imported into iStopMotion HD, and exported via XML to Final Cut Pro. My good friends steamed up to create the original music, and I recorded the foley with my trusty Edirol R-1. Much of it was from building a personal foley library over the past few years.
Please watch this film first on on the Nikon Contest site - it helps my chances at winning the big prize! On December 22nd, I find out if I made the final cut, so to speak, and will ask that you come back to vote and view it again! Thanks so much for your support :)
http://www.nikonfestival.com/blog/2009/11/22/available-night/
The newly-opened High Line Park in Manhattan is simply gorgeous. Such a beautiful solution to a structure that had expired. Do yourself a favor and check it out. Take a stroll in the sunset/evening - it’s worth it.
The park staff was really cool. They missed that I was using a huge softbox and power pack for about 1 1/2 hours. Unfortunately, I had to stop with the flash, but tripods are OK. You can shoot flash (like, 600 Ws +) if you get a permit from downtown.
I blended my cut paper art and night photography tonight as a test. Random walkers of the High Line (mostly people from other continents!) donned the paper mask and made funny for the camera. New Yorkers (with one awesome exception) ignored my portrait requests with total, “you’re not even talking to me” disdain.
My favs:
Oh, and I made my first act of public art. The mask was on adhesive-backed vinyl :) Take only pictures, leave only art behind. (grin)
This is a crossover product of photography and stop-motion picture. To do this, I synthesized my cut paper art with my background in photography, film editing and a lot of creative juice. It’s a precursor of a larger project coming along. I just had to do it, since the next parts have a much longer production process.
Independence Day - Stop Motion from Matt Hill on Vimeo.
Tech deets:
Nikon D700, 50mm f/1.4 G, iStopMotion, Macbook Pro, Profoto AcuteB, PocketWizard
First is a smoke break along the road from Whistler to Kamloops. Second is another along the highway between Jasper and Banff. Third is from interior of car driving north from Vancouver to Whistler. Fourth is from Furry Creek in BC.
Tapper. Need I say more?
Shooting with friends in Brooklyn. Both shots are 16 mins @ f/16 - 1st is M7II, 43mm, 2nd is Kiev 60, 45mm.
When I was road-tripping up in Canada earlier this year, I shot two with my Mamiya 7II that I love. First is from Kamloops Lake, BC, the next is of the Columbia Icefield Tongue in Alberta (on the way to Banff from Jasper)
Most homes can weather the rain, but not most architecture projects
