When wedding pictures are set in motion!

When a photographer pieces together images taken by a camera set in continuous shutter mode, the effect is much like a video in staccato: choppy & non-fluid.  It’ much like an 8MM film output (think Charlie Chaplain walking with his cane). Or like a stop motion animation (think Peter Gabriel’s “Sledgehammer” music video) feel to it.  This tedious process is called Photomotion.

When I first heard of the term, I searched via youtube and vimeo for a nice wedding coverage utilizing this same style, but I didn’t find any.

In early February, wedding photographer Fol Rana, Jr. toyed with this idea and asked for any W@Wie volunteer willing to play “guinea pig” as he planned to experiment with this technique in an actual wedding. Arman & She who just married recently took up the challenge.  During the reception of the newlyweds, Fol succeeded in showing a same-day edit made out of  7,000 still images chronologically pieced together to move.  Indeed, it’s a fresh and unique way of presenting wedding photographs instead of presenting by means of the usual sildeshow.

Here’s the finished product.

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