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Issue 25 January 2012

Rugby WoRld Cup at f/2.8

poWeRful Images of 2011

meet patRICk shepheRd

geaR to get you staRted

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CoNteNtsgear to get you started Rugby World Cup in f/2.84 8 tips for better summer photography

12

Winning Images

14

powerful Images of 201122Competitions20

meet patrick shephard

28 Cool stuff32

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edItoRIalI know it gets said more and more, but

how quick did last year go? And what

a year it was! We saw the devastation

from the Christchurch & Japanese

earthquakes as well as an election, and all

the drama that goes with that (Cup of tea

anyone?). Then there’s the Rugby World

Cup, how good was that?

The thing I love about photography is

that no matter what is going on around

you, both in the wider sense of the world,

or the bubble around you, there is always

a plethora of opportunities to capture that

world. Whether it’s capturing devastation,

or freezing time during triumph, it’s your job

as a photographer to have that extension

of your limb at the ready for whatever life

throws your way.

As Summer falls upon us, I urge our

readers to get out there and capture

the outdoor season and what makes it

important to you. Check out page 20 for

more details on our Summer competition.

From the whole NZ Photographer team

we wish you all the best for leaving 2011

in the memory bank, and moving on with

a successful 2012.

ABOUT Whether you’re an enthusiastic weekend snapper or a beginner who wants to learn more, NZ Photographer is the fun e-magazine for all Kiwi camera owners – and it’s free!

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Cover Image: Competition Winner Francis Vallance

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I got into photography when I was a kid

and full of awe of the beauty around

me, learnt the basics, experimented and

dreamed of owning a high quality camera,

one day, when I was old and rich.

With that behind us, I’m going to fill you in

on how I managed to produce professional

looking images well before I was old and

rich, on the cheap.

CameRa

When I finally purchased my first good DSLR

camera I was still a student on a very strict

budget. A budget = trade-offs. You’ll have to

geaR to get you staRted

INSTRUCTIONS

By Amanda Jasmine

Producing ProfessionAl looking PhotogrAPhs

requires A foundAtion of three things: creAtivity,

technicAl skill of the PhotogrAPher, And high-

quAlity cAmerA equiPment - no comPromises, enough sAid

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think about what you want to shoot for, and

figure out what’s important to you.

For me, I wanted to photograph people

and hopefully in a studio setting. I didn’t

care about speed, I didn’t care about

video. I wanted great skin tones and high

quality images. I read 100s of reviews

and I chose the Fujifilm FinePix S5 Pro.

At the time, this was arguably the best

camera for my goals. A great resource

when choosing any camera gear is

Dpreview.com which has thousands of

pages of reviews on everything from

memory cards, to camera bodies. There

are some great tools for comparing

certain makes and models so it is well

worth checking out.

WheRe to buy

I used a site called www.PriceSpy.co.nz

and purchased my camera at a lowest

cost in the New Zealand from an Asian

import business. I purchased new. Simply

put, I just wouldn’t want to invest any

money into a camera that someone

might not have cared for properly, not to

mention that the camera price second-

hand wasn’t much better than the Asian

Import price I found.

Note however, I had to wait a very

long time for my camera to arrive and

had to deal with terrible, seriously, terrible

customer support. When it comes to

photography equipment, customer support

is extremely valuable. Often the people

behind the counter in specialist stores live

and breathe photography and will be able

to aid you with your purchase.

leNs

I think that this is the secret weapon

of photography. I know so many

photographers, and the difference

between the photos of those who have

okay images and those with stunning

sharp perfect images is often as simple

as the lenses they use.

Don’t buy cheap lens, period. You’re

wasting your money! Cheap lenses look

cheap, cloudy, dull. If you don’t have

much money available then just save and

buy one really good lens with the lowest

f.stop possible.

The bonus of a low f-stop include

being able to make your subject sharp,

but everything around it blurry and out

of focus (a technique called bokeh), as

well as shoot clean photos in low light

conditions.

One way to do this on a budget is by

buying a prime lens. This is the type of

lens that doesn’t zoom, you literally have

to walk forward if you want a closer

look at your image. Although this is a

cheaper way to have a great quality lens

for cheaper it can be pretty frustrating not

being able to zoom in however, so note,

it’s a trade-off alright.

suggested leNs

Try to find a lens with a f/stop

around 2.8 with a range between

24-70mm. Both Canon, Nikon, and

Sigma have a lens of this spec, and

it’s great when travelling, or any

situation where you don’t want to

have to constantly swap lenses.

