Out and about on a tour of NYC with my Mamiya 7 and some XP2.
Bannerman Island Night Shoot
Saturday, September 11, 2010
The master of Ruinism.com, Gabriel Biderman, found the Reciprocity Failure Society a great opportunity to shoot on the private and historic Bannerman Island on the Hudson River, north of West Point and South of Beacon, NY. What a night… We barely slept, in fact one of us didn’t at all. Here’s some picks from the evening:
Also, warm thanks go out to our guide, Tom Johnson, and Karen from the Bannerman Trust for allowing us access overnight to shoot our hearts out. Visit their website or Facebook for contact info – more opportunities form Gabe and the Trust will be available for night photo shoots in the future!
See more photos from our group at on Flickr.
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Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Night Shoot
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Check out the tutorial I posted over on the Induro Blog about building a long exposure at night. Mad props to Gabe Biderman and Jim Logan for making it happen. Here’s more shots from a great night excursion in the famous graveyard.
Timelapse Video for art, music and creativity!
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Art Weekend is alive! I love collaboration. The synthesis of photography with HD Video, analog art and music-making all in one space was electrifying.
I decided to make a promo piece for my upcoming gallery show for cut paper art, which I shot using my an MC-36 Remote Release Cord and my Nikon D700 in JPG mode, high quality/small size. I set it to 10 sec intervals with a 5-second delay (to avoid camera shake), pre-focused in manual and set custom white balance (since adjusting after wards on 8-bit JPGs is a bear…). One of my favorite methods is to use Live Preview to compose the shot right after focus and white balance. I flew the camera on the top of some old FOBA Combitube I picked up over a decade ago, since my tripod doesn’t go to 8 ft. in the air ;)
Part of the fun was multitasking, and by this I mean that I was engrossed in making art, listening to Brian and Chrstian (a.k.a. Attack and Release) make music and thinking about timing and composition as a film editor and DOP while choosing camera angles and focal lengths simultaneously. Total creative mash-up. The result is this video. Enjoy!
Exhibition @ Berkeley Gallery Preview Timelapse – Matt Hill Art from Matt Hill on Vimeo. See it on YouTube.
Manhattan Nights
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Did a night shoot with Gabe and Brian a few weeks ago. Here’s a few choices from the evening…
Slice of New York
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Here’s a few selections from a recent jaunt down to the City…
Giveback: togs4togs.com
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Shortly after speaking at WPPI 2010, I realized that I’d like to give back to the photographic community. Specifically, I’d like to start a website where I could share what got attendees of my lectures so excited. And on top of that, I wanted to do it with those very same people, so we could all share the experience as an opportunity for mutual growth. The result is togs4togs.com
I’m really very lucky, as some of the wonderful people I met joined me in launching the website, and some others from the industry are helping by contributing or helping spread the word. Thank you to all! Please visit and participate. If you would like to be an author, contact me at togs4togs [at] matthillart.com.
Best of friends, best of times in the Valley of Fire – part 3
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Fireworks. 8-minute exposures. Need I say more? Click and enjoy,
And time for one non-explosive photo prior to leaving to drive back to Vegas.
Best of friends, best of times in the Valley of Fire – part 2
Saturday, March 13, 2010
The feast is on.
This is our campground while we were cooking. OK, 20 minutes of that time.
Over the ridge in front of us.
Sylvester standing still for five minutes.
I am grateful that some talented and interesting people who mostly did not know each other prior to this day made an positive, indelible experience. Gabe, Nancy, Zoo, Sylvester, you’re just plain awesome. Now, on to the fireworks…
