Your blog is interesting!

Keep up the good work!

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i’ve been taking (mediocre) photos ever since i was a teenager with my automatic minolta and i’ve never found myself a favourite photographer… til now! love your perspectives and how you’re completely unafraid of colour. i am completely inspired. thank you so much for sharing your photographs and thoughts.

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Hi Vincent

I’m k po from HongKong, I’m working in China GuangZhou over 8 years… and start to use DSLR since 2007.I like take photos and would like to join you and learning any about photojournalism ..

wish i can join when you come over to CHINA next time …and share any experience of DSLR and photos stuff

I also have a blog but in chinese word
http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/ozzyorb

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Hi,
I was surfing and found some of your work. They’re wonderful.

My name is LaForet, too. I’m wondering if we’re related. I never find anyone with my last name.

Carol L.

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I met David Schloss at a Aperture T1 training at the Apple training center in Boston. David spoke very highly of you. I have been reading Apertures User Network blogs and read your blog. It lead me to your website/blog. Your work and blogs are inspiring. Its very hard for me to get inspired from other photographers. I notice you shoot some Surfing. Heres a link to my website…. Jeffflindt.com, maybe check it out if you have time. thanks, Jeff Aperture Certified Trainer

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Dear Vincent

your excellent and must read article “The cloud is falling” raised some questions about video/audiovisuals.
- If there is a market for this products, where do I find a price list (I’m working in europe) on the web. Or do you deliver a video/audiovisual as a free gift in addition to your photos? (I hope not)
- When you’re working on a photoassignement, isn’t it distracting to think also video? (Myself I work as a photographer/writer and sometimes find it difficult to fullfill both tasks at once at high quality, but also sometimes the two tasks help each other to another level).

Thanks for your inspiring blog and work

Bernard

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I wish whomever designed your web site recognized the number of Linux users who cannot use it due to the arbitrary use of the proprietary Shockwave. Your work is great, your web site is not. It doesn’t map to your reputation and is, in fact, fully unnecessary.
regards,
patrick

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Hi, I found your blog on this new directory of WordPress Blogs at blackhatbootcamp.com/listofwordpressblogs. I dont know how your blog came up, must have been a typo, i duno. Anyways, I just clicked it and here I am. Your blog looks good. Have a nice day. James.

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Please learn what copyright on images means. Per the DMCA act (the most aggresive copyright there is), fair use allows people to source the images to you so long as they are reporting news. Please stop with all the “see notes” in your 5D post and just welcome the internet with open arms.

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Greetings. Great work. Thanks for the heads up potential of this gear. Will you please take a few minutes and look at my website. If you like it you may link to it. I would be honored to see it in your artists links. Best wishes. Gerald. http://www.ghillphotography.com

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First thanks a lot for sharing your work on this blog - it’s extremely helpful and inspiring.

I noticed that many of your recent works have the appearance of being photographs taken off models. How do you create this effect? It seems a high/top down POV, narrow focus strip with blurring, and high contrast motives work best. Anything else and any tips on how to recreate this effect in a more simple/low budget way?

Thank you for your thoughts.

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vincent, we can stream the video of the eos 5D mkll worldwide, but must be reencoded as follow:
1280×720 or 1024×576
AVC H264 or X264 (free on http://x264.nl/)
1000 kbp/s
audio AAC 44.1 96 or 128 k

and we send a link you can put in your website
raw footage is impossible to stream, too heavy!

you can send a clip to test

Marcelo

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Hey,
I can share a bandwidth.
I have ~600G left until the end of the month I’m willing to share…

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Is it possible to have a download available to see it at 1080p? It looks amazing at 540p but I think I can fully appreciate this camera if I can see it in it’s full resolution.

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Hi Vincent. I really loved Reverie, awesome photography. One thing I wanted to ask, what Wordpress theme are you using? Loved it as well and would like a similar one for my own. Thanks!

