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by Keith Loutit

1 year ago

10. Hulkamania

by Keith Loutit

2 years ago

9. Bathtub V

by Keith Loutit

2 years ago

8. Mardi Gras

by Keith Loutit

2 years ago

7. Bathtub IV

by Keith Loutit

3 years ago

6. Helpless

by Keith Loutit

3 years ago

5. Metal Heart

by Keith Loutit

3 years ago

4. The North Wind Blew South

by Keith Loutit

3 years ago

3. Bathtub III

by Keith Loutit

3 years ago

2. Bathtub II

by Keith Loutit

3 years ago

1. Beached

by Keith Loutit

3 years ago

Hi, I will continue to post here, but my new work has a home at keithloutit.com with updates at:

facebook.com/Keith.Loutit
twitter.com/Keith_Loutit

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©2008 COPYRIGHT - All Rights reserved
Project info @ vimeo.com/channels/keithloutitssydney

Music: “HELPLESS” (S. Harland-Wright*/D. Jackson)
© J. Albert & Son Pty Limited*/Control
Performed by Headstrong featuring Shelley Harland
Used with permission

headstrong-hq.com/
myspace.com/shelleyharland

Thanks to Greenpeace Australia, Shelley Harland, Darrin Brindle, Abram Powell.

For more information on the building of the sand whale featured in this short film visit: greenpeace.org.au

Artist info @ keithloutit.com
Project info @ vimeo.com/channels/keithloutitssydney

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Jared Foster 3 years ago

I love your work Keith. Is a high tower another tool in your bag? Amazing angles and perspectives. How many images does a sequence like this have?
Keith Loutit 3 years ago

Thanks Jared, somewhere between 4000 and 6000 stills used but plenty more wasted.
BumKi Cho 3 years ago

Never fails to work for me. Everytime!
craphammer 3 years ago

Love the time lapse photography! Keith, was this with a pan and tilt lens? And do you use a digital camera? Great work!
Keith Loutit 3 years ago

Thanks hammer - yes dslr with tilted lenses.
Zoe Porter 3 years ago

Amazing video! Love the hula-hoop girl and the Icebergs pool.
OHWEB 3 years ago

These tiltshift videos are like a drug for me!
connor mcsheffrey 3 years ago

i love how your tilt shift vids keep getting better and better, your skills have improved drastically from your first vid, there's so much more life, character and plot in these new ones. what sort of equipment do you use, i would be really curious to know
Dan Valentine 3 years ago

Amazing stuff. Loved it. And a great song.
Richard Huntington 3 years ago

As usual, another great video! Thank you, Keith!
Keith Loutit 3 years ago

Cheers Richard
DukeeN 3 years ago

This is awesome, good job Keith! Which tilt-shift lens did you use?
Jason Wild 3 years ago

Awesome!
chris rees 3 years ago

Thank you Keith. Keep it up!
americanvirus 3 years ago

Always cool.
Eric Mortelmans 3 years ago

Ooh! I really love this one! I especially like the subtle humor brought into it. like when the girl dancing with the hoops suddenly loses her hat... Looking forward to your next video's.
Vince Penman 3 years ago

Another great video. Simply brilliant, Keith.
Harley 3 years ago

Wow, I just love these shots!
What camera do you use?
Rod Morris 3 years ago

excellent work!
Sheona Thomson 3 years ago

Your work is mesmerising. I can't stop watching. All praise for your skill, discrimination and general extreme talent. (:-D
Keith Loutit 3 years ago

wow - thanks sheona.
john tattersall 3 years ago

How's your shutter holding up? Have you had to buy a new camera yet because of that overuse? Interesting to apply this technique to sections of famous old movies..(probably too much blur though)... I guess low light subject matter no good for this effect (nightclubs etc)? A big surgical operation or ER room would be amazing...(and plenty of light there). I also feel like this effect would be really interesting with emotional subject matter - scenes of intimacy / romance - could be a good excuse for a scripted/choreographed scenario / dance/sex . . . help to build story more of course - - have you been commissioned for any music videos? (sure you have)...ALso - I guess this must be your next move but: motion control? The gear is kind if expensive but totally worth it - sure it would get away from the 'miniature set' effect a little by opening out a wider view - BUT I think the dof & speed does enough to confuse the perception that there is room for something more, something that almost brings us further toward reality (thereby intensifying the confusion somehow - iykwim???) Anyway - keep up the great work - you clearly have many fans! Cheers JT
tifredic 3 years ago

great movie !
George Vest 3 years ago

By far the Coolest thing I've seen in a very long time. Thanks Kieth for the hard work and creativity. It takes all kinds of geniuses. You Da Man!
Kristen Miller 3 years ago

why does this look like stop motion? like everything's actually in miniature?!? is it the shallow depth of field?! Bizarre...
Alan Godwin 3 years ago

