Art and Science Meet in Stop Motion Animation for Langoliers
November 22, 2011 – 7:04 pm | No Comment

Langoliers are releasing a sneak peak of the stop motion film we have just wrapped shooting in our Greenpoint, Brooklyn studio. Hands-on from the outset, designers Pamela and Zon liked the idea of the strange …

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Codes “Guzzlin Champagne Remix” Video Released Today
December 21, 2011 – 12:04 pm | No Comment

My creative collaboration with the Motiongraff team, Slow Roast Records and Codes continues from our “Codes House” Motiongraff episode to this video for Codes’ new “Guzzlin Champagne Remix”.

I put a simple story together to take a stop motion tour of Codes daily champagne infused routine and tried to work in several animation techniques along the way. Mr. Fubz from Motiongraff was the main shooter and got some great shots of all the run-n-gun action.

Mainly burst-shooting, we also had a few moments of “proper” stop motion in the mix.

I used a lensbaby lens and played with some slow shutter shooting to get the “High-Speed Streets of NYC” shots. Some of the cleaner shots came from Leah Okediji-Levin’s camera.

Last minute twitter shout out got us our two French Canadian girls to jump around in frozen champagne. Thank you ladies… and of course producer, Serge Milstein’s cameo as Codes girlfriend on the phone was priceless! Hope the vid looks as fun as it was to shoot!

Joel Voisard Light Objects 2011
December 17, 2011 – 12:56 pm | No Comment
Joel Voisard Light Objects 2011

Shooting Joel Voisard’s new collection of Light Objects in the studio for his 2011 collection to create this short animation. Stop motion animations of light objects set to dub beats to introduce the latest collection. …

Art and Science Meet in Stop Motion Animation for Langoliers
November 22, 2011 – 7:04 pm | No Comment
Art and Science Meet in Stop Motion Animation for Langoliers

Langoliers are releasing a sneak peak of the stop motion film we have just wrapped shooting in our Greenpoint, Brooklyn studio. Hands-on from the outset, designers Pamela and Zon liked the idea of the strange …

“CODEX DOLOR, 563 Aspects of Suffering, Episodes 34, 371 & 92 Presented in Part”
November 4, 2011 – 8:26 am | No Comment
“CODEX DOLOR, 563 Aspects of Suffering, Episodes 34, 371 & 92 Presented in Part”

A new stop motion/ timelapse animated short “CODEX DOLOR, 563 Aspects of Suffering, Episodes 34, 371 & 92 Presented in Part” has just been hosted and distributed by our friends at Imagine Fashion.

Already interested to …

Mercedes Benz Fashion Week 2012 Spring Collections
September 15, 2011 – 12:50 pm | No Comment
Mercedes Benz Fashion Week 2012 Spring Collections

Shooting and editing MB Fashion Week at Lincoln Center for Posh Beauty. Here is a 2 minute highlights reel of 2012 Spring Collections and interviews.

Produced by Ruth Yakubu, Posh Beauty Creative Director and hosted by …

Labor Day Weekend and The End of Summer
September 4, 2011 – 1:52 pm | No Comment
Labor Day Weekend and The End of Summer

With the end of this summer drawing near, here’s a video I made from time lapses and video I shot in Georgetown, South Carolina during breaks from working on “the Bay” a soon-to-be-released Barry Levinson …

Scoring “Sound of Forever” Short Film
September 3, 2011 – 1:13 pm | No Comment
Scoring “Sound of Forever” Short Film

Had a very very interesting time on set recently as sound recordist, composer and oddly, a last minute replacement for a lead actor in a short film by friend and film maker Andrew Ravani.

The Sound …

Exploring “Tits N Zits” with Nicholas Gazin
August 30, 2011 – 6:19 am | No Comment
Exploring “Tits N Zits” with Nicholas Gazin

Helped out the Motiongraff team shoot an animated intro and edit up the latest episode and collaboration with artist Nicholas Gazin.

