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  • Aaron Benscoter 2 years ago
    well I feel like it's too obvious to say that this is beautiful, but it really is something special. how many pictures did you end up using?
  • Stephen Niebauer staff 2 years ago
    I think close to 500. Thanks for the kind words, man.
  • ATUL ROY 2 years ago
    mind blowing,one of the best videos I have ever seen.I need your help in making such a video for my old age home project.Kindly have a look at my sight visionfoundationvns.com. ATUL
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  • Anna Gustafson plus 2 years ago
    Oh my goodness. I can't even tell you how much I love this. You need to show it to His House. You'll have the room bawling.
  • Stephen Niebauer staff 2 years ago
    Thanks Anna.
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  • Charlie McCarthy plus 2 years ago
    love it :)
  • Stephen Niebauer staff 2 years ago
    Thanks Charlie!
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  • Lauren Shahly 2 years ago
    OH STEVE! i couldn't agree more. it's the perfect final video for gvsu and i'm so glad i got to witness a lot of these times too.

    and anna's right; we'd all be bawling. =]
  • Stephen Niebauer staff 2 years ago
    I'm glad you witnessed them as well. Thanks Lauren.
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  • loonachic 2 years ago
    this is really great! i like how the photos went from black and white to color towards the end. this was great all the way through.
  • Stephen Niebauer staff 2 years ago
    Thanks Loona!
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  • Dan Huston 2 years ago
    Well, this is about as good as it gets - this was truly fantastic Stephen - bravo! Great talent you have - great talent....

    Inspiration found ... here!
  • Stephen Niebauer staff 2 years ago
    Thanks so much, Dan!
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  • Julia Quinn staff 2 years ago
    cheeeel
  • Stephen Niebauer staff 2 years ago
    totes
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  • Rob Niebauer 2 years ago
    whoa. awesome.
  • Stephen Niebauer staff 2 years ago
    thanks brosephhhhhhh
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  • Thomas Valdez plus 2 years ago
    I noticed Dan Conway a few times, but no Tommy Valdez.
    I am sad now.

    Sad... sad...

    Sad.

    Kidding. It's great as always Steve. I thought the transition from black and white to color worked well. The rich tones were not lost. Great contrast. etc.
  • Stephen Niebauer staff 2 years ago
    tom, i think we've hung out maybe twice in our lives. i'm sorry.

    but thanks!
  • Thomas Valdez plus 2 years ago
    That's true sir. However, I still really appreciate you and your work. Best of luck to you bud.
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  • Jennifer Morris 2 years ago
    Nice work! The colour at the end really is beautiful.
  • Stephen Niebauer staff 2 years ago
    Thanks!
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  • emperor makonnen 2 years ago
    Wow! this is very amazing!!! im in love with it! :)
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  • Jon Salazar 2 years ago
    I'm a big fan of life also
  • Stephen Niebauer staff 2 years ago
    i'm a fan of you
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  • Frederic Vercammen plus 2 years ago
    Original stuff Stephen !
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  • Nowawes plus 2 years ago
    I really love it!!!
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  • heather 2 years ago
    dear sir, loved it!
  • Stephen Niebauer staff 2 years ago
    thanks heather
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  • Terry Rayment 2 years ago
    This is really well composed steve.
    Love it.
  • Stephen Niebauer staff 2 years ago
    thanks terry. your piece is fantastic, btw.
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  • Lightbulb Media 2 years ago
    yes
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  • Ashley Harrison 2 years ago
    Dude, are you kidding me? This was fantastic!

    If I may ask, what program did you use to cut this and how long did it take you?

    Again, fantastic!
  • Stephen Niebauer staff 2 years ago
    all done in final cut pro. i had about 10 different sequences.

    it took about maybe 10-12 hours total i'd say. every time i moved something, it had to be re-rendered.

    thanks!
  • Ashley Harrison 2 years ago
    Just watched it again...amazing! Any pictures used multiple times?
  • Stephen Niebauer staff 2 years ago
    Some of the boxes are looped, but other than that, no.