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www.amandajasmine.co.nz

theRefoRe…

All you really need to get started making

high-quality images is one good DSLR

camera and even more importantly a

great lens with a small f-stop (plus memory

cards of course). From here you can start

adding on equipment as you go, which

will make things more interesting and give

greater variety.

Here are my suggestions:

More lenses (high quality of course). •

Try a Tilt shift lens and a fish-eye/•

wide angle lens

Flash (I use Nikon SB-900) – the •

built-in flash on top of the camera

isn’t going to take you very far.

Flash trigger – so you don’t have •

to use the flash on the camera’s

hot shoe (but have the flash off

camera instead), this makes

all the difference to good flash

photography.

Tripod – useful for such things as •

slow shutter speed photos and HDR

images

Remote shutter trigger – so you •

can do slow shutter speed photos,

or even be in a photo yourself –

obviously you can use the camera’s

built in timer as a way around this.

RefleCtoR

Shoot through umbrella and stand – I

suggest an umbrella as opposed to a soft

box because it is a fraction of the price.

Good photo editing software (I use

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.2 and

Adobe Photoshop CS5)

examples of pRo photos doNe

oN the Cheap

I shot these photos at my apartment in May

using an available white wall – luckily

my male flatmate didn’t mind us taking up

the lounge to do this shoot, how nice ;). I

used the first camera and lens I purchased

(FinePix S5 Pro, Sigma 24-70mm, 2.8

f.stop), one $12 shoot through umbrella

mounted onto a tripod, and a cheap radio

transmitter flash trigger I purchased online

for less than $50.

Model: Anna Hildred

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the oPPortunity of A lifetimeBy ollie dale

RWC

Rugby WoRld Cup at f/2.8

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It’s notevery day you get a chance to shoot theall blacks

It’s not every day you get the chance

to shoot the All Blacks, and even

rarer the opportunity to photograph

them in a Rugby World Cup on home

soil, so when happenstance brought me

an accreditation to the RWC 2011 I

grabbed it with both hands.

Interestingly enough it was more about

who I knew than any level of photographic

skill, previous experience or quality of

equipment, which proves the most valuable

asset you have is your network.

I didn’t get the accreditation because I

used to edit NZ Photographer, nor because

I’ve been a freelance photographer

since 2003. It wasn’t because I’ve

photographed the All Blacks before (the

previous time was vs. Australia at Eden

Park in 2003), nor was it because I’m an

NZIPP Master of Photography.

It was because I knew my Dad.

Geoff Dale, renowned press

photographer (NZ Herald 1970-1998)

and mad keen rugby player, photographed

the first RWC in 1987, and went on to

photograph two more World Cups; 1995

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in South Africa and 2003 in Australia.

When he applied for this World Cup he

was immediately granted accreditation

to 5 pool games, while I received the

standard “We’re sorry, but, who are you?”

response from the IRB.

But Dad had been talking of trying

something different this time, and applied

for the role of Photographic Manager for

Eden Park, the person in charge of looking

after all the photographers at each Eden

Park match of RWC 2011.

When he was successful in his

application, I jumped at the opportunity -

surely his accreditation would be available

if he was unable to take it himself, now that

he was employed by the IRB?

Surprisingly, and thankfully, they

accepted my request to take his pass on his

behalf, and that, folks, is how I got behind-

the-scenes of the best World Cup ever.

Shooting from the side line is a different

world to watching the game on the TV

at home. For starters, each photographer

chooses a number from 1-168, the

numbers correlating to a 75cm space on

a wooden bench seat behind the dead

ball line. That space is theirs for the game,

unless they can convince someone at the

other end to swap with them at half time.

Secondly, we watch the game through

the lens, usually attached to 300, 400 or

600mm of glass, and we watch it end-on,

so as the back line passes the ball your

lens swings back and forth across the park

- if you had no idea about how the game

works it’d be nigh on impossible to follow,

especially when Sonny Bill Williams has

the ball - you don’t know which way it’ll

go, or when.

For a measly $100 I purchased a radio

that let me listen to the TV commentary

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Ollie Dale is a professional commercial and lifestyle photographer based out of Parnell, Auckland. He has worked all around the

world, but still thinks Aotearoa is the most beautiful place on Earth. To view more (or to enquire about purchasing) images from the

RWC 2011 visit his blog at www.olliedale.com

and the referees; an incredibly useful

tool! While I’m concentrating on which

way the play is going, how close the

play is to me (and therefore should I get

ready to swap cameras?), and how much

room I have left on my memory cards, the

commentary was vital for informing me

about everything else that was going on,

such as injuries in back play, who was

being subbed on and off, etc.

