What's New...

It's been far too long since I've posted.
To catch you up, my last entry is almost completely to blame, I'm sure. I brought my demo reel to an interview in (what was then) its shiny new packaging, and suddenly, I've spent the last year and a half working as a video editor (primarily editing weddings and mitzvahs). In my spare time, I was almost always transiting to and from work. I suppose that can be the cost of getting experience, but at the cost of personal creativity? I'm stepping it up.

Despite that I'm still shopping for a decent dSLR, time-lapse has always been a dream of mine, so I've added shooting time-lapse with my GoPro to my spare-time activities.

Putting together my time lapse videos has also added the benefit of getting me back into After Effects, which I've been worried I might soon forget how to play with, so naturally I've gotten back to tutorials on videocopilot.net.

Here, I made these spinning glass orbs of energy just for you:

Capturing a Vision

I've redesigned my demo reel packaging and disc since it's been some time since using the old one. The previous packaging and disk were based on my original infinitesima branding. I decided this time to make my demo reel its own entity. The photography is mine from after a spring rainstorm sometime in 2010.

Jack Y Jill

I did a quick freelance (actually free) job recently, designing admission tickets to my brother and soon to be sister-in-law's Jack and Jill. I took creative direction from them and the rest of the wedding party. I designed two-sided admission tickets and a raffle ticket.

Now In Colour: Rechromatic II

When looking for early photographic examples to colourize, I think John Herschel deserves a tip of the hat.

(I have no idea what colour John Herschel's eyes were)

Rechromatic

After viewing examples on smashingpicture.com that Bud had posted, I decided I had to try adding colour to black and white photos. I think the process can be complex when getting into highly detailed work (particularly in making hair appear natural), but for the moment, I've decided to make my firsts relatively simple. Although I must admit I'm particularly happy with this one, in part because of the framing.

Fun While Learning ASL

My internship in college was spent preparing video assets to be used in an iPhone application that will be used to teach parents and toddlers sign language. It had a slightly different look before, but since the final thoughts on editing and style have been laid out, I have an example I can show. The project is still underway, so only one example for now...

Infinitesimal Rebranding Series

I originally branded infinitesima.net from the red, blue and green bars alone set on black. I'd become convinced the site felt too student, rather than a professional portfolio, in part because of the font and the emphasized I's in the logo (I wish I'd been more typographically aware), so months ago, I previewed a new black on white logo, which would have required a complete rebrand of the site.

Although that logo was well received, a couple people said my original branding was clever, and should be left, citing my Creations page headers which featured the original logo stylized to reference the title. So I left the branding concept and modified the text, basing it on the newer logo.

...although the text looked nicer (and kind of cool with the infinity in negative), I felt the bars looked out of place. A friend commented on the RGB making it look a bit amateur. After that, the more I looked at it the more out of place they felt. Rather than go back to the branding question, I kept the bars, but made them all grey. At this point I have an all grey on black concept, a little achromatic for a minimalist design site. Then inspiration. I think I've found my answer: