Friday, December 24, 2010

Merry Christmas | Borrowlenses

I'm sure you've already seen the video but just wanted to get it up on the blog. What started as an attempt to a bullet time photo experiment turned into an idea to make an insane Christmas tree for all the Borrowlenses fans and customers. It grew and grew. Literally.

Top is a pair of LitePanels MicroPro LED lights with CTO filters.
Second layer are a trio of GorillaPods and Canon D10, G12' and G10's.
Third layer down are 8 Nikon D3/D3s/D3x each with a Nikon 24-70 and Pocket Wizard Plus II mounted up top.
Fourth layer down is a combination of 8 Canon 5D Mark II and 7D's mounted with Canon 70-200 IS2's and 300L f/2.8s and 580EXII flashes up top.
Bottom layer are a pair of Canon 600L f/4's and Nikon 200-400VR's.
Gary Fong Lightspheres with gels as ornaments.
Canon and Nikon supertelephotos as gifts.
All mounted on every last tripod and tripohead we could find.

And everything else is just a random grab of gear. There's an LED light panel in the middle of the tree pointing upwards and two LED lights on the sides. And the Borrowlenses crew somewhere in there. Hope you guys like it!

Most Expensive Christmas Tree Ever from The Seventh Movement on Vimeo.

Here's a photo of the final product.

Ooo and a sidenote, my photo (well the unedited and horrible white balanced version) and Borrowlenses' moon experiment got posted up on Gizmodo.com. Yay!

http://gizmodo.com/5716810/how-do-you-reach-the-moon-with-your-slr-strap-on-five-huge-lens-extenders

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Gymkhana Grid | Motorsports

Out of energy, out of ideas, out of inspiration, out of momentum, just running on empty.

Ken Block Gymkhana Grid Invitation at Toyota Speedway Irwindale.

Shot with :
Nikon D300
Nikon D700
Nikon 14-24
Nikon 24-70
Nikon 70-200 VRII
Nikon 200-400 VRII
Nikon TC-17EII
Nikon SB600