There are a few new photographs on myFlickr. Some snapshots of random activities I did before leaving for Central America this Sommer. All shot between March and May on a roll of Lomography CN 400 film with the lovely Olympus MJU Zoom 80 Wide.















More on myFlickr.
Uploading next: All the pictures I took in Nicaragua & El Salvador - stay tuned! ;)

Panasonic teamed up with filmmaker Ty Evans & photographer Atiba Jefferson to make this little montage:

ATIBA EVANS Panasonic GH2 Skate from skatefairy on Vimeo.

Finally a clever marketing decision from Panasonic. The GH2 really rocks it! Right now there is no better DSLR for shooting video out there! Let's see what Canon is answering... exciting times for the tech-geeks :)

The using a sweet handle too.

Screenshots (cropped from the youtube version):

The 20mm/f1.7 pancake is also mentioned on the vimeo page.




Can't wait for the 25mm/f1.4 and the videooptimized 12-50mm/f2.5-3.3 lenses :)

I just came across this little movie. It's not new, but it's just sooo good I had to post it too. It seems that all those energy drink companies out there really care about making sick films! I dig that! Great camerawork combined with some neat VFX shot on a 5d II with PL lenses...


Burn Ignite :: Ride :: feat Steve Berra (OFFICIAL HD) from Burn Ignite on Vimeo.

Steve Berra (The Berrics) joins Mexican skaters Jesus Gonzalez, Eder Martinez, Mario Saenz, Angel Santiago and American Luis Tolentino for this Burn Ignite film, shot on location in Mexico City.

This film was created alongside two short-form documentaries, one featuring Jess Kimura and the all girl hardcore snowboarding film collective Peep Show, the other is a portrait that celebrates the electric lyrics and gritty beat artistry of rapper/poet Julius Wright, aka Lyrical God.

Directed by Garth Davis
DOP: Greig Fraser
Camera: Canon 5D II (PL mount)
Music written produced & performed by Django Django

More infos here: http://hoaxville.com/?p=865
www.burn.com

I think I saw his filmwork for the first time back in 2000 in the Alien Workshop video Photosynthesis. Absolutely loved it! Since than Greg Hunt has worked on dozens films, commercials and music videos. His work always stands out, he always has this special perspective, seeing things from a different angle. So this interview is a great inspiration again!


In The Field - Greg Hunt from Joshua Zucker on Vimeo.

huntfilmwork.com
Interview done by Joshua Zucker, thumbs up!

For all the tech geeks :)

thecreatorsproject.com
brainfarmcinema.com

They also did the Quiksilver short I posted.

Damn! I was thinking about how to attach the GoPro to a skatedeck and now I found this:


Yeah this is done in post but it's totally cool! :)

Knife Show got kind of famous for their fresh snowboarding flicks, now they enter the skateboard world too...

Heavy Metal Knife Show from Mike Benson on Vimeo.

Knife Show is going to be filming some skating in 2009 and 2010. Here's a taste of what's to come: Jeffrey Garcia, Casey Wrightsman and Brent Chastang. Shot and edited by Mike Benson and Casey Wrightsman, with help from Chris Johnston. KNIFESHOWINC.COM

A short skate flick done by SALAZAR Productions a motion picture collective based in Vancouver.
So good! No need for fancy motiongraphics in post :) Powdered paint, flour and natural light are the way to go. Love the flare coming in at 1:15min. The spot at 5:30 looks awesome too.


Wizard Smoke from Salazar on Vimeo.

Tech Info: "This was filmed with three Panasonic HVX200s with 35mm adaptors and Nikon primes."
Skaters: Bradley Sheppard, Alien, Nate Lacoste, Chris Connolly, Nate Roline, Stacy Gabriel, Desmond Hoostie, Mike Klinkhamer and Rob Rickaby.
Directed By Liam Mitchell
Shot By Nathan Drillot and Liam Mitchell

Lovely work.

Fred Mortagne Website
Also not new, but if you have not seen his "Mirrored" or "Skateboard Static" yet check it out now!

Nice little clip from one of the best skateboard filmer and photographer ever: Fred Mortagne

DVS Skate & Create 2009 Feature from DVS Shoe Company on Vimeo.

DVS proudly presents its official entry for Transworld Skateboarding's 2009 Skate & Create contest. To see more footage and photos from this years contest, please visit dvsshoes.com/skate

Director-Colin Kennedy
Director of Photography-Marc Ritzema
Art Director-Matthew Deak
Editor-Colin Kennedy
Visual Effects-Ryan Marcus

Music-
Air Castles
"Broken Watches"
Night And Day EP
Winter Hymns Records
Myspace.com/aircastlesmusic

Pierre Wikberg revolutionized the snow-movie business back in 2001 when working with the Robot Food crew. His filming style and approach to show the riders was extremly fresh. Until this time I was thinking that "Simple Pleasures" 1997 & "Decade" 1998 by MDP were THE movies :)
But Pierre put the whole thing to the next level. Today I still love his old movies. Makes me wanna go on the mountains.

Check out this clip Pierre edited together in 2002.

Most of the footage is from :
Sensored - A film he did with Daniel Franck.
Transcendence - Absinthe´s 2001 release.
Afterbang - First Robot Food movie from 2002



Check out his blog, flickr and twitter (I´m not really into that ;))
Interviews here, here & here.

Awesome album with nostalgic clips on Vimeo by Pierre. I personally love Peter Line´s run back in 1994 :)

Today he is filming with DC and working on a full lenght video.

Check out this nice presentation concept by quiksilver. Make sure you keep watching past the first 15 seconds. Creative and entertaining!

I updated my website with a short montage of old miniDV footage (2006/07) to show of some filming skills. Let´s hope that the next project will be in HD :)
I also added a Paris section under photography.

Vimeo version here:

Love the latest work Buck did for the launch of the new Mountain Dew logo. Can´t wait to see more!!!



Music by cypheraudio!

Joris Willems posted the "Cirque Belgique"-Teaser today on facebook. It´s a belgium monthly snow-, skate- & surf-TV-programm. Looks very promising. Props to the camera guys and Joris of course! Joris is a multitalented designer living in Belgium. Check out his website for more of his awesome work!