Refractographs

This tutorial guides you through the process to create Refractographs and shows you the process I use to create these abstract photographs. Refractographs are caustic patterns produced as light reflects and refracts through an object. Check out http://robturneyvisuals.com/portfolio/refraction/ for some examples of my refractographs or keep in touch on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RobTurneyPhotography Note: There is little to no post production on the images and they are all images of real light and not computer generated.

Photographer Rob Turney shows us how to create these beautiful images.


 
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Supercut: Characters with their Backs to the Camera

A collection of "back to the camera" shots. The character stands center frame (most of the time), looking out at some epic landscape. MUSIC: "God Moving Over the Face of the Waters" by Moby Buy from Amazon: http://amzn.to/Uhdreb MOVIES: 00:05 - The Aviator 00:10 - The Legend of 1900 00:12 - Synecdoche, NY 00:15 - The Shining 00:17 - Beyond the Black Rainbow 00:19 - Once Upon A Time In Anatolia 00:22 - Baraka 00:24 - Walk The Line 00:25 - The Runaways 00:26 - The Fifth Element 00:28 - Dark City 00:29 - Hamlet 00:30 - Network 00:31 - Black Swan 00:34 - Lenny 00:35 - Dennis Leary: No Cure For Cancer 00:36 - Bronson 00:37 - Fantasia 00:38 - Southland Tales 00:40 - The Iron Lady 00:41 - Hugo 00:43 - The Searchers 00:45 - Prometheus 00:48 - Event Horizon 00:50 - The Fifth Element 00:53 - Doctor Who: S01E02 00:55 - Sunshine 00:57 - Tron Legacy 01:00 - Stargate 01:02 - Starman 01:04 - Kundun 01:07 - Enter The Void 01:09 - Inglorious Basterds 01:11 - Watchmen 01:14 - Sin City 01:16 - Gangster No. 1 01:18 - L.A. Confidential 01:21 - Christine 01:23 - Hero 01:26 - House of Flying Daggers 01:28 - Akira Kurosawa's Dreams 01:31 - Predators 01:33 - Alexander 01:35 - Kingdom of Heaven 01:37 - There Will Be Blood 01:40 - The Cell 01:42 - Valhalla Rising 01:45 - Snow White and the Huntsman 01:47 - Alexander 01:49 - Immortals 01:52 - John Carter 01:54 - Troy 01:57 - Thor 01:59 - The Matrix Revolutions 02:04 - The Abyss 02:08 - Event Horizon 02:13 - Watchmen 02:18 - Another Earth 02:23 - Take Shelter 02:27 - Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within 02:32 - Constantine 02:37 - War of the Worlds 02:46 - Close Encounters of the Third Kind 02:48 - Knowing 02:51 - Hero 02:53 - 300 02:56 - Take Shelter 03:01 - Beasts of the Southern Wild 03:03 - The Proposition 03:06 - Snow White and the Hunstman 03:08 - Interview with the Vampire 03:10 - Alice in Wonderland 03:13 - Heat 03:15 - Rendezvous with Rama (Vancouver Film School trailer) 03:17 - Star Trek Generations 03:19 - Minority Report 03:22 - Skyline 03:25 - Inception 03:27 - X-Men: First Class 03:30 - Carrie (2002) 03:32 - The Day the Earth Stood Still 03:34 - Hamlet 03:36 - Valhalla Rising 03:39 - Jericho S01E01 03:41 - The Divide 03:44 - Dark City 03:46 - The Day the Earth Stood Still 03:48 - Mission to Mars 03:51 - Life of Pi 03:52 - The Fountain 03:58 - Fight Club 04:03 - Pan's Labyrinth 04:07 - The Empire Strikes Back 04:12 - Gone with the Wind 04:22 - What Dreams May Come

From the Vimeo page:​

MOVIES:

