All photos shot on my 40D. Each photo plays for 3 frames on the timeline.

Music is by The Soul's Release:
myspace.com/thesoulsrelease
  • Ben Millett 2 years ago
    Looked like one awesome trip. I'm sure the driving was exhausting, but I'm sure you saw some beautiful scenery.
  • mikehedge 2 years ago
    thanks Ben!
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  • mike ambs ☂ plus 2 years ago
    That was fantastic :)
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  • DaVincicode plus 2 years ago
    Once again Mike, you prove once again given a camera you are a genius. Not an Apple Genius but a genius anyway. Did I see Kevin Rose in one of those shots? Well best short of what seemed like a great time in Austin.
  • kitykity 2 years ago
    Yeap! I saw Kevin several times! :)
  • Scanner771 1 year ago
    Me to and Veronica Belmont
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  • At 00:03 what kind of shotgun mic is that and where can I buy it! :)
  • mike ambs ☂ plus 2 years ago
    Hey Mike :) I'm the guy holding the camera at the :03 mark, that mic is a CS-1, you can check it out here urltea.com/2yl3

    It's an amazing mic - I love it.
  • Jesus!!! You payed 800 bucks for that thing?
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  • This is seriously amazing man. I love this piece. Did I spot Chris Gore from G4TV and MDot in there somewhere? I love the shots where you are all walking and playing pinball. Great great job man I can't say enough about this.
  • mikehedge 2 years ago
    thanks. ya Chris Gore rocks... and mdot was there.
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  • Weker One 2 years ago
    I Declare Genaside Up on you! For Making my mediocre talent look even worse Next your Great talent.
    I'm gona go cry now, Great Job.:D
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  • TheFemGeek plus 2 years ago
    Awesome, I loved it :)
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  • Daniel Smith 2 years ago
    Nice.
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  • Clintus McGintus plus 2 years ago
    brilliant work my friend, brilliant.
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  • Josh Gooden plus 2 years ago
    Absolutely brilliant. What lenses were you using?
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  • mikehedge 2 years ago
    all on the 17-55 f2.8 IS and the 70-300 4-5.6 IS and the 50mm f1.4
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  • Christopher Galasso plus 2 years ago
    very very nice.
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  • Christopher Galasso plus 2 years ago
    On second though, I'm going to say it was more than very nice. I loved how I never felt lost in the chaos due to the repeating themes, like the cell phones, and the sparse moments that seemed more animated than just rapid fire images. The kiss at the show was amazing as well as the makeshift stereophotogrammetry at the table (aka 'bullet time', with the frozen gestures and moving camera).
    I fully appreciate this piece in its entirety.
  • mikehedge 2 years ago
    thanks. great comment! thank you.
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  • Tõnis Liivamägi plus 2 years ago
    I see RED camera, not that uncommon these days I guess.
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  • Ryan Bateman 2 years ago
    Beautiful beautiful beautiful.
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  • jamar plus 2 years ago
    Wow!
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  • Zadi Diaz 2 years ago
    loved it!
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  • Karsten Meinich 2 years ago
    Very nicely put together; and I second Christopher Galasso's point about the recurring themes (like iPhones) and campfires (or what it is). It works well.

    So, thanks for that. I've never been to SXSW, so that proves it is a nice mood piece also for those who weren't there.
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  • Hans Watson 2 years ago
    It is rare to find someone who attends SXSW for interactive, film and music. Usually people seem to be there for interactive/film or for music. It is hard to convey the feeling of the festival from beginning to end with the shift halfway through to music but this video does that wonderfully.

    Thank you for letting us see your trip through your eyes, it was wonderful.
  • mikehedge 2 years ago
    thanks. it sure was a busy 2 weeks
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  • Nadia M. 2 years ago
    That was visually awesome! I had to strategically blink not to miss a thing. Great story!
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  • Scilla Andreen 2 years ago
    That is the Original Digital road trip and by far the shortest and most fun drive from LA to Texas I have ever experienced.

    Thanks for shooting and sharing.
    Scilla - IndieFlix
  • mikehedge 2 years ago
    you are my hero
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  • Nice, I am diggin' this quite a bit -- always nice to relive it through someone else's perspective. Similar and different from my own all at the same time!
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  • Ayz Waraich 2 years ago
    this was very well done mike.
  • mikehedge 2 years ago
    thanks Ayz.
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  • carla 2 years ago
    damn cool!
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  • kitykity 2 years ago
    I literally caught myself holding my breath several times during this. Outstanding. My favorite part is the "Mike Spin" with the lights behind you :)
  • mikehedge 2 years ago
    hey thanks =)
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  • Chuk Ikéh 2 years ago
    sweet vid.
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  • AndyM801 2 years ago
    wow, great job on this! i liked the cops
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  • 3typen 2 years ago
    like it. atmospheric sound. like the mood
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  • tim guth 2 years ago
    This was so good man.
    Looks like so much fun
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  • Derrick Linton 2 years ago
    Hey, my mates band were playing SXSW, a band from Dundee, Scotland. The Law. Nice little collection of images from the event
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  • Steve Woolf plus 2 years ago
    that was fantastic
  • mikehedge 2 years ago
    thanks. feel free to use a part of it in epicfu if youwant.
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  • Antoine Doyen 2 years ago
    nice works, really makes one wish to be with you on this trip !
    …though the fast move from one picture to another sometime gives an headache ;)