Just up from our neighborhood release party at St.Vitus last night, where I had …

2011 Director – Composer Reel
July 24, 2011 – 6:14 am | 3 Comments
2011 Director – Composer Reel

A four minute reel of my narrative work from short films, fashion films, music videos and animations.

I work a lot with still images, traditional stop motion animation, live-action “burst” shooting and time lapse techniques and …

Jasmin Rituper On Set
July 23, 2011 – 5:36 pm | No Comment
Jasmin Rituper On Set

Have had the pleasure to work with Jasmin Rituper on several different sets, from hip hop videos and comedy kung fu shorts to my own short films.

“Jazz” had a lead role in a recent …

Brooklyn Boating
July 19, 2011 – 9:12 am | 3 Comments
Brooklyn Boating

Out boating on July 4th with friends in Greenpoint on New Town Creek.

Shooting from small dingy on 7D with Nikor 35-70mm and lots of diffusion and diffraction filters.

Documenting the Making of an American Collection
June 23, 2011 – 9:35 am | No Comment
Documenting the Making of an American Collection

Just wrapping up a short doc for Brooklyn’s very own, Hayden – Harnett. Went “behind-the-scenes” to shoot the story from inspiration to manufacturing the new “Hayden -Harnett Collection”.

It was an important part of the development …

“J’adore PORN” Ayka Yasis Fashion Film
June 12, 2011 – 11:32 am | 4 Comments
“J’adore PORN” Ayka Yasis Fashion Film

FILM AS FETISH in Stop Frame Animation. A little story inspired by Ayka Yasis’s super fierce “J’adore PORN” gown.

With Ayka’s gown as a starting point, I wanted to create/explore the character who would wear this …

“Manhattanhenge” Time Lapse
June 1, 2011 – 11:20 am | No Comment
“Manhattanhenge” Time Lapse

Shot this time lapse from a roof in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, looking across New Town Creek at Manhattan to catch the sun set at the base of the Empire State Building on 34th Street. Don’t you …

Speaking in “Codes” with Motiongraff Team
May 31, 2011 – 11:03 am | No Comment
Speaking in “Codes” with Motiongraff Team

A stop motion animation for the release of “Codes” on Slow Roast Records release posted today! I got invited to join the Motiongraff team to create a fun video of DJ Vandal’s graffiti-painting for episode …

Time Lapse for NY Design Week 2011
May 14, 2011 – 8:16 am | No Comment
Time Lapse for NY Design Week 2011

“Broken Off Broken Off” group show opens tonight and runs to May 17th at Gallery R Pure, 3 East 19th Street, NYC.

I was commissioned by core77 and Gallery R Pure to shoot a time …

Very Short Film for Ayaka Nishi Screening in Japan
May 12, 2011 – 10:45 am | No Comment
Very Short Film for Ayaka Nishi Screening in Japan

The latest collaboration with jewelry designer, Ayaka Nishi, “the Initiate” will be screened as a part of an exhibition at White Gallery in Kagoshima, Japan ( Kyushu Island ) from May 14th to the 25th …

VJ Pixalot at Eyewash “Parallax” VJ Night May 5th
April 26, 2011 – 7:49 am | No Comment
VJ Pixalot at Eyewash “Parallax” VJ Night May 5th

FORWARD MOTION THEATER presents
EyeWash *PARALLAX* Live Bands and Visuals!
Thursday, May 5th, 9:30pm – midnight ( $5 at the door )
R BAR
218 Bowery St (Between Prince and Spring), NYC
I’ll be mixing up the visuals with California …

Blast From the Past?
April 26, 2011 – 6:52 am | No Comment
Blast From the Past?