    All the color pictures at the end are all of the black and white pictures from the frames at the beginning.
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  • Blake Whitman staff 2 years ago
    wasn't in any of those pictures, but I still like it.
  • Stephen Niebauer staff 2 years ago
    soon, you'll be in them. and thanks.
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  • Peter Sylver 2 years ago
    Wow, this is amazing, truly amazing. It was so engrossing, capturing life, reminding us of all it phases, great great work
  • Stephen Niebauer staff 2 years ago
    hey thanks!
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  • Faiz Saheb 2 years ago
    moving mini epic. touching and dare i say beautiful
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  • Dean Omori plus 2 years ago
    Beautiful indeed. It is amazing what you can do with still images and music. So amazing what you can actually take in...... Come find me, I do it, differently.
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  • HannahMai 2 years ago
    this makes me emotional.

    which means i like it!
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  • Matt Schwarz staff 2 years ago
    I don't think I have to tell you how awesome that was. I have a feeling we'll be taking a lot of pictures in NY haha
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  • Tommy Penner pro 2 years ago
    I hope it's not too late or cliche to say that this is beautiful...
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  • the_______between 2 years ago
    Yeah, bit disappointed I'm not in this...super loved it, though.
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  • Jennifer Ruiz 2 years ago
    so wonderful. really.
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  • Alexandros Maragos plus 2 years ago
    Nice work, 'like the pace.
    Ambience sounds like digifish.
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  • Enzo Gianvittorio 2 years ago
    Amazing ! Such a great job ! well done !!

    what sort of software did you use to compose such an amount of photos?

    and thanks for sharing your art !!
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  • javier garcía 2 years ago
    Viva la VIDAAAAAAAAA!!!! aaaaauuummmmmffffffff
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  • Benjamin Dowie 2 years ago
    ah man this is sooo good. well done.
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  • Carl Olson plus 2 years ago
    A very interesting approach. Engaging to the end.
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  • M!CHAEL 2 years ago
    that was amazing..the power of imagery is incredible. i hope u dont mind me putting this on my blog.
    grindhousebuzz.blogspot.com
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  • Henry Selvey 2 years ago
    What a way to send a message! Beautifully done, I hung on every moment, hoping to catch a glimpse of everything - it can't be done. Frustration, but sure is life!
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  • eladbari 2 years ago
    Wow! i Loved your piece! the music and everything.. goes so well together!
    Gotta say, those pictures starting around 1:43, give a great feel of 70's film images. the colors and everything. is it all about CC, and the rest is the camera? cause it looks just Great! :]
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  • Mosaic Church plus 2 years ago
    This is powerful. Thanks for doing it! My only thought was that it didn't represent ethnically what most of us in America see everyday; the vast majority of people in the photography were white. Or maybe it was just moving so fast, I couldn't appreciate your inclusion of "all people". I loved it anyway. The music bed was PERFECT! Thanks again for your work.
  • Stephen Niebauer staff 2 years ago
    this was basically my life over the course of a year.
  • Mosaic Church plus 2 years ago
    Which makes total sense! And makes it incredibly beautiful! Great job!
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  • Sean Smith 2 years ago
    Stephen- Just awesome work! I love it!

    You said you got the sample from freesound. Do you know the name of the sample- I really like it and would love to get my hands on it!?

    Thanks so much!
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  • RedFraggs 2 years ago
    This is beautiful and put a whole bunch of stuff in to perspective for me thiss week. I posted it on Twitter and immediately at least 2 blog posts were written about it!

    Thank you,
    Kirsty (aka RedFraggs)
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  • Finn Køhler Hansen 2 years ago
    Awesome. And truely life is beautiful.
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  • Charles Frith 2 years ago
    A friend talked about how some Youtube clips cheered him up while feeling a bit glum and I think this too could be quite an important piece of film when we need hope. It's great.
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  • Paco Gomez Vega 2 years ago
    you have shared your life in an excelent and amazing, way, really nice work,.!!
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  • Scott Noble 2 years ago
    this is great: i found myself staring so hard at the screen to try and notice every picture.

    beautiful mate!
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  • Paul Davis 2 years ago
    I could watch this over and over again. Such a fantastic message through photos!
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  • 871357854 2 years ago
    Life is Beautiful
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  • auroreanlife 2 years ago
    This is very beautiful to me. I find it very inspiring -- not just in the creative sense, but also in LIVING. :)
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  • Alex Leahu plus 2 years ago
    i like this.
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  • Jon Rawlinson pro 2 years ago
    Wow. I really enjoyed that.

