Peter Franzen Photography

Wy’East

Peter — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 06:49:57 +0000

Shot some pictures of my friend Matt Bean’s band Wy’East last week– click below as usual to see the full set.

Enjoy!

Wax Fingers needs your help!

Peter — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:58:30 +0000

My brother’s experimental rock band is doing a great pre-sale for their upcoming album through the Kickstarter site:

Head on over to get some more info on it or to make a pre-sale donation and score some great schwag.

I thought it was clever

Peter — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 22:50:23 +0000

Apparently I’m not the only one thinking this way

Peter — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:50:47 +0000

In reference to my ideas in the “Vimeo Isn’t always the Answer” post:

The LA Times took some footage from a brand new RED Epic camera and put it in place of a still image in this piece.

It isn’t exactly iPad compatible since the iPad’s browser has to have a clunky Quicktime plugin handle the video, but it’s interesting to see that I’m not the only one thinking that this might be a good way forward.

Also, they’re using Flash for Firefox, IE, and Chrome which (as I said) is probably still the best solution for traditional PCs.

Some of my shots featured on UrbanClimber and Climbing’s websites

Peter — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 01:32:45 +0000

Climbing Magazine Photo Galleries

Urban Climber Home Page

It’s always nice to have a couple of the publications that you look up to recognize and feature your work!

Vimeo isn’t always the answer

Peter — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:27:59 +0000

Really, it’s not. I love just about everything about Vimeo– I like the business plan, I like their attitude on the company blog, I like the community, I like the presentation, I like the commenting, the “Like” button, and the compression/encoding. It’s fantastic for what it is, but I don’t think that it is the end-all be-all for online video presentation. Sometimes you just want a simple window (and I mean that in the literal real-world pane-of-glass sense) to another place without the control panels, borders, and other components that are ubiquitous in online videos.

I am experimenting with the Brand New (and Exciting!) HTML5 tag, and although I like it so far it is frustratingly time-consuming and complex to put up a video that is compatible with all browsers and devices. Firefox won’t play h.264 videos, Safari won’t play Firefox-compatible Ogg Theora videos, and IE8 won’t recognize at all and must still rely on Flash (which still does have some good uses, despite the current smear campaign against it).

I eagerly await the day when I can put some simple markup in a blog post and have a gorgeous high-quality video show up on every browser that has the good fortune to navigate to it, but until that day comes along there is going to be a lot of Flash frustration from the iPhone crowd and codec frustration from the Firefox zealots (I’m just going to assume that people who use IE don’t care either way, and probably don’t read this blog).

In the meantime, here’s a looped Flash clip of the white blossoms outside of my front door (shot in glorious 23.976 fps on a 5D mk.2):

If you’re viewing this on your iPhone: Sorry.

If the OS of your $3,000 Mac decides to crap its pants and blames it on the Flash plugin: too bad.

Bishop – February 2010

Peter — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:30:27 +0000

Pictures are up from last month’s trip to Bishop, California!

Click on through for the full set:

If I had $15,000 to spend on self-promotion…

Peter — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:40:13 +0000

…hopefully it would turn out even 1% as cool as this: Casey Templeton Photography Promo

Casey Templeton Photography 2010 Promo from Casey Templeton on Vimeo.

In the studio with HappyGirl foods

Peter — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:07:22 +0000

I have been doing some product shots for my friend Brittany and her budding food company, Happy Girl Foods. Up until now she has been producing jams, jellies, and salsas (the jalapeno jelly is to die for), and she’s now branching out into nuts and granolas. Some work from this morning:

Lighting was simple and straightforward: my WhiteLightning with a large Octobox pointing down at the table on a roughly 90 degree angle from the camera. The background is comprised of a couple of salvaged boards on the almond shot, and a random piece of tile for the peanuts; both were picked up for under a buck at Portland’s Rebuilding Center.

Quick shot from Bishop

Peter — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:15:39 +0000

Despite the less-than-perfect weather, and despite the fact that the battery feel like it weighs 50lbs. in my backpack, the gear is providing some great shooting opportunities here in Bishop. This shot is one of my favorites from the week: