Classic Castle Dracula Lego vignette
From Mark Kelso, aka Flickr user Amhakia, based on the classic set from the classic black and white films. The grayscale filter is, admittedly, a big part of the magic. [via The Brothers Brick]
Photography & Video
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for creating and editing digital photos and videos, as well as how to make your own still and video cameras.
How they shot the opening crawl in Empire Strikes Back
With a motion-control camera, a printout under glass, and some gaffer’s tape. It’s one of several completely nerdilicious photos from a new book called The Making of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back by J. W. Rinzler. More pics and anecdotes over at Vanity Fair. I especially like the long shot of the iconic Luke-I-Am-Your-Father scene that shows the big pile of mattresses on the floor in case Mark Hamill falls. [via Core77]
Lego follow focus
German maker havoc2 created this neat follow focus out of Lego. He’s working on written building instructions, but has an excellent video tutorial in the meantime. [Thanks, Jonathan!]
Better Living with MakerBot
If you haven’t checked them out already, Zaggo‘s mini documentaries on the 3D printing phenomenon are a must see. [Via the MakerBot Blog.]
Sleeping Baby Photography – Mila’s Daydreams
These photos remind me of just how much little babies sleep! Using artfully arranged blankets, the carpeted floor, and her baby’s propensity to sleep all the time, Mila’s mom Adele (Helsinki, Finland) stages imagined dreamscapes for her daughter on her blog, Mila’s Daydreams. The tagline on her blog is “I’d like to see your dreams, […]
4th Annual Mochimochi Photo Contest 2010
Get your needles and camera ready as the 4th Annual Mochimochi Photo Contest starts now and runs through November 15th. They’re looking for the cutest, most interesting photos of Mochimochi Land toys. Just upload your photo(s) to the Mochimochi Friends Flickr group before the deadline. More info and contest rules are on the Mochimochi blog.
Lego Technic camera dollies
AFOL Peer Kreuger‘s fascinating Power Functions-enhanced “camera vehicles” are used as mini dollies to record videos of his Lego creations. UPDATE: Here are two videos of the result. Nicely done!