00:05 - The Aviator

00:10 - The Legend of 1900

00:12 - Synecdoche, NY

00:15 - The Shining

00:17 - Beyond the Black Rainbow

00:19 - Once Upon A Time In Anatolia

00:22 - Baraka

00:24 - Walk The Line

00:25 - The Runaways

00:26 - The Fifth Element

00:28 - Dark City

00:29 - Hamlet

00:30 - Network

00:31 - Black Swan

00:34 - Lenny

00:35 - Dennis Leary: No Cure For Cancer

00:36 - Bronson

00:37 - Fantasia

00:38 - Southland Tales

00:40 - The Iron Lady

00:41 - Hugo

00:43 - The Searchers

00:45 - Prometheus

00:48 - Event Horizon

00:50 - The Fifth Element

00:53 - Doctor Who: S01E02

00:55 - Sunshine

00:57 - Tron Legacy

01:00 - Stargate

01:02 - Starman

01:04 - Kundun

01:07 - Enter The Void

01:09 - Inglorious Basterds

01:11 - Watchmen

01:14 - Sin City

01:16 - Gangster No. 1

01:18 - L.A. Confidential

01:21 - Christine

01:23 - Hero

01:26 - House of Flying Daggers

01:28 - Akira Kurosawa's Dreams

01:31 - Predators

01:33 - Alexander

01:35 - Kingdom of Heaven

01:37 - There Will Be Blood

01:40 - The Cell

01:42 - Valhalla Rising

01:45 - Snow White and the Huntsman

01:47 - Alexander

01:49 - Immortals

01:52 - John Carter

01:54 - Troy

01:57 - Thor

01:59 - The Matrix Revolutions

02:04 - The Abyss

02:08 - Event Horizon

02:13 - Watchmen

02:18 - Another Earth

02:23 - Take Shelter

02:27 - Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

02:32 - Constantine

02:37 - War of the Worlds

02:46 - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

02:48 - Knowing

02:51 - Hero

02:53 - 300

02:56 - Take Shelter

03:01 - Beasts of the Southern Wild

03:03 - The Proposition

03:06 - Snow White and the Hunstman

03:08 - Interview with the Vampire

03:10 - Alice in Wonderland

03:13 - Heat

03:15 - Rendezvous with Rama (Vancouver Film School trailer)

03:17 - Star Trek Generations

03:19 - Minority Report

03:22 - Skyline

03:25 - Inception

03:27 - X-Men: First Class

03:30 - Carrie (2002)

03:32 - The Day the Earth Stood Still

03:34 - Hamlet

03:36 - Valhalla Rising

03:39 - Jericho S01E01

03:41 - The Divide

03:44 - Dark City

03:46 - The Day the Earth Stood Still

03:48 - Mission to Mars

03:51 - Life of Pi

03:52 - The Fountain

03:58 - Fight Club

04:03 - Pan's Labyrinth

04:07 - The Empire Strikes Back

04:12 - Gone with the Wind

04:22 - What Dreams May Come

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Putty Made of Magnetic Stuff Makes for Some Trippy Putty

In this episode of SHANKS FX we have some fun with the wonderful weirdness of "Magnetic Putty". We used this Putty to create a lot of the Black Hole sequences in our film SCI-FLY. We now take a 2nd run at experimenting with this "strange matter" to see what new images & sequences can be achieved!!! For more visit ---------------> http://MovieMagicNow.com Like us on Facebook -----> http://Facebook.com/ShanksFX Music by Big Fok -----------> http://BigFok.com HERE IS THE KIND OF PUTTY I USED --> http://store.yahoo.com/cgi-bin/clink?puttyworld+vrJ4Sh+index.html+ In Association with PBS Digital Studios --> http://youtube.com/user/PBSDigitalStudios

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Magnetic putty is a lot like ferrofluids (Trippy Watercolor and Ferrofluid Photos July 5, 2012)​: magnetic particles suspended in a mixture. In the case of magnetic putty, it's thicker: you can mold and shape it with your hands and it will maintain its form. 

But put it near a magnet, and look at it come to life. A bit creepy. Totally trippy.​

ARCHICULTURE: A Film Articulating the Way Architecture Education Can and Does Work

Logline Archiculture examines the current and future state of studio-based, design education. Synopsis Archiculture takes a thoughtful, yet critical look at the architectural studio. The film offers a unique glimpse into the world of studio-based, design education through the eyes of a group of students finishing their final design projects. Interviews with leading professionals, historians and educators help create crucial dialog around the key issues faced by this unique teaching methodology. Outline 1. Intro - Welcome to archiCULTURE 2. Design Education - So What Exactly is Design Education? 3. Studio Culture - Meet Your New Family 4. Critique - Desk Crits, Pin Ups, Juries O’ My! 5. Best Architects - Making it as an Architect 6. School vs. Practice - Two Worlds Collide 7. Starchitecture - The Plague of the Starchitect 8. New generation - The Designers of Tomorrow 9. The Future - I See Myself...

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​I began my higher education as an architecture student, in love with the notion that form and beauty and structure, human experience, behavior of the materials of the world can all be invoked in a single set of decisions. Still in love with it, apparently: not just the product of architecture, but the process.​

Here is the trailer for Archiculture, a film premiering in a few weeks out here in Southern California at the Newport Beach Film Festival. ​

And, whenever I am given the chance, I like to again share the amazing 6-part BBC documentary from Stewart Brand's book How Buildings Learn. I have watched the whole series scores of times and never get tired of it.

This six-part, three-hour, BBC TV series aired in 1997. I presented and co-wrote the series; it was directed by James Muncie, with music by Brian Eno. The series was based on my 1994 book, HOW BUILDINGS LEARN: What Happens After They're Built. The book is still selling well and is used as a text in some college courses.

