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Cinemagraphs: A Moment In Time
When you take a photograph you capture a moment in time. Karl Lagerfeld says the beauty about it is that the moment is "gone forever, impossible to reproduce". And he's right. When you've encountered a wonderful moment and you took a picture of it you'll remember that moment forever. But sometimes a still frame is not the right representation of a situation. For example when you're capturing movement. That's why Apple invented Live Photos and Instagram stole "Stories" from Snapchat. People resonate with short but accurate moments they encounter in their life. A cinemagraph tries to capture the stillness of a photograph and the action of movie. It differs from a usual movie by having a steady fixed part in the image and bring attention to small and moving details like fire, water or hair. The term was created by Kevin Burg and Jamie Beck, the most prominent representative of this technique, whose work you'll find in this article. Cinemagraphs Cinemagraph by Kevin Burg & Jamie Beck Cinemagraph by Kevin Burg & Jamie Beck Cinemagraph by Kevin Burg & Jamie Beck Cinemagraph by Kevin Burg & Jamie Beck Cinemagraph by Kevin Burg & Jamie Beck Cinemagraph by Shanedoesthis Cinemagraph by HEBEJesus Cinemagraph by Black Bird Cinemagraph by Salwa Saeed Cinemagraph by Salwa Saeed Cinemagraph by Kevin Burg & Jamie Beck Cinemagraph by Unknown Cinemagraph by Ann Street Studio Cinemagraph by Ann Street Studio Cinemagraph by Daria Khoroshavina Cinemagraph by Julian Douvier Cinemagraph by Julian Douvier Cinemagraph by Daniela Lapa Cinemagraph by Apricot Berlin Online resources Easy to use application for MAC to create your own cinemagraphs Great iOS application to make your own cinemagraphs Wonderful video compilation with stunning cinemagraphs Getting started tutorial and valuable advices to begin
Amazing Cinemagraphs by Jamie Beck and Kevin Burg
I really enjoy when visual artists push the envelope into their work, here's a great example of mixing beautiful photography with a little animation. Jamie Berg and Kevin Burg are two New York based photographer and visual designer, they both have created something new here. They used the simple image format known as GIF and took it to this whole new level. I hope you will enjoy this showcase but it is just stunning. To get more information about Jamie and Kevin, you check out their website at Cinemagraphs.com