    Loved the layout.

    Your images are incredible.
  • Stephen Niebauer staff 2 years ago
    thanks Jon!
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  • malte wolter 2 years ago
    pure radness!
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  • Eugene Akiwumi 2 years ago
    Great piece of video art. The irony is that even though you had a frenetic visual pace it was incredibly calming. Good work and very inspirational.
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  • Virginie Khateeb 2 years ago
    thank you this amazing reminder. here is someone that knows to appreciate what life brings you!
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  • Matteo Toso 2 years ago
    Hi!I'm new in Vimeo and your movie is one of the firsts I saw.
    It's really amazing.The most interesting aspect I like is the different "window" in the movie in which you put differents pictures with different effects!!!
    Can I ask you which software you have used to make it?
    thanks.
    cheers,
    MT
  • Stephen Niebauer staff 2 years ago
    I used Final Cut Pro and created multiple sequences which are inlaid into one big sequence.
  • Matteo Toso 2 years ago
    Thanks!
    MT
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  • Alex Nixon 2 years ago
    This was inspiring, affirming, challenging……..awesome! Thanks Stephen.
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  • Dunyasha 2 years ago
    It's so beautiful.
    Thank you
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  • stunning..!!! great idea..!
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  • Larry Paszli 2 years ago
    Stephen, I find myself returning time and again to rejoice in this piece! Pages could be written in an attempt to decode the layers and range of exactly what it is you have been able to capture and release in this simple but yet extremely complex personal piece of video. It gently reminds me of a comment my grandfather used to make in reference to the passage of time. I used to hear him making the comment, "The older I get, the faster time passes me by." As a young boy I couldn't understand what he meant but as a man of 46, it is perfectly clear! Thank you for helping bring even more clarity to such a personal heartfelt understanding!
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  • Blake Fawley 2 years ago
    really unique!
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  • Tom Clippard plus 2 years ago
    You deeply inspired me dude.
  • Stephen Niebauer staff 2 years ago
    Thanks, Tom. Glad you liked it.
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  • Megan Leigh Sweeney plus 2 years ago
    I love it! Sometimes we need to see things like this to put life in perspective:)
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  • Justin Nathanson plus 2 years ago
    very well done
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  • Julien Botella plus 2 years ago
    Realy original, outstanding ! That's a load of nice pictures.
    Congrats
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  • David Jeffrey 2 years ago
    Beautiful is definitely the right word.
    I watched it twice, the second time I kept pausing randomly as it played to see which picture it lands on, had a good time doing it! ha! Thanks for taking the time to share that, I'm sure it took a while. Cheers!
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  • Ania Rose 2 years ago
    Dazzling.
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  • Sam McCready 2 years ago
    Great Job on Split Screen Steve!!
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  • j.love 2 years ago
    I love this.
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  • elreinodearturo 2 years ago
    muy muy bueno!
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  • Sheri 2 years ago
    It's funny someone had to comment on the people being white in it. LOL. Anywho. I thought it was fab. I have to do a life review for a meditation class and this looks like a cool way to do it...
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  • D. I. Riordan plus 2 years ago
    Fantastic, very moving. Is that lake Michigan i saw in there?
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  • 23 Dingen 2 years ago
    Great video and photography!
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  • AlainCinematics 2 years ago
    Wow, I love the idea behind it, the use of b/w and colours as well as the editing. Simply a great video.
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  • Alex Nakone Films plus 1 year ago
    Very moving! well done
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  • Germán Zapata 1 year ago
    lovely. just lovely.
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  • Theo Laboulandine 1 year ago
    ouhhh yeah ! well done, tons of pictures of the mankind to say life is beautiful..
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