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Great visuals but I was wondering why no audio was recorded with the camera. I look forward to samples which include the capability of the other half of the equation which is audio. Utilizing the external microphone connection would have been
informative and useful.

What about the ability to do zooms while recording? I hope Canon or someone else produces something soon which would enable that.

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Beautiful man, just beautiful. Congratulations on some very nice work.

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I’m totally stunned at what I’ve seen here. I’m a newcomer to videojournalism. I believes in shooting things as they are for the most part, using available light and making decisions on-the-fly about how to document what I’ve got in front of me. I can’t think of a tool more in line with my approach to video than this. Amazing work on your part! It must have been heart-pounding when you first saw those clips playback in the studio.

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I’m curious about a technical aspect of this amazing project (no not the camera).
In the cobblestone street why is there a break in the track near where the woman in red is standing?
Ok, saving my pennies to upgrade the original 5D.

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Vincent,

I’m blown away by the photos in the NYT “A really big show” link.

The picture of Maria S winning the US Open is mesmerizing with the amazingly shallow DOF. There is so much to like and discuss about this photo.

I’d love to know more about this technique if you can reveal and not give up any trade secrets. I heard in the audio you mentioning tilt/shift lenses. I have never used these before and don’t quite understand how/why you’d use them (despite reading writeups for them).

Can you provide any additional insight into this shot in particular because it (along with the Derby shots really highlight the look I’m drawn to) and the equipment you were using? Any links you want to refer me to would be most welcome as well.

By the way, your video is amazing. I have a nikon D700 and I’m more than a little jealous of the new 5DMII ability to shoot HD video. Congrats on another amazing job.

Dave

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Vincent, I noticed that all of your test shots with the Canon 5D II look slightly soft or out of focus. Do you think that’s because of a problem with the autofocus or of Canon using too strong of an AA filter on the chip?

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Attention:
one of the videos work perfect on my iMac core 2 duo 2.4 with 4 giga ram, the MVI_0706.MOV the one with the model splashing water on his face 30 fps perfect. Also in a MacBook 2 ghz coreduo with 2 giga ram (not full screen).
The other two play at 24 and 25 fps and looks fliking.
This is the reason why nobody’s looks those videos right on the computer. Maybe prototype camera have problems?
Vincent, can you check the originals? please
Marcelo

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Update:
the 3 videos are different: i examined with different applications and they have 3 different fps: one 30, another 25 and the other one 24. I think is a problem into the exif data inside the video.

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Attention:
one of the videos work perfect on my iMac core 2 duo 2.4 with 4 giga ram, the MVI_0706.MOV the one with the model splashing water on his face 30 fps perfect. Also in a MacBook 2 ghz coreduo with 2 giga ram (not full screen).
The other two play at 24 and 25 fps and looks fliking.
This is the reason why nobody’s looks those videos right on the computer. Maybe prototype camera have problems?
Vincent, can you check the originals? please
Marcelo//// I have tried these movies on my MacPro and they work fine all playing without frame loss… Are you are getting your info from Quicktime Info window ? As not sure how accurate that is..

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OK i have it
is a bug into Quick Time Pro: when QT (and Final Cut) export window is open in the field Frame Rate you MUST set the frame rate, in this case 30 frames, NEVER leave automatic. In automatic QT export the video in the original fps but in the metadata write something wrong, and the player read a bad frame rate and the video looks slow. I exported the clip from the helicopter at the SAME compression (1920×1080 39.21 mps H264 30 fps) and looks great in iMacs and macbooks. No need a supercomputer to work with these videos, the MVI_0706.MOV, the one with the model splashing water, is perfect as is. If the videos are downloaded directly from the CF card, i think this bug writes a wrong metadata into the camera.I think this because the 3 videos have a different frame rate.

