I discovered this one yesterday and watched it already a couple of times. It's just so good in every aspect! Bravo Calum Macdiarmid!

I got this old vintage lens recently and yesterday I used it for the first time. This was a spontaneous five minute project (I refuse to write "test") without a concept at all. I tried to give it a filmic feel and I'm quite happy with the outcome.


"Julia" from Roman Königshofer | rawmeyn on Vimeo.

Info:
GH1(3) & Pentacon 29mm/f2.8 (720p/50fps with a shutter of 1/100 mostly at f2.8)
Lensflaring and lens wacking :)
I slightly denoised the footage and did some minor color correction, added little diffusion, put a tiny bit of yellow in to the highlights and blue in to the shadows & added some film grain.
All done in a 32bit comp in After Effects.

As always I recommend to download the source file on Vimeo for best quality visuals (though the compression still kills a lot of lovely grain).

Music: Air - Alone In Kyoto

Here are some fullres stills:






Now it's time to work on on my little Indonesia flick. Oh and I already started to upload some photographs of Puerto Rico on my Flickr...

Just on that day when I left for Indonesia, Joe from Rapanui Clothing contacted me about featuring their stuff on my blog. Love their approach - so here we go! Please check out their stuff and support them! This is the right direction!!! Yeah!

Rapanui is an Eco-Fashion company from the Isle of Wight, that makes Organic, Ethical clothing using Renewable Energy with award-winning traceability. Check out worlds first complete ‘Traceability’ tool, whereby users can trace the entire journey of any garment on their site from seed to shelf.

Website Screenshot


“The idea is to educate our customers about where their clothes come from and exactly how it was made so that they can be empowered to make an informed decision as shoppers” said Co-Founder Rob Drake-Knight “at Rapanui we have a passion to be a success for doing business the right way”

Please read their About site on how they got started, pretty awesome!

Co-founder and director of sustainability Mart Drake-Knight said:
“To us it’s not just about clothes it’s about wearing what you believe in, As surfers we know that people relate to nature in different ways and we want to inspire people to think about the environment in their wider lifestyle.”

Rob and Mart Drake-Knight


rapanuiclothing.com
Let's work together soon boys!!!

Beautiful things are always inspiring.


The Making of the 2010 Pirelli Calendar by Terry Richardson from Rafael Rubira on Vimeo.

Pirelli Calendar 2010
Photos: Terry Richardson
Styling: Leslie Lessin
Models: Miranda Kerr, Catherine McNeil, Abbey Lee Kershaw, Eniko Mihalik, Marloes Horst, Lily Cole, Daisy Lowe, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Georgina Stojiljkovic, Gracie Carvalho and Ana Beatriz Barros.

Full calendar can be found here.
Backstage photos here.

More about Terry Richardson:

I need to get a new point & shoot ;)

My girl Julia loves almost everything about the 1970s. She bought this book recently and I was skimming through it yesterday. The Lui Covers catched my eye immediately. I like those three a lot but check out this huge online collection.