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we are austin – austin art glass

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Aaron Gross of Austin Art Glass made his Hi-Def debut today in a segment I produced for KEYE42’s new “We Are Austin” show. The program features some of what’s great about Austin and the people that love to keep things weird here. The segment below is from the off-air HD broadcast and includes graphics & music from the show. The video was shot with an HV20 & my coffee table leg steadicam and edited in Final Cut Pro.

click video to begin playing

theo pants

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

red onions 031508

Sunday, March 16th, 2008

the sweet red onions from dromgoole’s went in this weekend

HV20 35mm SLR Lens Adapter Macro Video Test 1

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

i shot some macro video test footage around my house this past weekend. the subject is my favorite, tiny insects. my video rig utilizes the highly versatile erector set rubber tire as the adapter between my hv20 and canon slr lens.

i’ll have to shoot stills next time without the 35mm lens attached for reference of scale. the black bug near the end was about a centimeter long and maybe a millimeter wide. it was pretty amazing to be able to focus in on the pits in its head.

maintaining focus was extremely difficult with this rig. because the lens is about 1/4″ away from the subject, grabbing the focus ring blocked much of the light. gently leaning on the tripod back & forth was the best way i could keep focus for many of the shots.

i’m pleased with the results. i’m hoping to find some more interesting shots this weekend to post.

cheapest Canon HV20 35mm lens adapter ever

Monday, January 7th, 2008

One should never be satisfied with the stock lens on a consumer camera. After reading some great websites about adding an SLR lens to the Canon HV20, I rummaged through my closet to find my old Canon Rebel 35mm SLR camera that came with a 28-80mm lens. It appeared that I could find focus with the HV20 if I kept the SLR lens within an inch or so in front of the HV20 and the subject nearly touching the SLR’s glass. Early tests produced macro shots I’ve never dreamed of doing before.

Digging in the closet once again produced an unlikely collar to fit between the two, an Erector set toy tire. The tire (labeled Meccano 11×7) grabs the Canon SLR lens threads tightly and mounts to the HV20 by merely twisting it onto the front of the camera. I’ve found that it leaves the proper gap to allow for focus with an adjustment of the zoom & focus rings on both the HV20 and the SLR lens.

The “true” lens adapter products I’ve seen range from homemade to thousands of dollars. This has got to be one of the cheapest and simplest adapters ever. It’s a pain to maintain focus with, and the tire can slip off the camera and drop the lens (adult supervision only), but it seems to work and produce some not-so-clean, but damn macro, macro video. Video test shots can be viewed here and macro photos are here.

Canon HV20, Canon 28-80 SLR Lens, Erector Toy Tire

Erector Toy Tire - 11x7

stretch the tire around the SLR lens

lip of tire holds beneath the 3 Canon lens threads

the tire holds tight to the lens

assembled DYI Canon HV20 Macro SLR Lens Rig

rebar pentagons ~ yard art time lapse

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

rebar pentagons: a time lapse of me welding on my first metal yard art piece
pattern inspired by ice-ray chinese lattice design


Click to watch Rebar Pentagons

painted bunting father’s day video

Sunday, June 17th, 2007

happy father’s day!
my parents visited today and brought the male painted bunting with them again. this video was shot just before dusk.
includes cal tjdar’s “stardust”
click the video to play


bewick’s wren nest

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007

click the wrens to play the video.