FLOW

Capturing the Flow of Light Blog Post: FLOW is a continuation of Armand Dijcks experiments with long exposure time lapse. It’s definitely not what most people expect when hearing the term time lapse. The short, 26 second film is built entirely out of one single time lapse shot. The goal was not only to push various techniques further, but also to figure out a post processing workflow that does justice to the high quality and resolution of the time lapse footage you can get out of a DSLR.

The basic idea was to play with reflecting surfaces of an Audi A1 headlight in combination with the long exposure time lapse technique. To take the concept a step further, Armand Dijcks came up with a way to reveal the changing light patterns on an object, without showing the static object itself. He called it LightFlow, since it reveals the shape of the object by the way the light flows around it.

These visuals were created by some extra layering, color correction, and effects in Final Cut Pro X. The look is of these shots is somewhat inspired by the “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” title sequence: dark, oozing textures accentuated by stark highlights. This created some very interesting abstract images, some of which are only visible for a single frame in the final production.

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My Life at Speed Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Chris Nazarenus, had a chance meeting with key executives at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1998. It would be the "Jerry McGuire" moment that would change her life forever. Although she knew nothing about motorsports at that time, the chance meeting would influence her passion for all things fast, great stories and interesting people. That's what you will find here at My Life at Speed.