This is kinda my reel. Not in the traditional manner but whatever. Lots of shots here. About 5 minutes. Some seen before, most not. Mainly shot on XHA1 but also XLH1. Some with stock lens, some with Letus FE and Letus Extreme. A big mish mosh...best of disjecta.

I will not be posting a full rez version of this because it's just way too big and a pain...sorry.

Enjoy it and hire me:

Quicktime version: http://www.pinelakefilms.com/reel.html

Thanks to Phil Bloom for the inspiration to use the Village soundtrack (this is a placeholder until an original soundtrack is created).

Steven, that is very very impressive.
Really influential in terms of framing and movement as well.


I'm working on something like that, that I hope to be the urban equivalent.

Nice reel, Steven....once again....more inspiration for us...

Looks VERY impressive man... Thank you again for sharing...

This is kinda my reel. Not in the traditional manner but whatever. Lots of shots here. About 5 minutes. Some seen before, most not. Mainly shot on XHA1 but also XLH1. Some with stock lens, some with Letus FE and Letus Extreme. A big mish mosh...best of disjecta.

I will not be posting a full rez version of this because it's just way too big and a pain...sorry.

Enjoy it and hire me:

http://www.pinelakefilms.com/XHA1/reel8.wmv

110 megs approx

Thanks to Phil Bloom for the inspiration to use the Village soundtrack.


If you were in the UK, I would hire you in an instant.

Steven,

As usual, it's always a pleasure and inspiration to see your work. Thank you for sharing.

By the way some footage is wider than it is taller. Do you use a mask in post? The aspect ratio of the visible parts (if you get what I mean) is not 16:9. How and why do you do this?

Shiv.

Stunning. It was like pawing through a chest of little treasures, each one unique yet equally appealing. I watched it twice to make sure I didn't miss any of the little 'pieces.'

Steve

Gorgeous. The near dusk and dawn shots are stunning as are the atmosphere ones, mist, fog. As always, great framing.

Somebody hire him.

trish

I've said it before: I really admire your work. You seem to have some kind of magic eye for what works and what don't work. The music you select also gives that extra touch.

I thought I heard that music before, is it from any of your earlier films or is it from a movie i've seen?


Regards,

/Bo

Thanks guys (and gal)...

Bo, the music is from the Village...as I said, just a placeholder until I can get an original soundtrack set.

Steven, this is so beautiful to look at. Your work is a great inspiration for me, keep it up and please continue to post here, even if someone hire you for some commersial work!

Thanks

Hi

Actually, when I looked at your file, I thought the music either came from The Village, or from another of your films! But thanks for the info anyway!


Regards,

/Bo

Thanks guys...just added a quicktime version for those on a mac. See modified first post.

That's just awesome!
Thank you for sharing.

Really magical. The third shot of the dog walker is breathtaking.

Really impressive. I hope you get a lot of success from your talent.

By the way Steven,

Those walking the dog shots...

That must have been the first video of yours that I saw. If I remember correctly, you'd just bought the A1 and took some shots on your way to work.

I loved that video and could never find it afterwards. On your way to work, huh? Thats just insult to injury. I plan for my shoots and even then they just about turn out the way I think they would.

Do you still have that edit and if so could you post it once again please?

There isn't one single shot in that reel that could be criticized or critiqued. Every single one has perfect color, perfect subject, perfect framing and lighting... absolutely amazing. Doesn't matter what camera, settings or lenses were used, each frame looks like a million bucks.... awesome work.

Thanks again everyone.

Shiv, the sunrise footage you are referring to is still on this site: http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=89343

Steven,

Really nice collection of shots set to a beautiful piece of music. My favorite part looked like a dolly shot starting in the forest and moving to the snow covered mountain. It had so much depth I felt like I was there. One suggestion, the disolve transition from the sun closeup to the geese swimming across the lake bothered me. The sun just dominated too much of the transition IMO. Might want to try a cut or something else.

Also, I really liked the build up shots of the snow flurries and would have liked for them to lead into a "big" snow scene at the end of the sequence. Anyway, great work and look forward to seeing more.

Thanks Mark. The "snow" scene you mentioned is actually a cottonwood tree shedding its cotton....it was fleeting (so what I shot was it) and I didn't want to mix it with actual snow shots.

Ah, it fooled me. I guess I didn't look close enough.

Steven,

Thanks for the link. The video I remember seeing had various shots of the park and stuff. Essentially the later part of the video you gave me the link for. I understand if you don't have that video stored on your server anymore. Every video I've seen of yours is just brings about a a "wow".

I'm just glad you and of course everyone else share their work!

Thanks.

Shiv.

Steven have you ever considered making a tutorial dvd? Heck how about a tutorial HD-DVD and/or Blu-Ray? These shots are fantastic.

I seriously think you just post stuff here for an ego boost. =P

I'm just messing with ya. It is really amazing. You definitely know how to use that camera. The shots are beautiful, and honestly, I think you should keep the music. It goes perfectly with the movie. And if you're not selling the reel and it's just a demo, then you don't really need to make original music.

Be sure to post more stuff soon so you can get another ego boost. =)

Great work mate. Very inspiring shots and thanks for sharing I have actually learnt a quiet few things from your footage.

Are those ducks CGI at the beginning, they just keep coming like they are on a conveyer belt :P just kidding

I hope you will get to shoot some narrative films, would love to see some footage.

really lovely Steven. Beautiful

Hi Steven

I'll echo all the comments here - nicely done! You may have this elsewhere but how about an inventory of your EFP kit, post-prod work flow and what if any colour correction you may have done for this reel - or are those files untreated in the timeline? If they are - amazing.

thanks

GS

That footage is really inspiring Steven, WOW, I had to watch it three or four times to fully appreciate it. Watching some of the shots it felt like I was there. Great work!

a great work with Beautiful images and strong emotions.
The movies of the sky and sun are very espressive.
Did you record in 24f?