Because I was shooting without a client

I was able to enjoy the games almost

stress-free, but most other photographers

were either uploading from the side line

or rushing back in to the cramped photo

rooms under the stadium at half time to file

their pictures.

I was consistently outshot by the talented

photographers from around the world who

were all around me, but I loved every

minute of my 8 games on the side line. I

wasn’t at the final, though if I had been in

the country I was pretty much guaranteed

a place there. A wedding in the Lake

District in northern England that I’d agreed

to shoot over a year before meant I had

to watch the game at 9am on a Sunday

morning in an almost empty pub on the

other side of the planet, listening to some

pretty poor commentary, care of ITV.

The year my Dad shot the first world

cup at Eden Park he turned 35. This

year I turn 35. Geoff photographed the

first try scored by an individual (Michael

Jones), an image that went on to inspire

the bronze statue now outside Eden

Park, sculpted by my sister Natalie. I

photographed the first try of this World

Cup, but I doubt it’ll ever do anything

more than sit in my portfolio.

What I do have though, are some

awesome photos and even better

memories of the World Cup that

united Kiwis like never before, and it’s

all because I was in the right place

at the right time. Thanks Dad, for

an awesome opportunity to follow

in your footsteps. Maybe one day

I’ll be standing in the players’ tunnel

watching the All Blacks captain walk

past me with the Webb Ellis Cup?

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tIps foR betteR summeR photogRaphs

tell the stoRy of summeR

Photography is a form of communication.

You want your images to tell the story

of summer, and how it makes you feel.

Think about what summer means to you,

and strive to capture that in your images.

Does summer mean picnics, building

sand castles at the beach, car rides with

the top down, or playing Frisbee with the

dog? Do you think of blue skies, blazing

heat, and rows of grapevines? Is summer

a time to spend at the cottage with your

family, fishing, swimming in the lake, and

roasting marshmallows on the camp fire?

Does it mean eating ice cream, soaking

up the air-conditioning at the mall, and

wearing jandals?

What ever summer means to you, these

can all be turned into iconic images that

capture the true essence of summer in

New Zealand.

use ColouR effeCtIvely

With sunny days, come lovely colours.

Summer brings out rich and saturated

colours, so use these colours to your

advantage. Including strong & bright

colours in your pictures already gives

an indication to your viewers that it’s

summertime.

In addition, the choice of which specific

colours you include can help you tell your

summer stories more effectively; colour

TUTORIAL

WArm sunny dAys AlreAdy Provide enough encourAgement to get out more With your cAmerA. hoW cAn you tAke full AdvAntAge of the seAson to creAte stunning imAges?

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choice can determine the mood of the

image. Warm colours bring to mind the

warm temperatures we enjoy in summer.

Using warm tones in your images, or a

splash of vibrant red, orange or yellow,

lends an impression of heat to your

photograph. In contrast, you can also

make use of cool colours to create a

feeling of refreshment. For instance, the

blue of a swimming pool can help your

viewer imagine the restorative power of a

dip in chilly water.

avoId haRsh lIght

The bright and sunny days of summer are

often the worst time to take pictures. If you

are photographing people in the middle

of the day, the bright light can create dark

shadows on their faces, or cause them

to squint if they are looking into the sun.

To avoid this, try to move people into the

shade to photograph them. Alternatively,

if the shot is being posed, you can use

a diffuser to soften the light. A diffuser

is simply a piece of translucent material

which scatters light rays. Diffusers reduce

glare and harsh shadows. They eliminate

unattractive contrast, and even out the

tonality in an image.

Rather than buying a diffuser, you can

have a friend assist you by holding up

a bed-sheet or frosted white shower

curtain. Remember to place the sheet or

diffuser between the sun and your subject.

Another way to avoid the harsh light of

the summer is to shoot during “golden

hour.” Golden hour is the half hour before,

and half hour after, sunrise or sunset. At

this time of day, the sun’s rays fall at more

of an angle, creating longer and softer

shadows, and warmer, more gentle light.

Sometimes it’s best to spend the afternoon

in the pool, and then pull out your camera

in the evening!

With these tips in hand, get out there

and start photographing! Capture warm

and colourful images of the subjects that

say “summer” to you.

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WINNING IMAGES

francis vallance

alexandreClaudel

WINNINg Images

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emelialukins

Francis Vallance was the winner

of this issue’s cover and a $100

voucher from the fabulous team at

Giclée Print. For all YOUR fine art and

canvas printing needs, visit

www.gicleeprint.co.nz

gaelRoebuckJervingallares

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lucybrophy

Nikkithompson

melanieberes

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katetayler

Johnlamb

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Rogergriffiths

matthewJoseph

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ericpollackstevetaylor

sarahholwell

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COMPETITIONS

CaptuRINg summeR

With summer here it’s

unlikely you need any

encouragement to get the

camera out. But, if you do, then here it is!

