Alleyways

Our mobile studio in a road case is holding up well.  Even after 3 hours use the 55Ah battery shows only 5% discharge.  The small footprint of the setup means we can operate in spaces like this which barely have enough room for pedestrians and cars.  In the shot below you can see our blue helper watching on...

Photo by David Hewet

The very dark conditions make animating difficult.  We are using existing light so the camera has long shutter speeds (6 seconds) and open apertures (f4).  We are keeping the ISO at around 200 to keep grain down.  These settings make the live view image very dim, so it is almost like animating blind. Just like the good old days.

Photo by David Hewet

We had many visitors last night.  There was an assault in front of us, the police showed up and we gave statements.  All very suspicious and exciting.  In typical Melbourne style there are street artists discreetly working right next to some of the best restaurants in the city, with socialites flocking out at closing time.  These alleyways are a very interesting place to spend time, a cross section of people showing this city is for everyone.