peter mckinnon // photo + cinema

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Ok, so a little random post today. I recently upgraded to an iPhone 4S. The camera, is absolutely insane. I believe it is only 8MP, but the optics are razor sharp. For a cell phone camera – absolutely unreal.

So, the reason for my post. Today’s photo of the day (I will post it below) is a macro compilation of one of my Nixon watches. All shot & edited on the iPhone. There are a few reasons this blows me away. Let’s check out the photo, then i’ll continue.

Right? iPhone. That is just about equally as sharp, using a Canon 100MM 2.8 Macro (V1 anyway). Look at the detail. I used a little macro third party attachment lens, utilizing available daylight, and nothing else. Edited it with the PicFrame app to allow the separate window edits, and posted via instagram. Doing this without the iPhone, would have easily taken me 25 minutes +

Set up camera, put on lens, shoot macro’s, remove card, transfer from card reader, import raws, export raws, edit jpegs, construct frame in photoshop, export jpeg, upload to blog post. Not to mention needing a RAW editor, Photoshop, Knowledge in both + the equipment to shoot it.

VS

Clip on lens, shoot, open picframe, export, open instagram, post.

After seeing the detail, and doing more research on all the separate lens attachments out there (even some for full mountable EF/EFS lenses) – I foresee point and shoot sales becoming less and less. For people in the know anyway.

I know it’s a long shot, but I really want, and hope to shoot either a wedding, or the next cinematic trailer with the iPhone. Sounds crazy right? But, I’m going to do it!

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Hanging out in the Charlotte airport at the moment. Thought Id chime in and say hello :) Call it part of my ‘ try and post more ‘ goal.

Went through customs this morning in Toronto. Customs officer asked me to do some magic for him. I contemplated stealing his watch for 8 seconds.. Alas, Couldn’t do it. Didn’t have the balls lol – Resorted to the classic finger ring magic bla bla bla let me through loser. Anyhow, on to security. Made it through security, no bag checks in roughly 3 minutes. I beat out 5 pilots who had 3 times less the amount of stuff I did. Again, Winning.

I hate flying US Airways, Continental, & United. Lucky me, I got US Air. I typically like to Fly with Air Canada, WestJet, American Airlines and or JetBlue. Either way, being the connection, Got the cheap little small planes that just barely fit your overhead luggage. Fail.

I now sit with a screaming baby behind me at the gate. I swear, everywhere I go, screaming babies. Obnoxious. If you have children, and are reading this thinking “it’s not their fault etc etc etc” – it is.

If you haven’t been checking out my ‘ photo a day ‘ – go check it out! Follow me on instagram ‘petermckinnon’. Hoping to get some cool behind the scenes footage while I’m away for the next week +. Get some good footage for the blog with greg wilson and friends.

I shall finish my Fiji water and be on my way.

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Welcome to the year the world ends. “Rolls eyes” Okkkkkaaaayyyyy Mayans.

Ima try and make more blog posts this year. As well, As take a photo every day and post it on instagram. Im using my iPhone for it cause I’m lazy. Don’t judge. It’s still a mission and a half. Anyway, Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a great christmas, and is ready to rock 2012 like Nickleback Rocks a live show…

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If that was true, then I’m with the Mayans.

Random Picture of the week: Pillow War. Not a pillow fight, because that’s lame. This was a pillow war. Classic aerial jump attack. Effective and surprising.

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One of my favourite couples from 2011. These guys had mad style and were such a unique personality. I absolutely loved shooting them and am more than happy to now call them friends!

Paul has since become super involved and interested in the world of Cinematography. He is actually now shooting a lot of his own weddings, which I think is amazing. Who knows, maybe he will be taking my place one day! Anyhow, check out the highlight reel from their special day back in August! August?!?! Yeah, August – Shut it.

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I got incredible feedback from the LTD trailer. Way more than I thought I would get. So much that I decided, by popular demand, to film part 2. Last night, at 4:30AM, we shot the second half. See, the track on the first piece, just fades out with plenty of song left. I picked it up where I left it off and continued deep into it’s dub-steppin’ epicness.

Slightly different in style and feel, but at the same time very much the same. I wanted to keep this one shorter.. I felt that being the debut imagery of the deck has already been released, I didn’t want to drag this out.

Alas, LTD. Part 2 : Enjoy!

Alsdo, feat. on the E Blog, you can check out details on how to win some of these bad ass decks:

http://blog.ellusionist.com/ltd-part-2-kicks-off-days-of-pasteboard-goodness-with-a-competition/

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