To win the cover of Issue 27 you need to

submit a photo that captures Christmas!

You must submit your photo before the

25th February so that we have time to get

it on the cover of the next issue. Not only

will your photo be displayed proudly on

the cover of Issue 27, but thanks to our

sponsors of our competitons, Giclée Print,

you will pick up a $100 voucher.

One entry per person, and you must be

in New Zealand or hold a NZ Passport at

the time of entry to qualify to win.

Images must be 100dpi, 1600

pixels wide, and sent to competitions@

nzphotographer.co.nz by 5pm on 25th

February, 2012. The winner will be

published in Issue 27.

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Want your photo on the cover

of our next issue? Easy! Flick

back to Issue 24, read our

tutorial on how to easily create your own

mini planet, and submit it by 27th January.

If we choose your mini planet, not only will

it grace the front cover of Issue 26, but our

friends at Giclee Print will also give you

a $100 gift voucher to get some of your

photos hung on your wall! We haven’t

had too many entrants, so we urge you to

get out their with your camera, take a bit

of time to think about what planet you are

trying to capture and make a stunning mini-

earth planet. This technique is brilliantly

easy to pull off!

Thanks again to our sponsors of our

competitions - for all YOUR fine

art and canvas printing needs, visit

www.gicleeprint.co.nz One entry per person, and you must be

in New Zealand or hold a NZ Passport at

the time of entry to qualify to win.

One entry per person, and you must be

in New Zealand or hold a NZ Passport at

the time of entry to qualify to win.

Images must be 100dpi, 1600

pixels wide, and sent to competitions@

nzphotographer.co.nz by 5pm on 27th

January, 2012. The winner will be

published in Issue 26.

mINI plaNetCompetItIoN

WAnt your Photo on the cover of issue 26?

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poWeRful Images of 2011

2011 IMAGES

2011 hAs Been And gone, so We’ve Pulled together this hAndful of imAges from the PAst 12 months Which AreWhich Are very PoWerful, Both in the PhotogrAPhy And the event they Were from

Robert Peraza, who lost his son Robert David Peraza in 9/11, pauses at his son’s name at the

North Pool of the 9/11 Memorial. Source: Getty Images / Justin Lane

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This sightseeing boat, Hama Yuri, was pulled 1300 feet from the coast and somehow balanced itself on a two story house during the tsunami in Japan

A protester gets sprayed in the face with pepper

spray at an Occupy Portland protest. Source:

Randy L. Rasmussen/The Oregonian

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A before and after shot of Joplin, Missouri after a massive

tornado on May 22 Source: zeitlosimagery

A monstrous

dust storm

(Haboob)

roared through

Phoenix,

Arizona in July.

Source: dbryant

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Chile’s Puyehue volcano erupts, causing air traffic cancellations across South America, New Zealand, Australia and forcing over 3,000 people to evacuate. Source: Reuters

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Mihag Gedi Farah, a seven-month-

old child, is held by his mother in

a field hospital of the International

Rescue Committee in the town of

Dadaab, Kenya. The baby has since

made a full recovery.

Source: AP / Schalk Van Zuydam

Firefighters of Ladder Company 4 — which lost seven men on 9/11 — perched together on their aerial ladder, watching a news

bulletin in Times Square declaring that Osama bin Laden was dead on May 2. Source: lens.blogs.nytimes.com-

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Office workers look

for a way out of a

high rise building in

central Christchurch,

New Zealand on

February 22. A strong

earthquake killed at

least 180 people.

Source: Reuters /

Simon Baker

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Pat Shepherd is a Wellington based

photographer who grew up on the

bonnie shores of Scotland. Receiving

his first Fisher Price camera at the age of

8, he later ventured into the adult world of

photography at 16, when he got his first

Canon SLR.

Pushing for photography classes to start

at school, he soon realised this wasn’t

going to happen, so he signed up for

night classes at Aberdeen College. It was

these night classes he says, “really got

him excited about the possibilities and

opportunities photography holds”.

After studying photography full-time for

two years, Pat started his travels down to

the Southern Hemisphere, spending a year

backpacking around Australia. It was here

that he fell in love with capturing the world

on film. He briefly returned to Scotland,

upgraded his camera gear and got on the

plane to New Zealand.

It’s been 10 years since Pat arrived

and he is so amazed at the opportunities

New Zealand has presented him with.

