website home bio credits photography blogTumblr (3.0; @mike-greenberg)http://blog.konspiracystudios.com/<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/30050893" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/30050893" target="_blank">New Money - Chadwikk of LoudPackk</a></p>http://blog.konspiracystudios.com/post/11107636177http://blog.konspiracystudios.com/post/11107636177Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:08:23 -0400<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/21135114" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/21135114" target="_blank">Mike Greenberg 2011 Showreel</a></p>http://blog.konspiracystudios.com/post/3917615098http://blog.konspiracystudios.com/post/3917615098Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:46:15 -0400<p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2723/4324005368_5e780f1950_z.jpg" alt="Seamless Sequence" width="640" height="418"/></p> <p>When shooting action sports there’s a variety of methods to display the movement. Aside from dragging your shutter or creating a boxed sequence, I’m a big fan of the seamless sequence. I get quite a few questions about how to create a photo like the one above and have simplified my process below.</p> <p>Ideally, you could place the camera on a tripod in a position where the action wouldn’t overlap on multiple exposures and fire off a burst. Quickly merge, and poof your done, yet this is generally not practical.</p> <p>The photo above was shot at 17mm, and I panned with the rider so that my flash could light him properly. On such a wide lens, there’s quite a bit of distortion around the edges of the lens which creates a challenge when trying to merge multiple shots. In order to remedy this I utilized the “Photomerge” function in Photoshop (Default setting of Auto).</p> <p>The end result is a properly distorted background with layer masks on each layer. From here I use the quick selection to highlight the rider in each frame, and paint the area white (opaque) and reorder the layers so the later frames are on top.</p> <p>Some complain that it’s a bit of a tedious process, but I counter by asking them to imagine how hard it might have been 5 years ago.</p> <p> To Recap:</p> <ol><li>Shoot relatively wide, with distinct foreground/background objects.</li> <li>“Photomerge” (Auto) to create a background plate</li> <li>Paint the layer masks to highlight the subject</li> <li>Reorder the layers so that the image is sequentially correct.</li> </ol><p>Enjoy, and don’t forget to HAVE FUN!</p>http://blog.konspiracystudios.com/post/1520752050http://blog.konspiracystudios.com/post/1520752050Mon, 08 Nov 2010 20:38:00 -0500seamlessphotographysnowboardingwhitetailactionsequencesb600““Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.””<br/><br/> - <em><a>Jean Cocteau</a></em>http://blog.konspiracystudios.com/post/370529639http://blog.konspiracystudios.com/post/370529639Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:14:53 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxatenAcUM1qb28x8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This is a test photo</p>http://blog.konspiracystudios.com/post/369916491http://blog.konspiracystudios.com/post/369916491Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:51:59 -0500