This video was shot between 10:30PM and 1:30AM starting on 3/3/2010 from the Minneapolis Grain Exchanging looking east. Shots were taken at 10 second intervals and the final playback speed is 30fps.  A Sigma 50mm 1:1.4 was used at about f/2.8 allowing for 1/40th second exposures.  The frames were rendered in to a high quality [...]

I’ve been working on a new laser scanner video.  This uses my same sound-modulated open loop XY scanner as before.  Watch it here or go on over to Vimeo.com for the HD version.  Enjoy!

XY Laser scanner controlled by my mac. Longer camera exposures a light smoke were used to display the beam in near darkness. The cone-like shape is generated by the scanner.  The origin is the narrow end of the cone shape and the beam can deflect roughly fifteen degrees in either direction.