Not an acid flashback. Chris Cote posted this Brian Bielmann photo set in motion on Instagram. Check out the moving version below. Photo: Instagram
Ever wonder why films are called movies? The answer is simple: its short for moving pictures. A misnomer really, because movies are simply a collection of stills run through a reel so quickly that the illusion is the subject moves. Now, film can be captured digitally, of course, but the dual paradigms have been relatively set in stone since their inception. Movies move, photography is still. Period.
Being that surfing is such a visual sport, incredible photographers and filmmakers are plenty. But film has historically been the only way to experience motion in surfing visually. PLOTAGRAPH Pro changes that.
The software essentially takes still images and allows the user to put the image in motion ad perpetuum. The results are incredible. Like this image posted by Chris Cote on Instagram of Brian Bielmann’s famous shot of Nathan Fletcher at Teahupo’o:
Or this shot on PLOTAGRAPH’s Instagram:
A video posted by PLOTAGRAPH PRO SOFTWARE (@plotagraphpro) on
Or this:
The visuals are remarkable to say the least.
According to PLOTAGRAPH, the software is distinct from a cinemagraph, which is essentially created from a few second video, and looped. Instead, motion is added to a still photograph to create the illusion that the image is constantly in motion.
Being that so much photography is experienced digitally these days, the potential for PLOTAGRAPH’s to impact the way we visually depict surfing is boundless.
For more, be sure to give @PLOTAGRAPHPRO a follow on Insty, and check out their website here.