Music photography has been his main

focus for the past eight years. He has

worked with and photographed a huge

variety of musicians including Tiki Taane,

Shapeshifter, Little Bushman, Trinity Roots,

The Black Seeds and many more.

“With music photography, it’s not just

the fact you get to attend incredible gigs,

it’s that you get to meet such inspiring

individuals and get to learn and document

their stories.”

Pat turned this love of documenting

artist’s stories into his own free street press

publication called Exposure Lifestyles. The

publication features images and interviews

with the cream of Aotearoa’s creative crop.

Released whenever he has spare time to

put it together, the publication has many

followers who keep asking when the next

one is on its way. Pat was happy to tell us

meet patRICk

shepheRd

2011 IMAGES

Barnaby Weir at Fly My Pretties

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Bret McKenzie in WellingtonElectric Wire Hustle

Children from TMK School

Children of Sky Blue School

Tears of joy in Thailand

over the past few years,

pat has been busy using his photography

to help create positive

change in the lives

of refugee children on the thai/

burma border.

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there will be another one coming out close

to the middle of 2012, so keep your eyes

peeled on the streets, as we hear they get

snapped up pretty quickly.

Over the past few years, Pat has

been busy using his photography to

help create positive change in the

lives of refugee children on the Thai/

Burma border. It first started when he

came up with the idea of The Good

Karma Project. For 6 weeks, Pat and

his friend taught photography and art to

children from Burma, who had fled the

government regime to the relative safety

of Thailand. The photography and art

was exhibited at Toi Poneke Gallery

in Wellington. It was then auctioned

Fat Freddys Drop halloween gig

Jon Toogood at Rippon 2006

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off, raising $10,000 for the children’s

charity SpinningTop.

Now co-managing the charity

SpinningTop, Pat continues to visit the

border to document the work they do

and to help raise awareness about

the children’s situation. His most recent

project is the Little Lotus Project, where

artists fundraise their own way to

the border to hold art and creativity

workshops with the children. Last year,

4 of them spent 3 weeks on the border

and this year they have 12 artists

volunteering their time. Pat says, “It’s so

incredible that these artists are willing to

volunteer their time to help improve the

lives of these children. If everyone was

only willing to use their skills in any small

way, to help others who need it more

than we do.”

If you are interested in finding out more

about Pat’s project or donating towards

the Little Lotus Project, just head to

www.littlelotusproject.org

Little Bushman

Shapeshifter at Rippon

Mara TK in Wellington

Tigalau Ness at One Love Sky Blue school mural

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Cool stuff

thRoWable paNoRamIC ball CameRa

If you find yourself struggling to take

great photos like the ones you see in

magazines, and often find yourself

wanting to throw your camera, then this

is the camera for you. What started as

a thesis project by Jonas Pfeil, the Ball

Camera comes with 36 two megapixel

cameras and an accelerometer which

helps the camera to trigger when it is

suspended in the air momentarily. When

the photographer tosses the prototype into

the air, naturally it will hang there for a

moment before falling down to ground,

in that instant the camera would take the

360 degree panoramic image.

Source: www.youtube.com/

watch?v=Th5zlUe6gOE

COOL STUFF

during our length yProJect to vieW every

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lytRo CameRa

You may have already seen this

marvellous camera which can only be

described as magic. This camera uses

light field photography, which captures

all the available light in a scene going

in every direction and allows a user

to adjust the focus of a photograph on

a computer after the picture has been

taken. Unlike a conventional camera that

captures a single plane of light, the Lytro

camera captures the entire light field.

Source: http://photojojo.com/store/

awesomeness/f-stop-watch/

CameRa sIZe

One characteristic important when

purchasing a new camera is the physical

size it will take up on your person. This nifty

website camerasize.com lets you choose

different makes and models and compares

their size relative to an AA battery.

Source: http://photojojo.com/store/

awesomeness/usb-film-roll/

addRess Is appRoxImate

While we don’t often discuss film making,

this video is particularly interesting because

it uses a technique called stop-motion.

That is taking a photo of each and every

individual frame. When done properly the

technique looks amazing, the problem is

when you have 24 frames in a second, you

will realise quickly how many photos are

taken to make up several minutes of footage.

This 3 minute video is a beautiful and

creative stop-motion video by Tom Jenkins

of Theory Films. A lonely desk toy longs for

escape from the dark confines of the office,

so he takes a cross country road trip to the

Pacific Coast in the only way he can – using

a toy car and Google Maps Street View.

No CGI was used — all the animation

you see in the video was done by hand

and captured on a still photograph using a

Canon 5D Mark II!

Video link: http://vimeo.com/32397612

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