Many
a time have we mentioned multimedia photography on this site and in our
several blogs. Yet, all images presented so far on our site have been
still images - just like in your grand daddy's time. Well, no more. On
this page, we finally present some samples of our multimedia work. To
be honest, we have struggled with this a bit.
On the one hand, we could have gone for
streaming video like so many others. But we just hated the thought of
submitting our work to the low quality video that entails. It may be
ok for newscasts but really not for fine art. Then, on the other hand,
we could go for downloadable video files that can be played on a variety
of devices and
platforms. This is a bit more of a hassle and band width eater for you,
the user, and your system. And we wish we could say the result would
be great quality. Unfortunately this is not the case. The mpeg1 format
is not great quality although far better than streamed material. And
the files are big. This is not 
something for dial-up people. We could
go for mpeg2 which is far superior but even more of a hassle for you.
Such as, the files are twice the size of mpeg1. Not so good.
So we compromised. The links below to the various multimedia documentary samples we'd like you to try, point to mpeg1 files. The way it works is: simply click or double click on the link. That action should, in most cases, load your mpeg1 software (such as Windows Media Player or the Real Player) and simply play the file once downloaded. Possibly, you are set up to download the file directly. In that case you may need to manually load it into your player. Either way, you get a sample of our work that is of not-great but passable quality.
Needless
to say, our multimedia DVDs use the highest possible quality, exceeding
that of the present samples by a huge margin.
So what are these photography samples? The first four are extracts from our Symphonie Noir documentarys. These extracts are about one third of the real thing and, again, of substantially lower quality.. To accommodate the shorter running time, the music score is different from the original as well.
Please note the file sizes as shown below. Also, we recommend using a reader the supports full screen display mode (for instance, the free version of Quicktime does NOT).
The fifth sample is brand new. As I write this, the photos were shot just two days ago (mostly) during Seattle's Torchlight parade. New as the show is, it contains some rough edges. Also it is just Part one of two. Part one is all digital. Part two is all film and still in development and scanning.
So there you are. Enjoy and provide feedback if you like.
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