2 - Beautiful Moments on YouTube

Follow me: http://www.facebook.com/EdisProductions this video compiles all my favorite beautiful scenes from YouTube in recent of 2 months. Beautiful moments from nature, scenery, animals and action sports for Motivational and Inspirational purposes! #Soundtracks: 1. Steve Jablonsky - My Name Is Lincoln 2.

A compilation of the beautiful moments from the last 2 months of YouTube.

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My Pick - 5 things to buy an aspiring Videographer - Stephen McFadden
My Pick - 5 things to buy an aspiring Videographer - Stephen McFadden

Video is the new reading, the new literacy. And that makes videographers (camera operators, directors of photography, etc etc) the new scribes, wielding immense power in the capturing and communication of ideas and experiences. 

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3 - Vibrant Under Sea

Antony has written a new song about the corals 'RISE'. CORAL REKINDLING VENUS is major work for fulldome digital planetariums by acclaimed artist Lynette Wallworth. It is an extraordinary journey into a mysterious realm of fluorescent coral reefs, bioluminescent sea creatures and rare marine life, revealing a complex community living in the oceans most threatened by climate change. Website www.coralrekindlingvenus.com Download via donation or for free www.coralrekindlingvenus.com/rise Connect with us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/coralrkv Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/coralrekindling

Lynnete Wallworth made this beautiful video installation Coral, Rekindling Venus , which was selected to screen at the Sundance Film Festival this year. 

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my pick - 5 things to buy an aspiring photographer - Amon Focus
my pick - 5 things to buy an aspiring photographer - Amon Focus
While it's not the camera, it's the not the software, it's not the lens, it's not the gear that makes a great photo so great, they all do help the photographer capture what it is his eye wants us to see. 
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5 - The Earth - Overview Effect

On the 40th anniversary of the famous ‘Blue Marble’ photograph taken of Earth from space, Planetary Collective presents a short film documenting astronauts’ life-changing stories of seeing the Earth from the outside – a perspective-altering experience often described as the Overview Effect. The Overview Effect, first described by author Frank White in 1987, is an experience that transforms astronauts’ perspective of the planet and mankind’s place upon it. Common features of the experience are a feeling of awe for the planet, a profound understanding of the interconnection of all life, and a renewed sense of responsibility for taking care of the environment. ‘Overview’ is a short film that explores this phenomenon through interviews with five astronauts who have experienced the Overview Effect. The film also features insights from commentators and thinkers on the wider implications and importance of this understanding for society, and our relationship to the environment. CAST • EDGAR MITCHELL – Apollo 14 astronaut and founder of the Institute of Noetic Sciences • RON GARAN – ISS astronaut and founder of humanitarian organization Fragile Oasis • NICOLE STOTT – Shuttle and ISS astronaut and member of Fragile Oasis • JEFF HOFFMAN – Shuttle astronaut and senior lecturer at MIT • SHANE KIMBROUGH – Shuttle/ISS astronaut and Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army • FRANK WHITE – space theorist and author of the book ‘The Overview Effect’ • DAVID LOY- philosopher and author • DAVID BEAVER – philosopher and co-founder of The Overview Institute ———- CREW Produced by: GUY REID, STEVE KENNEDY, CHRISTOPHER FERSTAD Director: GUY REID Editor: STEVE KENNEDY Director of Photography: CHRISTOPHER FERSTAD Original Score: HUMAN SUITS Dubbing Mixer: PATCH MORRISON ———- TECHNICAL INFORMATION Filmed with Canon 5D Mk ii. Additional footage from NASA / ESA archives Duration: 19 minutes ———- Planetary Collective: http://www.planetarycollective.com/ Overview Microsite: http://www.overviewthemovie.com/ Human Suits (original score): http://www.humansuits.com/ For more information: The Overview Institute: http://www.overviewinstitute.org/ Fragile Oasis: http://www.fragileoasis.org/

The original Blue Marble photo (to the right) is 40 years old now. I find it and this video extremely moving and oddly comforting.

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2 - How Google sees 2012

See how the world searched with Google's 2012 Zeitgeist: http://google.com/zeitgeist Music: "All I Want" by Kodaline Produced by Whirled Creative

Apparently, according to Google Zeitgeist the top most popular search for 2012 in the world are:

  • 1. Whitney Houston
  • 2. Gangnam Style
  • 3. Hurricane Sandy
  • 4. iPad 3
  • 5. Diablo 3
  • 6. Kate Middleton
  • 7. Olympics 2012
  • 8. Amanda Todd
  • 9. Michael Clarke Duncan
  • 10. BBB12

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1 - Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot in Animation

A visual response to Carl Sagan's famed 'Pale Blue Dot' monologue, where he muses on our planet's appearance in a photograph taken by the Voyager 1 space probe. The most distant photograph ever taken of Earth. A personal project designed and created in After effects with extensive sound work created in addition to the music from Cosmos and spoken word from Sagan. Have wanted to bring visuals to something by Sagan for some time and finished this after working on it periodically over the last 3 months. (Edit: Now with added grammar!) Thanks for taking the time to view. twitter.com/thisisorder www.facebook.com/thisisORDER www.thisisorder.com

"From this distant vantage point, the Earth might not seem of any particular interest. But for us, it’s different. Consider again that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives."

A remarkable animation by studio ORDER. 

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3 - Timelapse of the Australian Solar Eclipse

I was fortunate to view the eclipse from "The Granite' in far north Queensland this November. Inspired by Joe Cali's short but spectacular footage of the 2008 event (https://vimeo.com/51646602), I sought a high vantage point to capture the sweep of the shadow. Clear views north and east proved difficult to find, so I had to hike an 850m peak the night before and sleep on a rock ledge. The clip includes 3 timelapses at various focal lengths. The first used a constant exposure, while the latter 2 tracked the light in the final 2 minutes either side of C2/C3, using bulb scripting. Eclipse Orchestrator software managed the light curve, while the cameras were triggered by a custom microcontroller built by Thomas Bethel. Many thanks to Fred Bruenjes and Thomas Bethel. You can find out more about my eclipse experience here: https://www.facebook.com/ColinLeggPhotography

Australia had a solar eclipse last month. Photographer Colin Legg made this outstanding timelapse of it.

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4 - Traveling for 23 Years around the World in the Same Car

Back in 1989, as the Berlin Wall fell, Gunther Holtorf and his wife Christine set out on what was meant to be an 18-month tour of Africa in their Mercedes Benz G Wagon. Now, with more than 800,000km (500,000 miles) on the clock, Gunther is still going.

With more than 800,000km on the odo,Gunther Holtorf is still going.

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my pick - 5 things to buy a shoestring traveller - Devereau Chumrau
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Even though some of my picks may appear to be "un-shoestring like," the main concern here is that you "shoestring" the trip and not the preparation for the trip.  Anyone who has tried to skimp in the beginning will probably end up paying much more later on... Remember YOU are all you have out there.
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