Pacers had me do a video on the Nike Structure 17 running shoe. The next few weeks will be pretty interesting, I plan on starting up the filming of my D.C. based timelapse film and maybe heading to OBX for some timelapsing / surf filming
Pacers-Nike Structure 17 from Pacers Running Stores on Vimeo.
Monday, September 30, 2013
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Shredding the dirt
Yesterday I met up up with this ripper Chase who loves to fly off dirt. I'll be going out with him a few more times before snow starts covering the ground.
New Balance 1080v3
A few weeks back I shot this video for my friends over at Pacers Running Store for the newly released New Balance 1080v3 running shoe.
Pacers-NB 1080v3 from Pacers Running Stores on Vimeo.
Pacers-NB 1080v3 from Pacers Running Stores on Vimeo.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
The making of "Mid-Atlantic in Motion"
For the past few years I've watched some of the best time-lapse cinematographers in the game release some amazing stuff which ultimately got me pumped to see if I could do it. When I was shooting skateboard films back in the early 2000's, timelapses were pretty much done with video and fast forwarded. These days it's all still photos from a DSLR camera.
Being on the east coast I automatically have to work harder than some guys out west. The east definitely doesn't look as epic as the west. This is because the west has mountains over looking that pacific and areas with low to no city light pollution. I didn't really think I would EVER capture the milky way being here in the east but I did A LOT of research and the and found some timelapses taken in West Virginia and North Carolina and was BLOWN away.
Back in my skateboard filming days I told all the skaters who were filming full video parts in my films to make a TRICK LIST, about 35-40 tricks got you a solid edited part. I did the same for myself here, I developed a list of about 40+ spots I wanted to check out and shoot from. The first spot on that list was the Greenbank Telescope which is in West Virginia( http://www.nrao.edu/index.php/about/facilities/gbt ). It's the worlds largest steerable radio telescope. After a few calls and emails, I finally gained access. I met the crew down there on a cold Friday evening and set up camp. I could only get within about 200 yards or so due to their sensitive radio equipment. After I shot that night I've always wanted to go back but I was denied access due to additional equipment being installed and I wasn't allowed to get within 1/4 mile of the telescope.
As I started checking most of the boxes on my list I started finding more spots. Spruce knob, WVA was added to the list and there was a reason why. It's one of the darkest skies on the east coast and I couldn't pass up the opportunity to shoot the milky way there. After a few weeks of planning and a failed mission a few weeks prior up the street at Seneca Rocks, I met with a few buddies and we drove 4 1/2 hours out. The first night was amazing, many people on the east coast DREAM of seeing a night sky this clear. My buddy Dave and I had our cameras shooting for 4 hours down at Spruce Knob lake while we watched WEDDING CRASHERS in my jeep. We got the cameras back to the car and did the scroll and noticed a pink ray that was hovering in the sky. It was pretty much a repeat on night #2 but after getting back to my computer and rendering out the time lapses it was in fact aurora borealis. Typically you see the green and pink gasses further north and west. In places like British Columbia and Ice Land, they are extremely visible. What I captured wasn't as good as those places but it was still cool to see it first hand.
City vs. Country landscape shots is a common question I get. It's hard but I think I like shooting the milky way more than the city. Maybe I'd lean more to shooting city timelapse stuff if I was able to gain access to roof tops throughout the D.C. area. I was lucky to gain access to a few but I was rejected about 15 times. Most of the time hotel and building engineers told me it was because of the federal government. I did shoot a lot more of D.C. that I didn't show in Mid-Atlantic in Motion. I plan on releasing a DC based timelapse film by next spring.
I could talk all day about the making of Mid-Atlantic in Motion all day but for now, enjoy some of these still images either from timelapses or behind the scenes.
Being on the east coast I automatically have to work harder than some guys out west. The east definitely doesn't look as epic as the west. This is because the west has mountains over looking that pacific and areas with low to no city light pollution. I didn't really think I would EVER capture the milky way being here in the east but I did A LOT of research and the and found some timelapses taken in West Virginia and North Carolina and was BLOWN away.
Back in my skateboard filming days I told all the skaters who were filming full video parts in my films to make a TRICK LIST, about 35-40 tricks got you a solid edited part. I did the same for myself here, I developed a list of about 40+ spots I wanted to check out and shoot from. The first spot on that list was the Greenbank Telescope which is in West Virginia( http://www.nrao.edu/index.php/about/facilities/gbt ). It's the worlds largest steerable radio telescope. After a few calls and emails, I finally gained access. I met the crew down there on a cold Friday evening and set up camp. I could only get within about 200 yards or so due to their sensitive radio equipment. After I shot that night I've always wanted to go back but I was denied access due to additional equipment being installed and I wasn't allowed to get within 1/4 mile of the telescope.
As I started checking most of the boxes on my list I started finding more spots. Spruce knob, WVA was added to the list and there was a reason why. It's one of the darkest skies on the east coast and I couldn't pass up the opportunity to shoot the milky way there. After a few weeks of planning and a failed mission a few weeks prior up the street at Seneca Rocks, I met with a few buddies and we drove 4 1/2 hours out. The first night was amazing, many people on the east coast DREAM of seeing a night sky this clear. My buddy Dave and I had our cameras shooting for 4 hours down at Spruce Knob lake while we watched WEDDING CRASHERS in my jeep. We got the cameras back to the car and did the scroll and noticed a pink ray that was hovering in the sky. It was pretty much a repeat on night #2 but after getting back to my computer and rendering out the time lapses it was in fact aurora borealis. Typically you see the green and pink gasses further north and west. In places like British Columbia and Ice Land, they are extremely visible. What I captured wasn't as good as those places but it was still cool to see it first hand.
City vs. Country landscape shots is a common question I get. It's hard but I think I like shooting the milky way more than the city. Maybe I'd lean more to shooting city timelapse stuff if I was able to gain access to roof tops throughout the D.C. area. I was lucky to gain access to a few but I was rejected about 15 times. Most of the time hotel and building engineers told me it was because of the federal government. I did shoot a lot more of D.C. that I didn't show in Mid-Atlantic in Motion. I plan on releasing a DC based timelapse film by next spring.
I could talk all day about the making of Mid-Atlantic in Motion all day but for now, enjoy some of these still images either from timelapses or behind the scenes.
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Mid-Atlantic in Motion
After 8 months, back and forth from Northern Virginia to Cape Hatteras or the darkest skies of West Virginia, my timelapse film "Mid-Atlantic in Motion" is finally complete. Weather was definitely not on my side but I did what I had to do to complete it. Thanks to EVERYONE who helped me find some of the spots. Enjoy
Mid-Atlantic In Motion from Mike Zorger on Vimeo.
Mid-Atlantic In Motion from Mike Zorger on Vimeo.
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