Category Archives: Asia

Abraj: The two towers of Dubai

Timelapse video by Philip Bloom featuring the two iconic towers of Dubai. The Burj Al Arab and the world’s tallest building. The Burj Khalifa.

Music is by Vaughan Williams: Variations on theme by Thomas Tallis

Yoshi’s Blend

A short vignette of Yoshi Masuda–a coffee enthusiast who is sharing his passion for coffee with victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami.
Directed/Edited/Shot by Mackenzie Sheppard

The travel diaries 2011

Loneliness, detached, overwhelmed, fascinated, homesick – a year of travelling around the globe on business trips.

Gunther Machu flew 6 times around the world, spent 1.5 weeks (net) in airplanes 2011 and collected shots the whole year for this project.
He walked for hours around airports to get the one shot, got nearly arrested at Chicago O’Hare [...]

Lost in Tokyo

Mark Bramley had 2 days to himself in Tokyo so he decided to take about 10,000 photos. All shot on a Canon 5D MkII. All the video footage was shot handheld.
And this is the brilliant result.

Above and Below

Navotas Cemetery, Manila, The Philippines.
Manila is one of the most overpopulated places on Earth.
There are over 2000 families living above the dead in the Navotas Cemetery. Babies are born and the dead are buried in the same place.
Life goes on.

Shot and edited by Stefan Werc
Music by Nate Connelly
This footage was originally shot for the Bagong [...]

Traffic in Frenetic HCMC, Vietnam

Awesome traffic and city timelapse from Rob Whitworth.
Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) is an amazing up and coming city.
This time lapse is a culmination of 10,000 RAW images and
multiple shoots capturing some of the cities relentless energy
and pace of change.

Soundtrack to the video is the energetic Mondo’77 by Looper
Copyright © All Images Rob Whitworth 2011 [...]

Afghanistan – touch down in flight

locations:
Kabul and Mazar-e Sharif
Equipment used:
Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 7D
Canon 24-105mm L IS 4f
Canon 16-35mm L
Canon 50mm 1.4f
Canon 85mm 1.8f
Glidetrack HD
Handgrip Nighthawk and D|Focus V3 (shoulder mount)
Zoom H1
2x Rode Videomic Pro
Manfrotto 501 HD and 701 HDV
LCW ND Filter Fader MK II
Edited and colour graded the entire clip on Final Cut Pro X

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