Timelapse: Sapporo Snow Festival and Winter Cityscape (Hokkaido, Japan)

My brother is one of the masterminds behind the Syrp Genie, a timelapse motion control device for taking timelapse footage. With the Genie, I captured the footage below, edited by a friend here in Sapporo, Japan.

I used a Panasonic Lumix GF1 camera linked to the Genie. Lenses used included the Lumix 20mm f1.7, and an old Canon FD 50mm f1.4, and a crappy old fisheye converter.

Wheel Shields – get in and support a great idea

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Get in and support an awesome product for keeping people who longboard for transport clean and dry – Wheel Shields: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1522548247/wheel-shields-longboarding-technology Way back in 2008, I was in western China sitting in a stifling internet cafe. I had already skated over 6,000 miles (9,600km) across the US and Europe, but in …

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