Fusionatomy Episode 1 – What is Fusion, Collision Conference
September 6, 2009 by Lan Bui
Filed under Featured, The Boring Show
In this, our first episode, we talk a little bit about what we feel fusion photo/video is… we also talk about the Collision Conference, Rodney Charters, Vincent Laforet, Planet Mitch, SmugMug, Drew Gardner, Syl Arena, and Zeke Kamm.
It was so great to get to meet Rodney, we had a good talk about new media and what it is doing to Hollywood. Thanks so much for including our photos and website of Felicia Day in your presentation Rodney!!! Here is an image Syl took of it:
Photo by Syl Arena
SmugMug was very nice to us and brought us out to lunch, you will be seeing more collaboration between us very soon. We also went to lunch with Drew, Syl, Mitch and Zeke. Then had a dinner with Drew and Zeke… lot’s of eating, lot’s of talking about the photo and video industry.
Hey guys I loved it. AS long as you’re talking about ideas and perceptions on what you do, it’s not boring
I have always tried to “fuse” my videos and photos. So I am loving it that you will be talking about this. You guys have really motivated me to really be creative. I am more of a filmmaker/videographer but as you know dealing with film it automatically incorporates all forms…yes photography.
I really hope to see and learn about your lighting. It’s the one area I have always felt shaky about and you guys do such a great job at it. And I hope you talk about ways of working with video, photography, Fusionatomy for someone who his on a budget. When looking at your videos, you two always have some great idea on how to get that shot when resources are limit.
Like a fan I can go on and on (don’t laugh) but I’ll wait for the show and leave my fandom to the next Fusionatomy
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vubui Reply:
September 7th, 2009 at 7:48 am
Hahaha thanks Tiff! Glad to know you enjoyed it… like REALLY glad!
Even more glad to hear that we have helped to motivate your creativity. That’s a wonderful thing!
We’ll definitely be talking about the things you’ve asked about… they are going into our ideas doc now…
New episode coming soon!
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Very boring show guys!
We have just started playing with fusion (first video: http://www.vimeo.com/6451258) and my biggest curiosity is the editing so that the video’s colors, contrast, etc match the stills. I’ve tried editing in photoshop but I just couldn’t seem to get the file to save properly. Program suggestions and/or demos would be awesome.
My second question would be about equipment (steadicam, etc). I’d like to see how they work and your techniques for keeping it still!
Looking forward to the next videos.
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vubui Reply:
September 7th, 2009 at 7:54 am
Very cool video, Jen.
I think it’s the perfect use of video for a photographer. You’ve basically created a slideshow with snippets of video… and that’s perfect!
What video editing software are you using?
We will definitely talk about steadicams and stabilization in an episode coming soon.
Thanks!
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Jen Williams Reply:
September 7th, 2009 at 10:51 am
Just iMovie, but would be interested in seeing some other programs we could use to also edit the video for contrast, color, etc.
This is something we are wanting to explore more. I’ll be watching!
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Hey Dudes!
Great show – wasn’t bored at all (but then again, I know how crazy you guys are)… you’re a lot more fun than the videos I’ve been putting together today… I need some of your pizazz!
About my twitter icon/gravatar – now what should I do? Am I supposed to be branding branding branding – hence the logo in the icon – or am I putting my face everywhere. I think I’m going to keep the logo for now and put my face up on the site more via these ‘boring’ videos I’m working on… i’ll learn to be more fun as I go (but then again, I don’t have a cool brother who lives in town to jest with)
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vubui Reply:
September 7th, 2009 at 7:57 am
Hey thanks, Mitch!
We should do a video collaboration, then. You can add the information, we can add the pizzaz.
Will be hard from over there though. Or you can make a video then send it to us and we’ll do a sort of Mystery Science 3000 treatment to it! Dude, that might be perfect!
You should definitely find a brother to adopt, it makes a world of difference.
As for your logo vs. your face… I still think that the face is more important for certain communications… like blog comments. even though it’s small I think there’s still a chance you can incorporate both, though!
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Ok, so there is a video on my website at http://www.maxamphotography.com it’s cool it works and i like it! But it’s been there for ages so I want to change it.
My questions is… if you will reveal to me (please
…)
How do you do the “making a 2D image look 3D” thing you have in some of your videos! It’s awesome! I thank you and send you box of my grans scottish shortbread if you tell/show me!
- Paul
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vubui Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 7:08 am
Awesome question… stay tuned, man! The answer is coming but it’s not a super easy one so give us a little time!
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Love your work! So excited to see more of the boring show. I have just jumped into fusion with both feet–I kinda suck at it currently but I have great plans!!! I am always up for a challenge. I plan on staying tuned for tricks, tips and all the help I can get! You guys ROCK!!!
PS-I’ll work on getting a picture of myself…
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Vu Bui Reply:
September 29th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
YES! Picture of yourself for sure.
And submit it to gravatar so that it shows up when you comment on websites (like ours).
Thanks for the ping, we’ve gotta shoot another episode quick! Perhaps by tomorrow?
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How did I not know about this new site? Did you tell me about it when you were here in Hawaii, Vu??
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Vu Bui Reply:
October 12th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
Hmmm… actually it’s totally possible that I forgot to talk about it!
Welcome to The Boring Show!
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HA! This looks like a Spam comment to me
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Lan Bui Reply:
April 30th, 2010 at 8:48 am
SPam Killed.
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