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Motion and stills

Peter Belanger October 18, 2012

More and more frequently magazines are creating interactive versions of their print magazines rather then just a static copy of it. Recently Macworld magazine has created issues for the iPad that works with Apple's Newsstand. My role as the photographer is really interesting because I now need to think of my photos as both stills and motion. The cover image and opening spreads are more likely to be used as a stills in the print magazine and as motion sequences in the iPad version.

When I photograph the still version I use still equipment. I could change to the 5D Mark III and hot lights, but that would double my work and change the look of the photo. The work flow that I found that works well is to use stop motion or a layered photo. With stop motion the art director, Rob, and I plan out the best way to use motion that ends at a still image for print. I use Apple's Motion program to combine all the stills into a video for the iPad version.

The other method I use is to shoot a still photo and then remove the product from the set after I shoot so I have a blank background. This way I have the product separated from the background. This allows me to bring the files in to Apple's Motion and animate the foreground giving the photo a more animated feel. So far we have done this for two issues, I'm looking forward to fine-tuning and improving this as we go along.

The July issue and the November issue both have examples of this. Look for them in the App store. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/macworld-digital-magazine/id505331062?mt=8

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