The Pencil of Nature, a video collection for #NaVloPoMo 2009 by Lorenz Gude and Julian Seery Gude

Reflections

lgude — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:56:57 +0000

I’ve been noticing that the natural sounds in the bush in Australia really enhance these modern day Lumieres. This one is complex enough visually so that could stand on it own easily, but the reality of the running stream anchors it firmly in the moment without destroying its timeless quality. What do you think?

Here the sunset is reaching into the heavily shaded headwaters of Perth’s Canning River creating an ambiguously flat image of an area that actually has considerable depth.

Red Tail Cockatoo

lgude — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:37:54 +0000

I got a flash of red as I spied this big Cockatoo landing on the branch. Naturally I wanted him to stay for a full minute but he took off halfway through. Initially disappointed, I realized that the residual motion of the branches and leaves were also interesting. More so because the viewer knows a large bird has just left.

Iron Tiger

lgude — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:57:33 +0000

Well, more like Tiger sitting on the ironing board in a rare moment of neither coming nor going.

Agitation

lgude — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:48:52 +0000

The story is in the sound of this Lumiere – which disqualifies it from being a proper Lumiere. I think certain one minute clips are worth including sound because they make us aware of how sound and picture relate. In this one the sound creates the mood and makes the urban environment obvious. Usually I seek out meditative scenes that induce calm and self reflection – not this time. It is all about agitation.

High Spirits

lgude — Mon, 17 May 2010 09:46:21 +0000

Setting out to make a Lumiere of this quietly flowing stream a couple of young women walking dogs arrived on the scene.

Bank Run

jinfinite8 — Thu, 13 May 2010 11:26:28 +0000

My bank is about a mile away downtown. Parking there can be a hassle, getting through the local college cross walk can be a hassle. Riding your bike, walking or running = no hassles. Longboarding = a kind of flying = joy.

Cockatoo Cachophany

lgude — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:30:56 +0000

Like a bunch of school kids cutting up in the park on the way home these fine fellows seem totally oblivious to being observed. It seemed wrong to remove their chatter to fit the strict definition of Lumiere, so I just left it in.

Gum Tree at Sunset

lgude — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:23:02 +0000

It was such a still evening that I didn’t think there was much movement to record, but zooming in on some gum trees in the middle distance showed that the leaves were very busy. And quite a change in the light over the minute the camera was on.

Wet’n Dry

lgude — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:34:37 +0000

A charming illusion – an artificial stream in a desert environment near Phoenix Arizona.

Feline OCD

lgude — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 14:20:46 +0000

My friend’s cat, Rodent, is part Thai temple cat, and actually not much bigger than a half grown kitten. Her size does not prevent her from winning her share of battles with a Staffordshire Bull Terrier something like a hundred times her weight. As you can see, she is a bit compulsive about her ablutions.