Nice movie! Just wondering how you put those shots together as a movie. I have done some real simple ones for the family but would like to get a lot more control. Are you using Final Cut to put them all together?
Thanks,
Al
Sam Figueroa 3 years ago

I loved it.
Tero R. 3 years ago

I'm not impressed, it doesn't even look real.
Jesus Marin 3 years ago

beautifull!!
ZHIC 3 years ago

very creative! I liked the 'stop-motion' style you gave to it.
I've done this kind of 'miniature' effect to my pictures in photoshop, but never thought to apply it to videos
Jyant 3 years ago

really amazing job .... really speaks to something. well shot and I think the shift-focus really added to the drama of the events of the whole video.
Foraggio 3 years ago

keith - you're a visual genius. absolutely wonderful work.
robi vincze 3 years ago

Fantastic atmosphere, great work.
Jesus Marin 3 years ago

uauf!!! very Nice!!!
daprato 3 years ago

Really strong Keith ! Impressive.
Original I can say. Which sort of lens your using here ?
ilan peer 3 years ago

this is so nice. it's where i want to be right now.

i took the initiative and post it in my blog [hebrew]
cafe.themarker.com/view.php?t=819375

loved the monster truck vid also :)
Keith Loutit 3 years ago

Great - thanks ilan!
Thomas Turner 3 years ago

Bear with me on this.I like this video and from the comments I gather it it still photos pieced together like in stop motion.Why does parts of the same image look like it's in minature.
Stu Rap 3 years ago

fantastic Keith, I love the stretch leg girl and hula hoop girl. Great effect. As always I spread the love through my blog, gets good feedback too.

yelpar.blogspot.com/
yelpar.blogspot.com/search/label/Keith%20Loutit

and Thomas and Spencer the reason for this is because it is tilt shift photography read more here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilt-shift_photography
Keith Loutit 3 years ago

Stu - Thanks for the comment and the link.
Raymond Jackson 3 years ago

Wow Keith!

These are amazing! Don't tell us exactly how you made these or exactly what you made them with. It'll rob us of the journey to awesome - - clearly your train arrived there sometime ago.

Keep up the great work!
Drew T 3 years ago

Keith, I've just watched all 6 of your videos and let me tell you, they're so awesome!

I'm sure you've heard a million praises, but you deserve them, great work.

Can't wait for more--I hope there will be more!
Keith Loutit 3 years ago

Hi Drew - Thanks - Yes 2 more short films before I consolidate these and unreleased footage.
Drew T 3 years ago

Awesome.
Visual Homage 3 years ago

that's really excellent; I like the HO-scale effect of the shallow depth of field.
Curious Three 3 years ago

Hey Keith, really great work - these are so fun to watch. I am wondering if the lenses you use are a trade secret? You are very gracious yet vague about lens-specific questions :-) I figured I'd just flat-out ask you, what are some of the lenses you use or shall they never be revealed..?! Thanks for the great videos either way.
Evan Norris 3 years ago

Hey Keith,

Great work. I keep telling my Photography friend that he should be purchasing one of these lenses... Well done!! I would love to see my Christmas lights with one of those lenses!!! Too Cool man Too Cool!!

