Together with co-directors Cory Strassburger and Ming Hsiung, we produced a motion magazine cover and feature spread for Viv Mag – an all digital magazine, which would allow us to create content that will be able to live on the iPad and other tablet devices where digital magazines can live.

Our collaboration with Cory and Ming has been a phonemonal experience and you’ll see a lot more great work coming from this team. Check out this featurette, which goes behind the scenes and shows how we put it all together.

Special thanks to Campion for taking a risk with me. Without the bravery of a good client, we wouldn’t be able to bring you work of this caliber.

Extra special thanks to B2Pro Lighting, Red Camera & Jarred Land.

Extra extra special thanks to Chuck Carey and the good people at Troika Design Group without whom we would still be waiting for renders.

To view the content in it’s entirety, please check out www.alexxhenry.com/ipad.

-Alexx

Just announced: A major firmware update for Canon 5D Mark II is coming later this month. Included is the much anticipated 24 frames per second video, and a change from the 30 fps video rate to the TV standard 29.97.

When available, you can download the update here.

From Canon:

In addition, audio capability is enhanced for professional use, adding manual audio level control, and increasing the audio sampling frequency to 48KHz from 44.1KHz.

When shooting movies manually, the new histogram display facilitates monitoring, while Shutter Priority AE Mode (Tv) and Aperture-priority (Av) mode offer flexible options for controlling exposure. In addition, Canon has engineered 2.0.3 to improve camera and lens communication when manual sensor cleaning is in operation.

Magazine publisher Bonnier released this concept video showing one vision for how magazines could display on a tablet device.

From Bonnier’s blog:

“The concept aims to capture the essence of magazine reading, which people have been enjoying for decades: an engaging and unique reading experience in which high-quality writing and stunning imagery build up immersive stories.”

Congratulations to the winner of our first Living Art Contest, David Stewart. We had some really fantastic entries, and I want to thank everyone who participated as well as our sponsor, Really Right Stuff.

David’s entry offered something unique that we wouldn’t get as a still or as traditional video. As a living portrait, it manages to elicit a reaction that evolves with the progression of the piece. Good stuff, David.

He will now have his choice in choosing his choice of quick release system from Really Right Stuff. Check back in the future for more opportunities to show off your work.

Alexx

While I’ve seen OLED screens withstand this hammer test before (Universal Display beat Samsung to the smash on this one) this is more remarkable to me because it’s the best quality flexible video I’ve seen yet (at :24 seconds it starts getting real sexy.) Though it’s good to know I can safely watch TV while kickboxing. Via: Tom’s Hardware

Very cool interactive design project by Karolina Sobecka and Jim George.
Via Gravitytrap.
As you walk down the street you are approached by a dog. He is on his guard trying to discern your intentions. He will follow you and interpret your gestures as friendly or aggressive. He will try to engage you in a relationship and get you to pay attention to him.