    You might want to discover this kind of animated-photographic work :

    tinyurl.com/2gxujc
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  • chris leppla 2 years ago
    so, that was really incredible man. the music was perfect too.

    made me want to go to SXSW even more
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  • NinaSeele 2 years ago
    OMG, this is the first video of you that I've ever watched... and I totally loved it!!!!!!!!!!!!!...
  • Cameron Christopher 2 years ago
    Haha, I agree. This is really cool.
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  • jealous.
    so effing jealous.
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  • Bryan Teoh plus 2 years ago
    this is really pretty
  • mikehedge 2 years ago
    thanks
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  • lukkucairi 2 years ago
    mesmerizing!
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  • Derek Dixon 2 years ago
    Great Job!
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  • loonachic plus 2 years ago
    wow. talk about nice trips. THIS is a nice trip! Thanks for taking me along. :-)
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  • isismasoud 2 years ago
    Wow! you captured the whole trip so vividly. I started feeling each moment comeback to me just as I remember it! awesome!
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  • Skill 2 years ago
    that was an amazing use of stills on an equally amazing trip it looks like, keep it up
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  • visual-hybrid plus 2 years ago
    great stuff dude.. got to get me along to SXSW one year.. hopefully neat year my work will be starring

    visual-hybrid.co.uk
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  • Tom @ Timescapes plus 2 years ago
    Wow, really awesome, dude. I feel like I was there! I've been thinking of shooting a music video for a rapper I know with my DLSR shooting jpeg bursts. It was cool when it transitioned to the people walking on the street, and it almost looked like video. How exactly was that shot?

    BTW, don't think I didn't see that Ron Paul sign near the end. Go Ron! hahahhaa.
  • mikehedge 2 years ago
    great idea. we shot a whole short film like that.... I have had the plan for the music video in the plans for a while... I'd love to help, let me know
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  • erica hampton 2 years ago
    I'm a little late....but, that was great:)
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  • Kevin Johnson 2 years ago
    Beautiful, I could watch this for days and still catch photos my eyes missed the previous time. Fantastic photos capturing great times in life. Love it.
  • mikehedge 2 years ago
    thanks yo!
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  • JD 2 years ago
    Beautiful.
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  • Wes Dobbs 2 years ago
    wow great video, you see gary vaynerchuk there? haha
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  • Deborah Mommers 2 years ago
    Awesome Video!
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  • Jackie Birov 2 years ago
    I love this so much that I "unliked" it and then "re-liked" it so it would be the main video on my Facebook page. But really, this is very well done.
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  • Justin Adams 2 years ago
    First, I so wish I could have been there, Second. Another amazing job. I'm so impressed.
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  • Phillip Johnson 2 years ago
    This is absolutly amazing, I would of never of thought about using photos in that way and its an amazing way of summing up a trip and you picked the perfect music.

    This would look amazing in a film.
  • mikehedge 2 years ago
    thanks!
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  • Timelapser 2 years ago
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  • Daniel Dreier 2 years ago
    That is absolutely amazing! I live so close to Austin, I'm really gonna have to go to SXSW sometime.

    Btw, what Sony camera are you using at :03?
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  • mikehedge 2 years ago
    z1u
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  • Bruce Floyd 2 years ago
    Wow. Just wow. I really enjoyed your video and another perspective on the SXSW experience.
  • mikehedge 2 years ago
    thanks
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  • Entalpia 2 years ago
    Great Job! I love it!
    This video make me feel so sweetly-sad... the music , your point of view, the portraits.
    It's a wonderfull way to remember&communicate what u felt!
    I'm waiting for another moment of your life :) !
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  • kruzer 1 year ago
    Oh, man!
    I am dizzy as hell after watching this movie.
    Am not saying that it's bad, but let me say this;

    If the CIA can use your movie on terrorist prisoners, then we'd have a confession within 20 minutes :)
    If not, roll it again.
    I guarantee that they will see again what they ate last time.
    Seriously.
    I almost did.
    I get motion sick real quick on boats too.

    However your movie it's good art, am just not sure I want to see it again.
    Seriously :)
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  • Wolfgang Gaebler plus 1 year ago
    Where can I get these drugs... ;-))

    Marvelous!
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  • Chuk Ikéh 1 year ago
    Are they all photos or are there some movie clips in there too? This is amazing. I can't stop watching it and every time i do I get drawn in with the same force. Simply beautiful.
  • mikehedge 1 year ago
    all stills
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  • mike ambs ☂ plus 1 year ago
    I just watched this again :) I love this video.
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  • kahve 1 year ago
    how many photos are there?
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  • Lauren Randolph 1 year ago
    MIKE!!! I don't think I ever got to tell you this, or maybe I did - but you blew my mind when you showed me this. Gave me a whole new outlook on photo documentation. Thank you, and great work!!
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  • Chadle 1 year ago
    That is a cool video.
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  • visual-hybrid plus 1 year ago
    SXSW.. if you need help filming next year.. I'm totally up for that
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