marcelo

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Hi Mr. Laforet, this is Thomas Dibenedetto, from ACCRUE Sports and Entertainment Ventures located in Boston/New York. We are looking to purchase a poster sized photo of the 1999 Women’s World Cup Team holding the trophy. I have attached an image which we would like purchase a print of, from you to put on display in our office. Any information on how we could go about getting a print of this photo, or a similar photo which has the team holding the trophy would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for your time, as I know you are busy,

Thomas DiBenedetto
Accrue Sports Ventures
210 Bear Hill Road, Suite 300
Waltham, MA 02451
781-314-0129

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hi,
appleinsider is twice in the sidebar… sorry to be nitpicky
keep up the blog, appreciated!

thomas

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Re the What the Duck…. Way too many critics

Thanks for your beautiful examples of what the 5D MkII can do in skilled hands.

Brad

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Good morning, Vince Laforet ……..

Great article. Very exciting and looking forward to your video. Please include me in your release.

Thank you for being on the leading edge. I have been waiting on this for some time.

Jim Evans

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Hi,

In continuation to the discussion and opinions about the 24p support in the 5D mk II, I created a petition for canon to add this functionality.

I think it would be great if you could post this on your blog so we could start getting some volume:

http://www.petitiononline.com/SW5DMK2/petition.html

(Love your work BTW)

Thanks,

Shai Wininger.

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Your.Work.Is.Phenomenal.

…in case you didn’t know that already

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Really enjoyed your video shot with the canon 5D MKII. Looks great. I just to do some photography, but at the moment more into Digital filmmaking. Very low budget. To keep a nice DOF and perspective, I always shoot with the help of the P+S mini35 and 35mm Zeiss filmlenses. In Brasil, “Show de Bola” is now in the cinemas.
http://www.lightning-ent.com/movie/view/47
But the DOF with the 5D MKII is even nicer. Hope canon will stick that CMOS chip etc in a Canon XL like body.
I do have a question though. Is there any kind of TIMECODE, shootng with the 5D MKII??
I’m shure you will have a billion emails, so it might take a while before you get to my mail.
Hope it will be before the end of the year.
Have to shoot a feature movie in Spain soon. Really start thinking to do it with the 5D MKII. These new Zeiss ZE lenses look very nice to use for film as well.

Best regards, Arie.

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G’day, Canon are overrun with views, 1.5 million well done.. How or where can I go to see your film. Cheers Alex

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Thanks for so many things, Vincent.
But especially for this very special moment
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/09/21/sports/baseball/20080921_YANKEES_PANO2.html
All the best,
Peter

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Hmmm. Why does my comment does not show up at the post about the new home of reverie.

I offered to let my cutter do a soundtrack with apple loops. well, he isn’t a musician for hollywood studios but may help the project.

Sample linked.

bye

Kai

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VINCENT YOUR WORK IS AWESOME, I have to ask you a question though, your pic. “summer in new york” the picture of the airplanes congested, that looks like a picture of a model how did you obtain that look? what was your technique if you don’t mind me asking.

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I am interested in what editing program you used to edit the material from the Canon 5D mk2

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today i see the canon eos 5d mkll in milano, italy, and i can confirm that is impossible to use the camera in indoor lighting conditions in europe, absolute flickering, also the Canon PowerShot SX1 IS flicker too, and the bug on quick time remain on both cameras, sorry

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How can I unsubscribe to the emails?

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Hi Vincent,

How does the 5D mark II handle ’slow motion’?
thanks and love the site…

Simon.

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Maybe you’ll find this link interesting (T&S video)

http://vimeo.com/1831024

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Hi Vincent,

do you use photo backpacks for some events or occasions? I would think for travelling a trolley is better and on site or on excursions a backpack.

Thinktankphoto have no backpacks with rolls unfortunately.

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Привет из России!

