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Day 001. Driving with Dave. from kevinAfraser on Vimeo.

Entry #009

Wow, this timelapse took a long time shoot and a long time to process, but here it is. It was a valuable test and I've learned a lot about how to do it better next time. At the present moment I am also processing interview footage that I shot earlier of Dartmouth Warrior Jason Eisener. Also, I'm creating a vimeo account to show the videos in higher quality. I will provide the link to the channel as soon as it's up and running. I'm not 100% sure about what I'm shooting tomorrow but I know it will not be a timelapse. Thanks for watching.

Entry #008

Believe it or not, the ice has still not melted completely. It's 18 deg Celsius in the basement and it's still hanging on. I'll probably call it quits at noon.

Entry #007

I've been shooting a timelapse in my basement of melting ice for just over four hours now. The only trouble seems to be that the ice is not really melting at all. Who would have thought my basement would be so cold. Anybody want to deliver a space heater?

I've accepted the fact that the timelapse will be going all night and I've taken preemptive measures and blocked off the basement window in preparation for sunrise. My poor retired neighbor, who I share the basement with, won't know what to think when she goes down to do her laundry and is met with taped off light switch, an eerie blue glow, no natural light and an incessant clicking. Do you think I should leave a note?

The reason for the melting ice test is because my friend and wonderfully creative music video director Aram Kouyoumdjian and I are hoping to pull off the melting ice gag on a larger scale. Now I know, you've gotta do it somewhere really warm and use tungsten lights or plan to make a long weekend out of it.

While the timelapse was clicking away downstairs I was upstairs having a tea with Matt Chisholm and my new found friend Sean Grady. We were chatting about the last few interviews they need to wrap up a feature mocumentary they have been labouring over for quite sometime. We shoot the first one tomorrow evening and the others in the days to come.

Entry #006

Hey guys, here are a couple of the shots from lastnight. The timelapses took forever to process but I think they are decent.

Today I'm gearing up to do a test for an ice melting timelapse. I might need some luck, and some more freezer space. Anyone have a Canon tilt-shift they want to loan me...?

Entry #005

Made it through day two. Shot some time-lapses and four passes across the MacDonald bridge. I've been driving across the bridges so much over the last two days they should be able to build the third bridge with my Macpass fare. In the past I've been pulled over by the police twice while shooting with a car mount luckily both yesterday and today went very smooth without incident. Hopefully it's a good sign. The footage is on my drobo and Mpeg Streamclip is working away. Tomorrow I will put up a video sample.

I also took some stills tonight. I was inspired by two great local guys Riley Smith and Yassine Ouhilal who photographed the Dartmouth oil refinery a few months ago while testing the new Canon 7D. I was driving Zac home to Eastern Passage and decided to stop and grab some stills. If you like this type of stuff, try to check out Riley and Yazzy's refinery photos. They did it better.

Goodnight and thanks for coming back.

Entry #004

Here are some of the selects from last nights shoot. It still needs a color grade and having learned from watching this stuff, I'd like to do it again. However, for the little effort of spending an evening driving around with a friend, it's pretty cool.

This morning I took a few lock off shots of the bridge during rush hour. In an hour or so I'm off to find a spot to do a timelapse of evening rush hour, Then Zac and I will do some driving shots after dark.