Day 3

Ketchikan Timelapse from Carl Stevens on Vimeo.

After a day spent high in the tree tops on a zip-line. I had a glass of wine on deck and shot a time lapse of clouds moving over the Tongass National Forest, the largest national park in the US.

Day 2

Day two was one of the windiest of the week at sea. That didn't stop me from getting out on deck and grabbing a few shots.

Bon Voyage

This is the first I have had internet access for the last week. For the last 6 days I have been on a cruise ship in the Alaskan Fjords. It was a great trip and this is just the first of a string of posts with images from the trip. We began our trip in Vancouver where I went to sleep on a full stomach of a Tim Hortons sandwich and donut. The next morning the wedding party and I set sail or picked up anchor.....or what ever a floating city dose.

"Hellooooo Milwaukee"

I had the privilege of shooting Ethan Keller's first Summer Fest show last month. You can hear Ethan on 88.9 Radio Milwaukee by calling their request line. I love the last shot, your a rock star brother.

Wooo Hooooo!

My new website is ready......well almost ready. I am having trouble with the video side of the site but that is beside the point. Click the link below to check it out!

My New Site!

Packing Peanuts

Packing Peanuts from Carl Stevens on Vimeo.

This is my first short film. For three months I stayed up to shoot this movie in my apartment. It all began as a few "un-boxing" of a new wedding album to post on my blog. As I looked through the images of the back of my camera it looked like the books were putting them self's into the boxes. it snowballed from there into a short film staring packing peanuts. Leave a comment and let me know what you think.

 

I made the call tonight that this was blog worthy. I had the pleasure of taking photos today at the Transformers 3 casting call in Milwaukee. As I made my way through the line I thought I would show some trade mark midwest "friendliness" an offer to help out with my camera. The casting director put me right to work and 2000 people later my face is on the news. You have to watch carefully but I give you a hint. I"m the guy barking orders and holding a camera.

Available Lightning

This is one of those rare occasions where available light is a flash. A really.......really........big flash. Tonight was my first time trying to shoot natures fire works and I left the house with two almost dead batteries. Needless to say I didn't get as many shots as I would have liked, but I like this one.

The Barn

I had some time to kill on Sunday so I shot this time lapse of clouds passing over a farm. An hour of shooting gives me about 17 seconds of video.

Barn from Carl Stevens on Vimeo.

Time Lapse Day

Villa Terrace from Carl Stevens on Vimeo.

Tree in Bloom from Carl Stevens on Vimeo.

Sunday I took a little drive and made a few time lapse images. I have a hard time calling them videos because they are made with a still camera. From now on I will be taking my time lapse rig with me every where.

The Big Show

Friday night was Ethan Keller's CD release party at Club Timbukto in river west. I was there with my camera to grab some shots for Ethan. The show was great! This album will be at the top of my playlist for a long time. Click the link's below to fallow Ethan on twitter and check out his website.

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The Set Up from Carl Stevens on Vimeo.

Miller Park......ing

Those of you who watch the blog know that I have been getting into time lapse photography. It has proven to be an exercise in patience and none more than last night. I spend hours watching a parking lot fill and then empty. It was like watching water boil except with out the joy of a cup of tea at the end.

Fill It Up from Carl Stevens on Vimeo.

Time To Go from Carl Stevens on Vimeo.

Sing it bro!

This weekend my brother plays the lead in the latest Monona Grove High musical. I had the chance to see him preform at one of the dress rehearsals and I got to say it was great. Thanks in no small part to my bro. His character is a smooth talkin' ladies man who rides into town on a motorcycle, which is basically my brother on any Tuesday minus the motorcycle.

New Look, Same Blog.

Clock from Carl Stevens on Vimeo.

In case you didn't notice my blog has a new look. Out with the old and in with the time lapse in the case of this post. I have been having lots of fun creating time lapse videos and they will have a place on my new website coming soon.

Vote for me!

I'm not running for office but I do need your support. One of the photos from my recent trip through the south west has made it to the National Geographic Daily dozen. It's the last of the 12 images so click the link below and vote me a big fat 10.

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The making of.....

A photographer friend asked how I made the first shot of the coming to LA story. I had to make another one for my client Kristen Don and thought I would record it for your viewing pleasure. Most of the time I am a "get it right in camera" kind of guy but there are times when it just makes more sense to leave your self some photoshop work. The location for the highway with the view of the city was an hour away and I knew we were not going to fit it in into our schedule. Since I was building the image in photoshop anyway I made the city a little closer than it normally is. It took me about 45 minutes to complete the the final image but here you see it in super fast motion.

Making of from Carl Stevens on Vimeo.

Back to the Lakefont

Now that I'm back in Milwaukee I can get back to my lakefront waves project. These images were taken at Doctors Park, a park I remember going to as a child with my father. He would go down to the beach and make sculptures out of drift wood with his friends. I might try my hand at that on my next visit and photograph the results.

One More

Last night I was going over some of the images from my road trip that didn't make it to the blog. I managed to find one more to post. The mountain stream in this image is almost glowing. Most of my images are color but sometimes removing that color can add so much to the image. It was taken on my first drive through the Superstition Mountains of Arizona so I was thinking of "Superstitious Fog" as the title.

Coming to LA: a fashion story

I had the privilege of working with a talented fashion designer in Los Angeles last week. We came up with a fashion story about a girl who comes to Los Angeles and becomes a star. It's the same dream that everyone has when they come to Hollywood. The story fallows our protagonist as she hitchhikes to the city, finds her new home, reads some scripts, has a head shot done, and becomes famous. I love the first shot, downtown Los Angeles reminds me of the first shot of the emerald city at the edge of the poppy field in The Wizard of OZ.

The Road Home

The road home was full of long days in the car. It has been amazing being on the road these last two months. The rumble of the engine on my feet the feel of the rising sun on my back and a horizon begging to be found.