There is serius software problem with dynamical range clipping on the 5d video footages. In your video “Reverie” too

Look at these link http://www.hv20.com/showpost.php?p=144690&postcount=36

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Hello Vincent. My name is Andrey. My mothercountry - Russia and I taking photo from highbildings 200m and up to the sky…. So. Yоu take good photos and not ordinary… I think that it’s interesting for you look my works… In example…http://s59.radikal.ru/i165/0811/73/5ddc13bb3da9.jpg Send me a letter . Austerliz2005@yandex.ru

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Vincent,

Your work has been a true inspiration to me since I watched the Aperture video about you on top of the Crysler building, and was wondering if I could get some feedback from you about my work? I’m only 17 years of age, and have been heavily into photography for meager 3 of those. I plan to study Photojournalism at Uni and can’t wait to see as much of the world as possible, not to tick countries off a list, but to experience the infinite creativity and ingenuity of us humans!
I apolgise for using up your precious time, but I simply couldn’t pass the opportunity to have your opinion of my work(/passion)

Best Regards,

Joe

http://www.joethomasphotography.com

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I am going to Tunisia on Saturday morning. This Canon w High Def (late November) is not out yet so I am getting the Nikon D90… Is that still excellent for this type of high def video? I am creating a short 23 minute film. Please tell me what you think.

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I’d like to thank you Vincent for your excellent blog and sharing your photographic experience with us all. I don’t have much time to read blogs but yours is well worth it.

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Do you know when Canon is going to release the EOS 5D Mark II?

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Hi!
I see you use the “Camera armor” form Made Products on the 5D mk II in the “making of reverie” video.
Will the camera armor silence the shutter noise, can you hear any difference?

Hope you can reply.

Regards,
Steve Nilsen

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Hello Vincent

Ik have a technical question.
What lenses did you use for those aerial shots with the selective focus? For example those with those airplanes on the ground.
Are these canon TS lenses?

Thanks!
Johannes

http://www.abeling.nl

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Vincent

Regarding exposure for 1080p on the 5D mark2, how did you control exposure and not have it doing it’s auto thing, while panning or moving through changing lighting, and keeping it set on the intended aperture. As far as the specs from Canon, it seems you can’t set aperture, shutter or iso. This would severely limit the footage unless there was a way to work around it. It looks like you did. I’m interested in the camera, and would like to know how you worked the exposure on your film.

Michael

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Vincent ~

Have you seen the new MacBook Pro screen and the 24″ LED Cinema Display? They look spectacular, but I’m worried about the glossy screens. What do you think?

Thom

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Vincent,
I attended your presentation in Dayton, OH on 11/17 and it was very inspiring. I have a specific question regarding your little video in the Arcade: there was a long unlit hall where your friends were shining flashlights along the wall - everywhere from close to the camera to furthest away was in sharp focus, telling me that you had a somewhat small aperture - yet the detail captured in that low light was awesome! I was assuming the ISO had to be high, but there was no apparent grain in the presentation. Does the flashlight provide enough light for the (assumed) small aperture, or is there another explanation? Video in low light with large depth of field and no apparent grain was messing with my head - I wasn’t patient enough to ask you in person due to the line of people….. Thanks, Rhoel

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Hi Vincent,

I am impressed with your first foray into the video world, ‘Reverie’. As a working DP, I have questions about the 5D/Mk2, which haven’t been answered by the manual PDF or via Canon tech support.
1) Shutter- info on page 125 (bottom) seems to indicate that the shutter in video mode is in fact a rolling shutter, which isn’t all that desirable. And a graph on pg. 126 (top) seems to give further support the notion that the video scanning is via a rolling shutter. Do you have any facts as to how the shutter works in video- mode?
2) Also noted on pg. 126 is a curious caution that the camera heats up under various conditions including video mode. What was your experience when making ‘Reverie’?
3) Did you encounter any situations that resulted in horizontal streaks from bright light sources?
4) As a video camera it also seems that the external audio input is limited to record in AGC (auto gain control), has any one discovered a manual setting for the audio input?
5) Have you or anyone else garnered full video tech specs for the 5d/Mk2.
Thanks for making and sharing “Reverie’, and for any light you can shed on my questions.

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