Is Phone Photography Art?

July 15th, 2009

Since the invention of the first DSLR around the turn of the millennium cameras have been getting more powerful, smaller and faster. As the technology has advanced we have started to see cameras moving down from digital compact cameras to tiny little things that can be integrated with other portable devices, the most common being mobile phones. For me this brings us into a really interesting space, everyone has a camera with them all of the time.

Mobile phone photo of cyclist at sunset
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Groundhogs Photo Shoot

May 11th, 2009

Long Panorama of breakdancers

We have been very busy lately and haven’t had much time for blog posting. One of the most exciting things we have been working on is an advert for Insatiable music. We are creating an animated ad, working in partnership with Kuma Studios. In between times we have been working really hard to pull together a cohesive promo pack for a break dance troupe called Groundhogs.

A shot of Groundhogs break dance troupe
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Slomos from Toxel.com

April 3rd, 2009

Check out Toxel for an awesome series of slowmo videos. We love the one embedded here but make sure you check out the post because the rest are really awesome as well. Thanks to Cody Kern for sharing this little marvel with the rest of the world.

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£30 Per Night Hotels

March 26th, 2009

broken window of van in car parkWe have just got back from filming in Doncaster for a few days, we have been filming for a promo for a children’s centre in the area, more on this as the project develops.

While we were away we needed to find somewhere to stay for a couple of nights as Doncaster is a bit far from Leicester for us to commute each day. We thought that we might try our hand at saving some money on hotel costs and asked a friend in the area to recommend us a cheap (but good) hotel.

This is not what we experienced. We’re not going to point any fingers but it was a bit like staying in a hamster cage. The rooms were clean, but tiny, but what did we expect for £30 a night per room. After the first night we woke up horrified to find that cars out side the hotel had been broken into. Fortunately we had taken all our gear into the rooms with us and we are of course insured but never the less losing our kit would have been more than a little irritating. We were lucky, our car wasn’t one of the ones with a broken window, probably because we didn’t leave anything on show. Some others weren’t so fortunate, as you can see by the photo with this post.

Lesson learned, you get what you pay for and hotels are like everything else, not to be scrimped on.

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Drip Wallpaper

March 19th, 2009

This is the first in our series of resource posts. Will be publishing all types of content on our blog in the coming months. From tutorials to help you to get the most out of your own promotional media to some cool stuff to spice up your computer. Choose your desktop size from the links next to the image you want. Terms and Conditions apply.

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