stillmotion

today is saturday – day 20 of our trip. we’re in the bus making the trek from los angeles to portland, with stops in between. since it’s a 20 hour drive, and a beautiful one at that, we’re going to be stopping in some key places to rest, photograph, and see some amazing landscapes.

today we’re planning on stopping for a speedy lunch in san francisco, then heading up the 101 along the coast towards mendocino where we hope to stop for a walk, and then we’ll be going towards redwood national park to see the amazing forests we’ve heard so much about.

given that we have wifi on the bus, i thought that as i gaze out the window, i could post some photos of our trip thus far. in a previous post, i shared pictures from day 1 through 4, so now, here are some from days 5 through 19.

for those of you who haven’t visited the caravan blog, and want to see what we’re up to in a bit more detail, please visit canoncaravan.stillmotionblog.com.

-amina

our D.C. hotel. At least the A/C works.

we ate at an asian fusion restaurant tonight. Tat loved the cutlery there and made several jokes with the waiter about swiping a few sets on her way out. Low and behold, he comes out at the end of dinner with our doggy bags, and Tat’s has a few sets of very stylish forks and knives in it.

a set of legs we found at the smithsonian.

selena’s processional shot through a set of binoculars (see next photo).

being a little goofy during their photo session.

anything to get the shot.

during the chicago workshop, the girls were getting some work done. uniformly.

we had so much fun with our chicago attendees.

illustrating shooting techniques to the class.

some weird stuff happened during the shooting exercises.

at the big bean. patrick’s group “cheats” to balance the light in the background with the light on the model.

ohh the intensity.

media access at wrigley field for the phillies x cubs game!

multitasking. doing laundry and a shooting a tutorial at the same time.

at the grand canyon  – sight seeing and shooting tutorial #2.

everyone in the team had a role. the girls took turns holding the flag (a mounted poster) to block the sun.

on the way to las vegas.

desert approaching and crazy skies.

we went to a cirque du soleil show for justin’s birthday. the lighting was out of this world.

and of course, so were the acrobatics.

during the shooting exercise in LV, one of our attendees makes a custom cut cookie.

while another group heads to the strip for their visuals.

prepping the camera for  a bit of an aerial shot.

once again, anything for the shot…

in LA, the view from our dinner table

wha?

LA shooting exercise. low mode steadicam tracking superstar model, angie.

LA class listening to justin intently. 4-shot panorama stitched in PS.

patty is a wedding planner based in california. within minutes of talking to her, a good year or so ago, i can remember exactly what i wanted to try and capture in their same day edit. being a planner, i wondered how involved she would be in her own wedding. it turns out that her entire wedding party headed into the venue the day before to setup all of their personal details that they planned for the following day. the morning of the wedding another storyline emerged, and that was of their personal vows and how excited/nervous she was for that part of the day. the idea for their film was to try and weave those two stories together. so when we showed up the morning of the wedding, it was much more relevant to me to cover the bridesmaids putting together the bouquets, which spoke to how involved they all were, than it was to focus on the somewhat more traditional things such as the make-up and hair.

for those of you that we have been lucky enough to meet along our canon cinema caravan trip across the US, you will remember their film as an example of threading. there are a lot of little details in the beginning of this film that come back and tie into the ending.

on a technical note, this piece was colored in apple color to really give it a more advanced vintage look. why vintage -i hope you were thinking that :) ?

this toning because patty loves to collect so many vintage things, from trunks, to chalkboards, to window frames. many of them were then tied into the decor of her wedding. that paired with what she wore on the wedding day made me think that a vintage tone would convey their story and mesh with it so much better. if your interested in reading more about that, check out my personal blog post about the color on this film here.

we still have a couple cities left on the canon cinema caravan. be sure to follow our adventures on the caravan here.

P.