Using all sorts of retro-tech to get some interesting looks for this fashion film featuring two Greenpoint designers Hayden-Harnett and Dalaga Boutique. Shot this vid in 2008. I guess I didn’t post it yet because …

Exploring the Ineffable with Alison Melville at “We Fill the Widest Nights”
April 7, 2011 – 7:53 am | No Comment
Exploring the Ineffable with Alison Melville at “We Fill the Widest Nights”

Alison Melville to perform “Motion Etudes ; Flight”, along with an evening of solo, ensemble and audio/visual work commissioned and curated for “the Bird Project” and inspired by birds. Saturday, April 16th at the Arts …

“Pirates Everywhere!” for Hayden – Harnett & Walt Disney “Pirates of the Caribbean – On Stranger Tides”
March 31, 2011 – 10:29 pm | No Comment
“Pirates Everywhere!” for Hayden – Harnett & Walt Disney “Pirates of the Caribbean – On Stranger Tides”

Hayden – Harnett’s “Pirates of the Caribbean – On Stranger Tides” new collection for Disney Signature hits the streets TODAY! Had a great time with our little production team putting this fashion film together.

I …

New Video for Composer Alexander Berne
March 31, 2011 – 4:08 pm | No Comment
New Video for Composer Alexander Berne

I created a short looping video for an excerpt of composer, Alexander Berne’s piece, “Death of Memes Part III”, which will be included in the forth coming Innova double disc, “Flickers of Mime/Death of Memes”.

In …

Making Waves with Disney and Hayden Harnett
March 26, 2011 – 6:11 am | No Comment
Making Waves with Disney and Hayden Harnett

Just wrapped “Pirates Everywhere!” a fashion video with photographer Tal Shpantzer for Hayden-Harnett’s latest collaboration with Walt Disney for the “Pirates of the Caribbean – On Stranger Tides” Disney Signature collection. Posting about “Psunami” …

Fun Time On Super Speed Set
March 3, 2011 – 11:21 am | No Comment
Fun Time On Super Speed Set

Not sure to call it a “super-speed” shoot because it was shot on hi-speed Phantom digital camera or because we start to finished it in 12 hours ( including load in/out ) at Greenpoint’s “Cinema …

Join Us Tonight at SoHo Exhibition of Witzenhausen Gallery Armory Week 2011
March 3, 2011 – 10:09 am | No Comment
Join Us Tonight at SoHo Exhibition of Witzenhausen Gallery Armory Week 2011

Amongst several images from Tal Shpantzer’s twenty year career as an internationally exhibited fine art photographer, a still from Obscure Object Films “Obscure Object Part 2″ is a part of the exhibition opening tonight in …

Valentine’s Day Video
February 9, 2011 – 1:03 pm | No Comment
Valentine’s Day Video

2 minute test animation just in time for Valentine’s Day. Set in Dr. Christian Rosenkreuz’ macabre steam punk, Robotic Animation Operating Theatre, where Dr. Valentyn Machines a Heart into life.

This stop motion animation was shot …

After the Big Game – Football Helmet Safety, Toyota and Me
February 7, 2011 – 11:45 am | No Comment
After the Big Game – Football Helmet Safety, Toyota and Me

Back in NYC from traveling all over with a small m ss ng p eces film crew, recording sound, D.I.T ( digital image tech ) and as a composer, helping create the “Ideas For Good” …

Tal Shpantzer’s “Obscure Object Part 4″ Image in Bailey House Auction
January 30, 2011 – 2:19 pm | No Comment
Tal Shpantzer’s “Obscure Object Part 4″ Image in Bailey House Auction

Tal Shpantzer’s image from “Obscure Object Part 4″ to be included in Bailey House Auction on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at The Armory, NYC. Get your tickets and come out to support this helping institution …

Yoga PSA’s
January 28, 2011 – 4:54 pm | No Comment
Yoga PSA’s

Shot this PSA targeted to the yoga community at the Creek theatre space in Long Island City, Queens. “Project Air” is a UN NGO that organizes yoga therapy in Rwanda and Eastern Congo. A difficult …

Rare Footage of VJ Pixalot in Times Square Unearthed!
January 14, 2011 – 1:30 am | No Comment
Rare Footage of VJ Pixalot in Times Square Unearthed!

Alternate post title: “How Much is the DJ in the Window?”

