Ants marching...

This is a time lapse from one of the last shoots at the old Andersen Ross studio. Its one of those marathon, 175 shot days.
Enjoy!
Time Lapse

Switching over to video

As some of you might know, I spent the last few months working with Andersen Ross and HD Cinema Group shooting stock video. It was a great opportunity to work with a Red One camera and see the contrast of working with video as opposed to stills.
Here is a link to a reel of some of that work. Demo Reel

Here is a quick shot of the crew on set shot with my iphone. Laura looks as happy as ever.



Thanks Jonathan, Laura, Tim, Ivan, Tre, Herman, and Eric!
Enjoy!
Ben

Yeah for 2010!

I'm always excited to start the new year. The holidays always seem to be pretty hectic, flight delays, riots at Walmart, stressing about deciding what to get people. Its always a breath of fresh air when the first of January comes around. This year especially because 2009 was a bit of a drag.

People are always asking "What's your New Years resolution?". I really can't say that it is one thing. Instead, I made a list of goals I want to achieve in 2010 and divided it into three categories, business, financial, and personal. I plan on checking them off as I achieve them. One of which is posting on this blog at least once a week so keep an eye out. There are a number of other blogs with posts similar to this, check out Nick Onken's.

Hope everyone has an excellent and fruitful 2010!

Cheers,
Ben

PS The new website is almost done and should be up soon!

When life gives you lemons

http://www.lemonademovie.com/

Time lapse that will blow your mind.

A fellow photographer, Eric Skaar, posted this earlier today and I couldn't believe my eyes. Can you imagine the pre production that is involved with a project like this? I get a headache just thinking about it. Its an ad for the new Olympus PEN E-P1 and they used over 9,600 prints and took over 60,000 pictures, as well as shooting 1,800 pictures for the video itself. Talk about taking the time lapse to the next level. You should watch it over and over again.

Enjoy

So This is My Blog

Here is the first post on my new photography blog. I'm new at this blogging thing and I'm not a writer so it will be a learn as I go process. Let me tell you a little about me. I'm a Seattle based photographer that has been mainly shooting stock as of recent, my favorite camera is my twin-lens Yashica, and I really enjoy an intense game of Connect Four.

Every morning after I make a pot of coffee and check emails, I spend a good amount of time reading other people's blogs(Rachel Hulin's is my favorite). So why did I decide to blog? Its a good way to show off new work, share info on the latest and greatest in the photography world, talk about . . . . well, whatever I want because its my blog.

Hope you enjoy the new blog. I'll try to update it as much as possible to keep it interesting. Feel free to email me any suggestions you might have to make it better. My new portfolio website should be up soon to follow so keep an eye out for it.

Thanks for reading!
Ben