-Evan
Sean Thomas 3 years ago

Wasn't this a bit longer then 1:03 last time I saw this? Were there some copyright issues or something? :(
Keith Loutit 3 years ago

Sean - there was a bug when reconverting the video and its fixed now. Thanks for letting me know! Keith.
David Koehlmeier 3 years ago

can anyone tell me which lens was used? tilt shift i s'pose, but which one? thanks...
Kane Pickerill 3 years ago

That was amazing! Nice work Keith.
Alan Parkinson 3 years ago

Incredible amount of effort, but beautiful.
Will be used by creative UK geographers in the classroom I hope...
Mark Barner 3 years ago

awsome!!!!
Matei-Alexandru Mocanu 3 years ago

hehehe, these are fgunny. cant even start thinking how long it took you to make it
Al Barao 3 years ago

astonishing!
Adam Boulton 3 years ago

absolutely fantastic, great work, hope it helps with the campaign
Pawel B 3 years ago

great work!
Helder Olino 3 years ago

I'm in love with your tiltshift videos.
Floris 3 years ago

Realy nice vidéo. With what camera this scenes have been shoot?

Regards
Annie 3 years ago

Just Love your work
BillKos 2 years ago

Really great use of the tilt shift technique
Renato Dibelčar 2 years ago

As to my figure in the scale 1/87 revived. Wonderful work.
Vitor Pinho 2 years ago

Reminds me of my Playmobil era. Nice sequence. In the end, patience pays off!
Leon Redlinski 2 years ago

Great video and a very skilled director. It just made made day.

Thanks a lot Keith
Jay Johnson 2 years ago

Great Video. It must have taken a long time to accomplish this.
TranceMist 2 years ago

Beautiful work. love the effects.
Sasha Fornari 2 years ago

wow the motion of the water is so cool. great work!!!
Fips R. 2 years ago

Stunning work !
how many frames per second or minute do you shot with your camera ?
Lisa Creech Bledsoe 2 years ago

Fascinating. I was intrigued by the boxers and the hula-hooper. The whole thing makes me feel like humans are so teeny in the scope of things. We look like little ant-people. Hooping, boxing ant people. : ) Fabulous work.
Suzy 2 years ago

I absolutely love this....
pixelJUNK 2 years ago

This is awesome!!!!!
jesús olmo 2 years ago

Harrowdown Hill, (Radiohead video)
xlrecordings.com/theeraser/videos/9.html
Helene BB 2 years ago

C'est réellement fantastique Bravissimo Great and so amazing ;-)
Tristan GER 2 years ago

Lovely piece of work. Thanks
g33kch1ck 2 years ago

These are gorgeous.
Lekke 2 years ago

i really wish you'd enable downloading of the original file... I'd slap this as a sort of a screensaver for my tv whenever i am not watching anything in particular
Lekke 2 years ago

(forgot to mention how AWESOME it really is)
David Jon Devoucoux 2 years ago

Very well done!!

Thank you for your efforts.....
nuala ginty 2 years ago

Wow, this is very brilliant. I lived just off Bondi and worked at a bar on the Mardi Gras route so this was quite amazing to see, but also made me sad! I love that city Sydney..
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Patrick Ewen 2 years ago

These videos never cease to amaze me. I really want to learn how to do this. Is there any way you could maybe e-mail this to me?
Javier Leon 2 years ago

Such a fine example of creativity Keith. This is just awesome. Serious technical skills but your art is bringing everything together. Really like what you're doing mate. What software are you using to stitch the stills together?
Geoff A Charters 2 years ago

I love how you've created your own look in everything you do. So cool.
Alejandro Angel 2 years ago

Like so much this kind of videos, this tecnique tilt shift...

this's a great video.
Jeney Ákos 2 years ago

What camcorder did you use? And where is this beach?
JP Montalvo 2 years ago

as many of others who have said, i absolutely love your videos, and i adore this one in particular... i could watch these all day!
Ed Araquel 2 years ago

Awesome work! I dare myself to achieve this level of brilliance!
Cam β. 2 years ago

this is like watching the sims
sick time lapse/tilt-shift
Sara Parker 2 years ago

awesome.... really brilliant...loved every bit of it
Ryan Miyamoto 2 years ago

how do u get that cartoonish look to the color?
Teewin Prateepavanit 2 years ago

Very nice .
Keep going man .
Love to watch your VDO .
Nils Clauss 1 year ago

not much new to add. Just another post saying how great this is.
jay 1 year ago

once read somewhere you were sold on the tilt shift uhmmm now i am.. Been looking at 5Dmark2's and this lens is a must
vinzal 1 year ago

hopefully i can do something like tiz =) unfortunately, i dono how to do it =(
Elisa Solinas 11 months ago

So entertaining, amazing work!
Adonis Pulatus 8 months ago

Inspirational!