This six-part, three-hour, BBC TV series aired in 1997. I presented and co-wrote the series; it was directed by James Muncie, with music by Brian Eno. The series was based on my 1994 book, HOW BUILDINGS LEARN: What Happens After They're Built. The book is still selling well and is used as a text in some college courses.

This six-part, three-hour, BBC TV series aired in 1997. I presented and co-wrote the series; it was directed by James Muncie, with music by Brian Eno. The series was based on my 1994 book, HOW BUILDINGS LEARN: What Happens After They're Built. The book is still selling well and is used as a text in some college courses.

This six-part, three-hour, BBC TV series aired in 1997. I presented and co-wrote the series; it was directed by James Muncie, with music by Brian Eno. The series was based on my 1994 book, HOW BUILDINGS LEARN: What Happens After They're Built. The book is still selling well and is used as a text in some college courses.

This six-part, three-hour, BBC TV series aired in 1997. I presented and co-wrote the series; it was directed by James Muncie, with music by Brian Eno. The series was based on my 1994 book, HOW BUILDINGS LEARN: What Happens After They're Built. The book is still selling well and is used as a text in some college courses.

This six-part, three-hour, BBC TV series aired in 1997. I presented and co-wrote the series; it was directed by James Muncie, with music by Brian Eno. The series was based on my 1994 book, HOW BUILDINGS LEARN: What Happens After They're Built. The book is still selling well and is used as a text in some college courses.

New Zealand in Gorgeous Timelapse

This timelapse features my best work yet. It represents hours and hours of dedication to the art. I'm driven by chasing fleeting moments of damatic light on beautiful landscapes and also capturing the night sky and milky way in all it's glory is a real buzz. Not be mention curling up out under the stars beside all the gear for whole nights at a time catching some sleep here and there between checking the gear and changing batteries and staring up into eternity with spectacular meteors burning up in the cosmic shore out the corner of your eye. Doing this sort of thing has bought me closer and closer to the wilderness. There is something about doing this sort of stuff that just makes you want to keep coming back for more and more. Maybe it's the experience of being out there at one with the incredible beauty of this landscape. Maybe it's the challenge of capturing it in the camera in the way that you witnessed it. Maybe it's the excitement of seeing just what you got when you finally render it all out. Maybe it's the satisfaction you get out of showing this to other people. Most probably it's a combination of all these things. I hope you enjoy watching this timelapse. Please leave a comment if you wish, I'd love to hear from you. It is my hope that in bringing back a little piece of nature to portray in this way helps spark the respect we need to have for such an incredible place. All scenes shot in the North Island of New Zealand. Main equipment used: Canon 5D Mark II & various Canon Lenses Dynamic Perception Stage Zero 6ft Dolly Music: "Go Beyond" by Ben and Matt Hales, licensed for use through Universal Publishing Production Music and APRA New Zealand. Thanks to my family for putting up with my habit ;)

New Zealand sure is pretty...​

Equipped with Canon 5D Mark II, photographer Bevan Percival brings us this absolutely gorgeous landscape timelapse of the country.

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PSY's new video: Gentleman

▶ NOW available on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/PsyGentlemaniT ▶ Official PSY Online Store US & International : http://psy.shop.bravadousa.com/ ▶ About PSY from YG Ent.: http://smarturl.it/YGfamilyAboutPSY ▶ PSY's Products on eBay: http://stores.ebay.com/ygentertainment ▶ YG-eShop: http://www.ygeshop.com For More Information @ http://www.facebook.com/officialpsy http://twitter.com/psy_oppa http://twitter.com/ygent_official http://me2day.net/psyfive http://www.psypark.com App Store: http://goo.gl/l9TU6 Google Play: http://goo.gl/UiEn1 © YG Entertainment Inc.

The uber-mega-pop star continues his satirical ways with Gentleman.​

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Song of the Day - Mujeres Bellas y Fuertes by El Mato un Policia Motorizado

(Las imagenes no son mias, la intencion era hacer algo mejor con esta musica hermosa.) Mixing de imagines de algo que me parecía que poder resultar en un videoclip. No tengo intención de infringir ningún copyright solo tirar una idea al aire de parte de alguien que disfruta esta música.

​Él Mató a un Policía Motorizado is an indie rock band from La Plata, Argentina, made up of Santiago Motorizado (bass y vocals), Doctora Muerte (drums), Pantro Puto (guitar), Niño Elefante (guitar) and Chatrán Chatrán (keyboard).

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Song of the Day - Delta by C2C

Buy the album 'TETRA' or EP here http://umusic.ly/C2C http://www.facebook.com/C2Cofficial Twitter : @C2Cdjs http://soundcloud.com/c2cdjs

From Wikipedia:

C2C​ is a French turntable group created in 1998. The group consist of four members: 20Syl and Greem, from Hocus Pocus, Atom and Pfel from Beat Torrent, all from the city of Nantes.

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