Happy 2016, everyone!
As some of you already know, last year I decided to create a one-second-a-day video. It ended up being one of my favorite projects I've ever worked on, and I was absolutely blown away by the kind words and compliments I received online. I want to share a little bit more about the project for those who are interested.
First off, here it is for those who haven't seen it yet:
Second, this was not my original idea. I got the inspiration from other people who had done it on Youtube, though I hadn't seen anyone else add music to theirs, which I thought would be cool.
Like I said, it was super fun to make. I worked on it throughout the year, so every week or so I would watch what I had already edited. I like to write in my journal frequently, but this project allowed for a snippet of video to look back on for each day of 2015. As I often realize from going back and reading old journal entries, it's amazing to see how much can happen in one year's time.
From the technical stand point, I shot primarily on my iPhone 4 before upgrading to an iPhone 6 in September. Fifteen shots were on my GoPro, with only one shot being altered (the April 20 timelapse rotation). Each day I had a reminder set on my phone for the evening in case I hadn't filmed anything for the day. This really helped me out a lot, and in some cases resulted in random last minute shots (say for example, the spinning avocado). I will be honest with you, there was ONE day that I forgot to shoot and had to use a shot from the following day... but I'm not gonna say which day that was. Nobody's perfect.
Some days there wasn't a whole lot happening (shots of cats, coffee, beer), while other days had a lot going on, and it was pretty difficult to choose just one second for that day (for instance, anytime I was road tripping... gosh, I could've used so many from Yellowstone!). My favorite clips were ones involving family and friends. I think people are the most interesting subjects to film and photograph, and those are the shots I cherish and am most thankful for.
I want to thank all of you who allowed me to stick a camera in your face throughout the year, and again, thank you for your kind words and support. There will be another video for 2016 :)
And in case you were wondering, there were 37 seconds of cats. You're welcome.
