Living Art, at it’s core, is an image that moves. Think- print in motion. Creating Living Art is about making a strong image, and then making that image move. Remember, we’re not making motion pictures: that’s what movies do. We’re making pictures that move.

So now, we would love to see what you all can do! We are hosting a little contest and calling it “Move Us With Your Image!” It might be helpful when designing your work to think in terms of 3 components: the start image, the movement, and the resolve. Then use the same artistic mojo that you use to creating a powerful still image, and make it move. For some examples of how we have been making Living Art, check out our Living Movie Poster and Living Magazine.

Keep in mind that this is a developing art, and we don’t want to limit you with rules. We will be judging on your creativity and how you use this medium to connect with the viewer.

A big thanks to Really Right Stuff for sponsoring this. The grand prize will be a L Bracket / quick release clamp combo of your choice to help you turn your camera on its side, and shoot vertical.

Deadline for submissions is November 30th and winners will be announced in December.

Here’s some guidelines:

1. Landscape or portrait mode, it’s your choice. Just make sure you make the choice and it’s a conscious one that fits the shot.
2. Audio is fine, but certainly not necessary, and may be distraction. Use with discretion.
3. It doesn’t have to be shot on an amazing video camera like the 5dMII. It doesn’t even have to be shot with a video camera at all. A series of images shot in rapid fire, for example, is fair game.

We will be judging mostly on creativity and how you use the medium to convey your ideas. Technical merit is cool, but whatever makes the image work conceptually will be valued over high production images that don’t connect as well.

Can’t wait to see what you come up with!

Here’s how to submit:

1. Go to Vimeo.com (they allow both horizontal and vertical videos)
2. Sign Up for an account
3. Upload your video
4. Email Andrew the link to your video (andrew at alexxhenry dot com)

Resources:

Canon 5d Mark II Users: For those of you that are going to use the 5D Mark II or if you’re a lucky individual that somehow has their hands on 7D you can find just about anything you need to know about the camera at Planet 5D’s Wiki. Whether its exporting or shooting issues, starting there should be very informative.

Exporting with Vimeo: When we first started posting to Vimeo we wanted to make sure we were exporting the best way possible so it looks crisp in clean on the web. This article is extremely helpful.

Now go out there and create! Any questions? Post them in the comments section and we will be sure to respond.

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Best of luck!
-Alexx & Andrew

Photo courtesy of: Nate “this-lens-is-worth-more-than-my-car” Kalushner