“How do you capture the essence of Wanderlust in a short video clip? You probably can’t, but this beautiful time lapse video, lovingly (and painstakingly) photographed over tens of thousands of frames by Aaron Rogosin at this year’s Wanderlust California, comes close. Catch a glimpse of what the Wanderlust experience is all about. Warning: this video is epic.” This is the description written for the time-lapse video that I produced for the Wanderlust Festival in 2011. Honestly I dont think I need to say more. Here is a link to the Wanderlust Festival’s Post.

I knew it was going to be good ride because my moustache was symmetrical with killer wig-wags that pointed straight out to the sides. To be honest I really didn’t know too much about Lightening in a Bottle as I set out from Portland. Gabe had told me it was defiantly one of the best festivals and the LIB crew was solid through and through. Obviously so, since they invited me down to LA to “do what you do” because a good friend vouched for me. So I went. Once I got on the grounds I found Gabes descriptions to be dead on. As the festival began I couldn’t help notice density of pro lenses climbing all over each other to get the same shot. Though I know they were getting amazing shots I decided to look in other directions. So my first choice was to focus my sights on time-lapse photography. Throughout the weekend I shot over 12,000 images of both stills and time-lapse. (You can see my still gallery here.) After it was all done and over I edited this time-lapse’s down to 4,250 images then paired it with Super Tall Pauls cover of Crazy. In short; I went to Lightning in a Bottle as a open book ready to be filled. I found LIB to be an amazing place filled with amazing people and I am honored to have been one of them.
Disclaimer: I’m not claiming to be amazing.

Gabe Shaughnessy, my studio mate, and I (Studio 1) created this interpretive mural during Art Outside 2010 in Austin, Texas.
The interactive mural was hand painted by Gabe using black and white paint in a paint sprayer.
At night, digital projectors illuminated the mural, and Gabe continued painting with projected light.
Meanwhile I captured time-lapse photos of the event, depicting the M-T-Pockets Midway, The Fleeble Flobbler, aerialist troupe Ricochet, the folk stage in the forest, and the Moon and trees.
My photos became the animated content in the mural, carefully layered and collaged with the hand-painted and digitally illustrated elements.
The sound track to this documentation video is by Beats Antique, you can find more of their gypsy-carnival-crunk music at beatsantique.com

The following videos are the individual time laps animations that were incorporated in to the mural. All the scenes were shot specifically for the different “stages” of the canvas. With the help a cherry picker lift (thank you Dallas) I was able to get just about any angle of view needed to match the perspective of Gabes illustration.

This was a time laps I did of the sun set. Though It didn’t actually make to mural we used it to sample our colors and create our palet

Well we just had to incorporate this one in to the mural.

This was one of those great lucky finds. There was a grasshopper slowly walking across a blank white canvas. Though you cant see in from the video one of the features of the mural was the grass hopper running across it. It looked really good.

This is the best example of working to get just the right angle of view. You can see the three positions I shot to get it right. Again thanks to the cherry picker we were able to nail the shot.

For the Folk Shit up Stage we need a looking through the wood typ of feel for the shot. So after a lot of positioning I found the perfect angle. It blended seamlessly in to the mural.

This April, the Austin based agency, EnviroMedia, hired me to create the second half of a stop motion tour that showcased their new Portland office. It was a fun assignment but had it’s own unique challenges. EnviroMedia is an ad agency that focuses on environmental and public health marketing so it was important the show the commitment they have to their values. It was left up to me to produce, compose, and visually connect all the environmentally friendly features of their office. The other big challenge was creating this in a style that allows for seamless continuity between the two installments. If you watch the completed tour it is clear that the two are cohesive and work as one. Follow this link to see the complete EnviroMedia Office Tour. And see the part I produced below.

West Meets East is a inter-media performance that combines digital projection, photography, and black and white paint. Both analog and digital mediums combine on one plain to create a unique interaction between old and new. This performance was inspired by a week long trip to Kyoto Japan and surrounding areas. It was captured through the use of time lapse photography. The performance was held at Dai-ichi travel on first Thursday February 5th 2009. Please note that all the color you see is digital projection (light) and the black line and white fields are paint on the wall.

We examine each day before us with barely a glance and say, no, this isn’t the one I’ve been looking for, and wait in a bored sort of way for the next, when, we are convinced, our lives will start for real. It is time to disconnect from the disconnect. It is up to each of us to find or own path. When we walk out the door with out expectation we have a chance to truly engage life. If one pays attention they will see the anonymous crowds turn familiar. Strangers become friends and it is for these friends we travel so far