This week’s project is the rough sketch of a new piano piece I’m working on. I came up with it on Tuesday evening and ran a quick video to capture the idea. 44/52: autumn piano music (rough sketch) from chromedecay on Vimeo. I recorded a cleaner version with a condensor mic this morning, but it’s [...]
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44/52: autumn piano music
43/52: new video – “a bliptronic day”
I realized something partway through last week’s project with the Bliptronic 5000. One of the things that makes the Bliptronic such a fun musical toy is the fact that you can take it everywhere, thanks to its built-in speaker. Within a few days of having it, I’d used it in my studio, in the living [...]
39/52: a foggy day’s field recording
This past Thursday was a beautiful foggy morning, and it yielded this short video. It’s sort of a poem, in a way. I recorded the video using my Canon T1i DSLR, shooting in 720p HD. The lens was a Yashica 55mm Macro ML, mounted using a C/Y to EF adapter. This allowed me to manually [...]
38/52: camp photos
This past week, I spent 4 days at a beautiful camp in Michigan, as part of my day job teaching at Honey Creek Community School. While I was there, I had the opportunity to take some photos. I hope you enjoy them.
16/52: DIY Camera Jib/Crane
I was recently inspired by several things: Chase Jarvis’s “Cameras at Risk” blog entry, and a cheap DIY camera jib/crane at colvins.ca. This week’s project was building my own DIY camera jib/crane for getting interesting shots when shooting video. I basically followed the same idea as the colvins.ca version mentioned above. This is very much [...]
3/52: behind the scenes video, part 2
I’m pleased to announce that Part 2 of the “chromedecay behind the scenes: bill van loo live performance rig” video is now available on Vimeo. (Part 1 is also available). chromedecay behind the scenes: bill van loo live performance rig, part 2 from chromedecay on Vimeo. This 18-minute video shows me demonstrating my live electronic [...]
2/52: behind the scenes video, part 1
One thing I’ve learned about myself over the years is that I love teaching and sharing knowledge. This led directly into my chosen profession as a technology educator, and also shows itself in other ways, including making demonstration videos. I’m really pleased to be able to offer this week’s 52 things project: Part 1 of [...]