Motion Blur

Just found some fun images while cleaning up some old files. The motion blur makes the gestures of the performer hang in the air, communicating much more information than a simple static image.

Alexander Refsum Jensenius uses a more sophisticated video-processing technique to produce motiongrams and videograms, which he uses for analysis of musical performance. You can read about them in his PhD Dissertation.

Self-portrait

Fun photo manipulation

I spent a few minutes the other day messing around with the online face transformer from the University of St Andrew’s Perception Lab. It allows you to upload a photo and “transform” it into someone older, younger, an ape, etc… Personally, I enjoy the results best when the system is cruelly abused, and given faulty eye and mouth positions – here’s a before and after:

Newfoundland is beautiful