Timelapse: Stars

I tried to do a short timelapse of the stars yesterday. Settings Camera: Canon 7D Exp.: 29sec Interval: 5 sec Aperture: f/3.5 ISO: 160 Focal length: 18mm WB: Auto 160 pictures I simply forgot to set the White Balance to manual, which is why you can see flickrs from time to time. Also need to be better at getting the focus right. But then I've learned from that and can do a better job next time. I read Timothy Allans blog, a great BBC...

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New film "Running Scared"

The result of the Advertising and Video collaboration project. We started the project in the beginning of November with the advertising student pitching their ideas to us. The "scenario" was that the advertising student were our clients, hiring us to make a commercial for them. The project brief said to create a viral for a smart phone. iPhone 4S, with focus on the new app SIRI, was chosen. We worked closely together to develop...

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First shoot in Cardiff

Here's a sample of some of what I shot on Friday in Cardiff. I've just imported and added cuts, no colour correction or similar. This is NOT an official trailer/teaser. Its purpose is only as reference on my blog...

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New job as a camera operator

I got a job (unpaid) working as a camera operator for a art documentary based is Cardiff. So happy! We are filming 25/11, 3/12, 9/12 and 10/12. How did I get this? One of my teachers who's got a part-time position at the university saw my "220711" and asked if I'd like to work for her, as a camera operator and assistant. Of course I said yes. The exhibition will be on in January. I'll keep you updated about the progre...

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Student Swansea Events - Paint Party

This is the piece I did for Student Swansea Events for the Fuzzylogic Paint Party 2011. 17GB / 40 min footage boiled down to 2:51...

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iLoveMonday - The Great Give Away

The piece I did last Monday, about the iLoveMonday - The Great Give Awa...

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iLoveHalloween

My piece from iLoveMondays Halloween party, South Wales biggest annual Halloween party...

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FuzzyLogic Halloween

The piece I did for FuzzyLogic last Wednesday. Filming for my regular team, iLoveMondays, tomorrow for Hallowe...

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B2 : Ideas

Laura Chineese shaddow puppets, black and white, 1940 style - classical drama; good vs evil, clisje. What makes evil evil Psycotic interview, seems calm, but really dark. ''I like killing people.....nah just joking'' Lauran Volkswagen dance commercial kinda feel - the same lighting Iain Tesco mobile ad, well light room, think Matrix kinda feel Small set, miniature. Not animation. Like Legoland, normal characters walk there. Dark, Sin City feel Tom-Daniel - Spesial effects/motion effects picture - Matrix; crew coming home to Sion Johan...

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SSEvents TV

My piece from Monday 24th of October. I'm enjoying the job very much, a bit late sometimes, but great to put on my CV. Now I'm going to edit FuzzyLogics video from last night, their Halloween themed party. To give an update about uni projects; We're working in three different group in three different modules, to produce a piece in each. One is to be handed in 21st of November, second on the 18th of January and the last in May. I also got another project I'm working on, which is individual. Where I'm going to make documentaries, which is really...

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New job: Photographer for Swansea Student Events

I've started my new job now, for Student Swansea Events. Working as a promoter and photographer (film mainly). We had our first "trial" evening on Wednesday the 19th of October at Fuzzylogic (Oceana). For now I'm working in the Monday team, promoting the concept iLoveMondays. Today I've been visiting Illustration course to tell the student about the Halloween flyer competition. Basically we want them to design a flyer within 36 hours. Can it...

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Meaning to life

Every Thursday I've got a four philosophy seminar/lecture. I like philosophy, it makes you think of the world differently. This is a response I've written to one of the topics we had today (13/10/2011).  _____________________________________________________________ What is the meaning of life? This is a question philosophers and people have asked themselves from dawn of time. It's in the very nature of humans to question the world around...

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Photographer for band

Right now I'm volunteering for the SMU student union, METSU. In addition to general work, I do photos and films for them. Last night it was Live Lounge, where several bands performed. I took some good photos and clips of a new band, The Reservoir Wolves. I showed it to the group and they seemed to like them, so I gave them my contact details and they gave me theirs. They said they'd let me know when the got gigs in the area, cause then...

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OPENING MY YOU TUBE CHANNEL

I've set up my professional/work related YouTube account today, where I'm gonna be posting the same videos as on Vimeo. Check it out HERE This is to maximize the exposure of my projects. So now you can view them both on Vimeo AND You Tu...

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PHOTOGRAPHY SUBMISSIONS

Just submitted two pictures to the WPO Sony World Photography Awards. Under the Open competition and "Panorama" and "People" theme. The deadline for this competition is 4th of January 2012, so might still go back and changed it if I take another picture that fits better. You want submit to? Log on to WPO.o...

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INSPIRATION #1

Coldplay have got many great songs and this is definately one of them. I love the ingenuity of this music video. The stop-motion effect is really good...

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NEW WEBSITE LAUNCHED

My new website is now done. Check it out at tomdaniellaugerud.com or tomdaniel.eu. I still haven't a 100% decided with what domain to go with. I used the Wix editor to create my site, cause the little web coding I know won't get me that far. I can do some basic stuff here and there, but that's about it. If you're wondering why I have two domains, it's because I got tomdaniellaugerud.com free through Wix, simple as that. In mid June, actually at...

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TIME LAPSE ABERTAWE

My newest / old film. A time lapse of Swansea, which I started in February 2011 and countiniued working on until late April. In May some university projects came up, so this project was put on hold. But today I did the finishing touches and uploaded it. I wanted to experiment and learn more about time lapse. The raw material is composed of 2330 still pictures, shot on my Canon EOS 400D, which then is imported into After Effects as jpg-sequences. In AE I adjusted the size of the pictures and also some brightness/exposure correction...

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Tom-Daniel Laugerud's photostream

tomdlaugerud's photostream on Flic...

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