Peter Bill shot this super 8mm time lapse of VJ Pixalot spinning at the opening of Peter’s “LA TIMES” show at Chashama Gallery in Times …

Levis “Waterless” Animated Spot Live Today
January 10, 2011 – 8:33 am | No Comment
Levis “Waterless” Animated Spot Live Today

What happens when a gaggle of NYC animators get locked in a Williamsburg laundromat for a week?

I was one of several animators working on location in a laundromat with director, Josh Nussbuam for Mssng Pecs …

Cokin Lens Funky Filter Test
January 5, 2011 – 4:32 pm | No Comment
Cokin Lens Funky Filter Test

Tested out some interesting lens filters on a Nikon 18-55mm lens

( choose the lens because it is 52mm and lens filters would fit ) when cameraman, Todd Banhazl popped by the studio yesterday.

I …

Fashion Film for Jewelry Designer Ayaka Nishi
November 18, 2010 – 7:36 pm | No Comment
Fashion Film for Jewelry Designer Ayaka Nishi

Recently completed and uploaded a fashion film for Ayaka Nishi’s jewelry collections.

Each of the collections was associated with natural elements. Coral, bones, feathers and honeycombs offered inspiration to the designer and I tried to create …

Pinhole Time Lapse
November 18, 2010 – 7:13 pm | No Comment
Pinhole Time Lapse

Shot this pinhole timelapse with a lensbabies pinhole optic on a canon 7D.

Thanks grill n greens on Manhattan Ave., Greenpoint, BK. Killer chicken shwarma.

Stop Motion Fashion Test
November 6, 2010 – 9:23 am | No Comment
Stop Motion Fashion Test

Got a call to help out on a fashion test shoot. Ended up shooting tons of stop motion stills on my canon 7D. Thought Major Laser had the “western meets fashion” vibe and cut my …

“Motion Etudes-Hermit Thrush” Screening at Dumbo Art Walk Tonight
November 4, 2010 – 1:47 pm | No Comment
“Motion Etudes-Hermit Thrush” Screening at Dumbo Art Walk Tonight

RABBITHOLESTUDIO is excited to present new works from Miki Katagiri, Maggie Ens and Stephen Dirkes for Dumbo Art Walk Nov. 4th, 2010.
I will be screening a four channel art film entitled, “Motion Etudes- Hermit Thrush” …

Toys, Toys, Toys
August 20, 2010 – 12:46 pm | No Comment
Toys, Toys, Toys

I love Jakks Pacific Inc, the makers of the eyeclops series of media toys for children. I recently used both the eyeclops mini projector and the now discontinued “original” eyeclops bionic eye.
I captured some macro/ …

Shooting Macro Honeycombs
August 20, 2010 – 10:26 am | No Comment
Shooting Macro Honeycombs

Capturing different looks of honeycombs and honeycomb inspired jewelry for Ayaka Nishi fashion promo film.

I created a shooting set up with a Coollights, 10″x10″ led light panel as a platform to backlight a chunk of …

Roses and Bone Jewelry Timelapses
August 20, 2010 – 9:54 am | No Comment
Roses and Bone Jewelry Timelapses

Beginning a short film project for Ayaka Nishi’s new jewelry collection to screen at the upcoming Paris Fashion Week.
There are 4 different collections, each referencing some natural element ( sea creatures, spider webs, bones, honeycombs, …

Scoring Television Commercials
August 10, 2010 – 11:20 am | No Comment
Scoring Television Commercials

Here’s a reel with some of my early work scoring TV commercials in South East Asia and Europe ( life outside of NYC, who’d have thought? ). I spent a solid decade with microphones and …

Ralph Rucci – Chado, NYC 2010
July 29, 2010 – 8:13 am | No Comment
Ralph Rucci – Chado, NYC 2010

Shot America’s only couture designer, Ralph Rucci’s, NYC Fashion Week Fall/Winter collection for modacycle. He was showing two collection’s and it was a marathon of wonderful classic looks.

Video shot with Canon 7D ( 50mm …