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254. Weekend Project: Self Portrait

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I was in Ypsi when the Michigan Design Militia put on it's 1st Shadow Art Fair - it was called that because it takes place immediately after Ann Arbor's massive almost-a-week long art fair (in the shadow of)...

After that, I was always in LA when the SAF was taking place... they have two a year, one in the summer, and one just before x-mas.

I was crazy excited to be around this summer for the Art Fair - so I asked, Mark Maynard, one of the co-founders of MIDMI, if any of the vendors would mind me taping the day.

This is the video I made :P it was just me all day, so I sadly missed a lot of the awesome bands that played in the brewery's backyard... next time I'll have to team up with someone to make sure I cover everything.

I overheard several people during the day saying that this year's SAF was one of the best that they'd been to. I was really happy to be a part of it. It makes me happy to see the SAF still strong and kicking after 5 years.

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Peter Baker 4 months ago

Very very cool. Well done.
mike ambs ☂ 4 months ago

Hey Peter :) Thanks for watching - and for posting it on your tumblr! It looks like it's getting passed around quite a bit.

I'm really glad people seem to be liking it. I'm loving the pictures of Michigan on your site.
Alex Jacque 4 months ago

Awesome video, love the little vignettes of the artists.

Sooo wish I could have been part of the fair this summer.
mike ambs ☂ 4 months ago

Thanks Alex :) Yea, I'm really glad all the vendors were up for me taking their video-portrait thingy... there was a ton of great personalities at the SAF this year.
Wei-Jen Su 4 months ago

Great job! Thanks for including me.
mike ambs ☂ 4 months ago

Hey Wei-Jen :) I loved your stuff! Thanks again for the cute little owl button! I'm glad you liked this.
Wei-Jen Su 4 months ago

P.S. I am going to show your video to my graphic design student at the college. Think it will inspire them. Thanks a lot.
mike ambs ☂ 4 months ago

Awesome! Let me know how it goes - that's exciting :)
Jimmy Morris 4 months ago

Very cool, I need to find something like this in the DC area
mike ambs ☂ 4 months ago

Thanks Jimmy :) You could always put one on yourself - the SAF was started by 5 friends living in Ypsi... I'm sure if you had any questions they'd be more than happy to help. Thanks for watching!
Kristin Perkins 4 months ago

Jimmy you might enjoy Crafty Bastards in DC. I heard it's a great show.
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Kristin Perkins 4 months ago

Great job on this video - love the how it starts with set up and ends with tear down and loved how you captured everything in between. Really enjoyed it. Thanks for including me and my jewelry!
mike ambs ☂ 4 months ago

Hey Kristin :) Thanks for watching! I'm really happy you liked it. Yea, I'm really glad Mark let me come in to tape the set-up, I think it turned out fun. Hope to see you back at SAF in December!
erica hampton 4 months ago

It was very good this year and you captured it very well :)
mike ambs ☂ 4 months ago

Thanks Baby * it was a really awesome year... and I did okay'ish.
loonachic 4 months ago

great, mike! artists are so beautiful. every one of them!!!
mike ambs ☂ 4 months ago

Thanks Loonachic :) yes they are - I love people who take the time to create things... anything really, it's important to work that part of your brain every once in a while I think. Thanks for watching! *hug*
mikehedge 4 months ago

nice!!! where did you get the film flare from?
mike ambs ☂ 4 months ago

Thanks Hedge :) It's an older one I found on iStock, I'm not even sure which one anymore. But... I thought I would see what it looked like here. I need to actually pay for an HD film flare though.
mikehedge 4 months ago

gotcha.
mike ambs ☂ 4 months ago

You know who's film flare I love is Dave's... all his Rapha videos are beautiful.
pete mills miller 4 months ago

Very well done editing.
mike ambs ☂ 3 months ago

Hey Pete :) Thanks!
amanda walker 3 months ago

DUDE!!!! omg i love you. this is sooooo awesome. i am seriously devastated to have missed this, yet again.

thank you so much for making this. it's an amazing video. filled with some of the most beautiful people in the whole world. this makes me miss my home town in a terrible terrible way. and the song you chose is just brilliant. i love everything about this video.

i'm actually sorta jealous that you've been living in Ypsi the last few months, that you get to be a part of this side of Ypsi...

thank you for documenting and for being so damn good at it.

vimeo needs a LOVE <3 button.
mike ambs ☂ 3 months ago

:P It was a really great year - I heard a few different people say that. I had fun.

Did you like Lauren's part? :) Her and her boyfriend are my favorite portrait - don't know why exactly, but they are.

Yea, Rick Rey twitter that song with Blip.fm and I listened to it, after trying to find a decent song all damn day, and Erica said I should see how it sounded in the timeline. It seemed pretty perfect.

Well :) Ypsi has many sides - but yes, I didn't want to just drop by during the day for the SAF, it felt really good to actually be involved with it. I'm flattered you love it so much *hug*