Donnie/Coffee/Leaf action!

My amatuer attempt (1st attempt... EVER.) at making a stop motion. I had about an hour this morning so I thought I'd try a test run to gauge how much time I would need to make the final product.Turns out a lot. Everyone who makes stop motion, YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING!!! I have a lot of resepct for you. :) Hopefully, one day I can get there.

I think from 8-seconds to about 17-seconds, it runs a little bit more smoothly but I'll need to work on it.

But I learned a lot from this attempt. So its time to take those lessons and build from it :D

Lesson 1: Use a stable light source. (Maybe like the one I used to take Donnie's picture last night) 

Lesson 2: Maybe finer adjustements between shots.

Lesson 3: Don't bump the camera!!!! 

Lesson 4: Get a tripod for my camera [I don't own one so I used my iPad's camera instead cause it has a stand]

I hope you guys enjoy & maybe it can be used for something or maybe not. :) But I promise the next one will be better. Now I have an idea of what needs to be done :)

Thanks for sharing this experience with me!

Singing Turtle <3

P.S.: Again, if you have any advice, please let me know! :)  

So I'm going to be brave and attempt a stop motion. I thought this could be good practice. So... to all of you talented people who can do stop motion, do you have any advice??? I've never done this before. I would be most grateful for any advice you might have.

I've already made donnie; and his arms, legs & head can move. I probably won't start on 'filming" until a couple of days from now.

Any help would be appreciated. In the mean time, here is donnie, enjoying a cup of coffe in his oak tree :) 

Thanks,

Singing Turtle

P.S.: I can't find alexandretta's lovely illustration of donnie titled "release title by alenxandretta": so here is the link: http://www.hitrecord.org/records/524812

I'm a week late but this is for Project 52: week 1

Fresh rain, mud, fog, etc. Lots of fun to go through :)

One of my favorite places. These rocks are so beautiful. The sense of solitude you get when in them, you realize how small and insignificant you actually are. You see beyond your own life and realize just how beautiful this planet truly is and how much goes unseen in our day to day lives. If you weren't looking, this place would go unnoticed, simply a small gap in a dried out creek bed. But when you go beneath, there is a whole other world. There is more to everything and in these places you begin to appreciate that.