Cameragraphs - subtly animated photos
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I really like this as a concept. Animated graphics are nothing new and most of us are used to the rolling smiley faces that are so prevalent on the 'net. However, photographer Jamie Beck and motion graphics artist Kevin Burg have attempted to elevate it to an art form by using subtle animations in photos to try to add/capture another dimension to/of the scene.
I think it really works - I really like the ones that show very subtle movement, that almost look like a really good photo and then suddenly something moving in the frame that makes you look twice and draws you in from there. For me the ones that don't work so well are the models with frozen facial features - it looks a little unnatural to me. But the others like, the taxi in the window, are just amazing.
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1663683/far-...ing-moment
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Direct links to these guys' galleries.
http://fromme-toyou.tumblr.com/tagged/cinemagraph
http://oh-so-coco.tumblr.com/tagged/cinemagraph
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Quite innovative and novel, but you can't put them in your photo album, in the same way,unless it is a digital one. I will sit on the fence on this one for a while.
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What a neat idea. How do you do this?
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Cool! Very Cool!! I could sure score some points with that technique! 
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I also like this technique - very cool. NT is correct, though. how do you frame this?
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I read somewhere that they shoot multiple frames at high speed, then stack the photos in photoshop / premiere? and mask off the non-moving bits. I'm haven't dabbled much in video processing but some people said they could achieve something similar in 15 mins of mucking about.
Haha I think it would be pretty awesome showing in a digital photo frame in your lounge room. Picture the look on people's faces when they do a second take when they realize the stills are actually moving ... 
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shuttertalk Wrote:I read somewhere that they shoot multiple frames at high speed, then stack the photos in photoshop / premiere? and mask off the non-moving bits. I'm haven't dabbled much in video processing but some people said they could achieve something similar in 15 mins of mucking about. They say they are using GIFs - so in theory, if you have a bunch of stills and the software to selectively combine them, it shouldn't be much harder than my "leaping Toad" avatar.
shuttertalk Wrote:Haha I think it would be pretty awesome showing in a digital photo frame in your lounge room. Picture the look on people's faces when they do a second take when they realize the stills are actually moving ... Yes - that would be worth the price right there.
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I could do gifs easily with the early photoshop elements, but now with CS you have to use image ready as well. I find it tiresome.
I do like the effect though, but will the novelty wear off pretty quickly.
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Sorry, no disrespect, just that I'm left quite passive here:
Shoot a video from a tripod for a second and loop it.
To me, it's like doing something techy and more complicated, so as to get poorer results than doing it with something less complex.
Wasn't it Alexander Pope who said something like "a dog walking on its hind legs: not so much a surprise that it's managed to do it, but that it's doing it at all."
Er..he actually said this about educating women, but I'm being pc.
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It's similar to what you are describing Zig, but they have selectively allowed motion through while suppressing motion in other parts of the image. The one displaying above is a poor candidate for displaying that, but if you browse through their works in the other links, you'll get a sense of what I mean.
That said, I'm sure they're not the only ones to think of this idea but I think it's a refreshing concept.
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I haven't seen this topic, so I opened a new topic for this, sorry!
I really liked this, I just imagine the wind and the trees... Or the sea... waves.... This is amazing.
Thank you Julian,
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I would like to see the effect with prints. 
Please see my photos at http://mullerpavel.smugmug.com (fewer, better image quality, not updated lately)
or at http://www.flickr.com/photos/pavel_photophile2008/ (all photos)
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Pavel Wrote:I would like to see the effect with prints. No doubt they are working on it. Watch this space but don't hold your breath.
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Pavel Wrote:I would like to see the effect with prints. I imagine it would be something along the lines of: get a few prints, and flip between them really quickly. Or of you're really good, you can get a stack and flutter the edges (like a deck of cards) like we used to do in school. Old school animation..
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Pavel Wrote:I would like to see the effect with prints. Makes me wonder if this wouldn't be a perfect application for the digital frame that I built a few years ago (or any digital frame really)...
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Toad Wrote:Pavel Wrote:I would like to see the effect with prints. Makes me wonder if this wouldn't be a perfect application for the digital frame that I built a few years ago (or any digital frame really)... This would be amazing! I just try to imagine, there is a big photograph on the wall and the waves... the sea... Can you imagine how it would change the ambience in the place! Yes, I will repeate this would be the greatest in photography. I am sure one day we will see them on the walls...
Thank you dear Robert, and thank you dear Julian, this was very exciting subject.
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nia Wrote:Thank you dear Robert, and thank you dear Julian, this was very exciting subject.
with my love, nia Exciting yes - and it would help me to use my frame as well - it has become passe since I built it.
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The one with the guy reading the paper works well.
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