Saw this on Ken Brown's blog and couldn't stop but share it myself. Here is the most brilliant piece of time lapse photography I have ever seen, created by Eyal Landesman. Make sure you watch it with volume on. I think this is also my favorite music video I have seen in years.
The music is by Oren Lavie.
With that, I'm off to bed myself.
Standing on these rocks, I couldn't help but appreciate the contrast between the ever moving water and the immovable ancient rocks that shore up the Pacific Coast. So much energy flying around, yet the rocks stand there steady and solid absorbing it all for thousands of years.
Early morning work day in San Francisco.
This was taken at 7am in December, as millions of people were making their way to the City for another day at the grind. I visualized this image in my mind for a long time, and when the day finally came when the sun was underneath this part of the Bay Bridge in the morning, I felt glad to be there, even despite a frost on my tripod and my hands.
If any of you have ever traveled through Nevada on the way to California or Utah or just inside Nevada, you'll be very familiar with this picture. In fact, if you've never traveled there and wondered what that road is like, this image captures pretty much all there is to see in Nevada besides Las Vegas.
I wasn't going to stop there, and almost regret that I did, but sitting back in the warm California now, I'm glad I got that shot. It was a cold winter day but I wanted to go back to Manti to take some pictures of the temples with the snow around it. As I was approaching the grounds, I had to stop and take this shot. The trees lined up nicely and I liked the contrast snow created.
After taking few exposures, I tried to get back on that road, but the car was stuck on that hill, as the tires had no traction. I actually spent 15 minutes before I could drive again.
It's always useful to look back and reevaluate what happened in the past year as it helps to determine where one wants to be in the next year. Thanks to the idea from Jim Goldstein, whose blog I am following, I took the time to go back through my images I took and published in 2008 and select my favorite 10. It wasn't easy to do, but in the process I learned that I am more attached to some images than to the others. Here is my list.
Honorable Mention - Life of Color in Alviso
Alviso is not the prettiest place in the Bay Area, but an interesting one for a photographer. There is a lot of color, a lot of rust, and generally this ghost town looks like life stopped there 50 years ago. I like this image because of how it captures the nature of Alviso.
#10 - Tough Choice
This was a first time to a pumpkin patch for Maks and for myself. He took the choice seriously, evaluating all pumpkins in front him.
#9 - The Edge of the Day at the Golden Gate
I like how lines in this images express motion, structure and mood of this memorable sunset in the Golden Gate area. This image also generated the most print sales for me this past year.
#8 - Lamb Day: The Parade
Lot of my wife's most cherished memories are connected to the Lamb Day in Fountain Green, Utah, and the parade in particular. When I got there, this was exactly the image I visualized in my head, a small kid going after the candy.
#7 - Indian Summer in Napa Valley
This was one of my most favorite places we visited last year. The rows of grapes go on for miles, creating all kinds of beautiful visuals.
#6 - Colors of Art
I thought the colors captured as they reflected in this image were appropriate, as they were coming from nearby museums and galleries promoting art. Again, the relationships between the lines and curves were interesting to watch. Perhaps it is my engineering background that was dominating my brain.
#5 - Magic Light on the Sunny Jim
I wasn't supposed to take this image, but the training I was in got out earlier and I grabbed my camera to see if I encounter any luck with the light and the skies to compliment the composition I had in mind. Luckily, I was there just at the rare few minutes when setting sun eliminated the Bay Bridge.
#4 - Hey Pops!
My family. Enough said.
#3 - A Summer Day in San Francisco
SF summer oftentimes means fog, and that's what I had to face when I drove up there one afternoon. At least I came back to sunny San Jose with one B&W image that captured that mood.
#2 - Winter Wonderland
What a sunset that was and I was lucky to stand next to a beautiful peace of architecture, which was completely transformed by this unbelievable light.
#1 - Discovery
One day I'll be laying on my deathbed, looking back at my life. When I'll think of 2008, this will probably be an image that will first come back to my memory. I think I enjoyed watching Maks grow more than anything else that's happened to us. This was the first time I saw him stop, and just gaze at this beautiful Santa Cruz sunset. I don't think kids appreciate nature as much as we adults too, but this was a moment of amazement to him - perhaps first time he's discovered the event we call 'sunset.' When I saw this image on the back LCD of my camera, I knew right away this was going to be my favorite image from 2008.
