A Murder of Crows

There's something about my neighborhood that seems to attract a ton of crows every spring and fall. The other day I came home to find the trees behind my house full of crows, and I mean FULL of crows. I grabbed my camera and filmed a little bit of them flying around and I thought it was pretty impressive. I thought this song fit nicely. Check out the video below, watch to at least the 20 second mark it's really cool.

HDR video test

I've been playing around with a new editing technique. It's called HDR video and you basically combine two different exposure of your camera to get a more defined and all most unreal image that would otherwise be impossible. This is my first attempt at it, and for you video nerds I shot it on a Canon T2i at 24p and edited the footage in After Effects.

The Truth Resists Simplicity

I loved this video, so I thought I'd share it. It poses some great concepts.

This is the video that Hank references:

Trains Spotting Remix

So a while back I started uploading some of my video footage to a cool creative/collaborative website called HitRecord.org and it's been pretty rewarding. Basically you can upload your on stuff (photo, video, text,) download other peoples, remix it and upload something totally new. The coolest thing to come out of this website for me is that some of my footage was used in a DVD extra for movie Inception. It was used in the documentary about dreams in the special features. I can't express how cool it was to see my name in the credits. I would definitely recommend this website if you want to join a cool collaborative creative community.

This is a remix of some train footage I shot mixed with the music of Philip Raath (another hitrecord contributor)

Does the search for one's raison d’être (or ikigai, Dharma etc.) every really end?

Does the search for one's raison d’être (ikigai, Dharma, calling etc.) every really end? And if so how do you know when you've found it? For years I've been struggling with finding a "calling," my path in life, some clear utilization of a special skill I possess and I feel no where closer to finding it. I remember watching the show Roadtrip Nation a few years ago, it was basically college aged kids who would travel around on a road trip and interview inspiring people who've found success and their niche in the world. The show really got me thinking and it's stuck with me. Sure there's stuff I really enjoy doing but how do you know if a career or lifestyle is right for you?

This may just be post New Years angst but these are just some thought kicking around my head lately.