Thursday, 1 November 2012

To Levitate or Not???? That's levitating photography silly...lol.....!~

OK if you dont know what that is, it's a fad started by a Japanese photographer Natsumi Hayashi where she posted photos of herself 'leviating' in her website. It's basically a picture showing someone halfway through a jump. The thing is, unlike a simple normal jump, this takes lots of choreographing-cordination, & planning so that the subject will appear as if he is suspended in action through mid air!

It's really fun to watch. BUt quite hard to do, needs lots of patience for the perfect shot.
 One :you really need a camera with a fast  shutting speed as the time when you jump & land is just maybe 1 or 2 seconds??? I tried using my mobile phone.... cant be done!

Two: Dont do it bare footed, as you'll need lots of jumps (I can guarantee that...lol....) -might get injured if you dont wear shoes which are better cushioned.

Three: Was told it's best to take the photo from a lower angle shotting upwards as one started jumping up... you'll have no time so that's best. By the time subject is on the way down, you are out of time.

Four: Another tip, look 'happy'. Actually it's quite tough. You'll surely look stressed most of the time as it's a tough thing to do...lol... but try..... the photo will turn out better if you look as if you are just floating around everyday... no biggie ...lol.....

Five: if  you have weak joints, pls dont do this, you might just fracture something! Dont do it if you are OLD....lol.....

to be cont..... got errand now!!!!
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34 comments:

  1. Kia2 November 2012 at 15:52

    Any Success so far? We should all do together! Sounds like damn fun!...lol....
    It's like planking!!!!

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    1. Rebecca2 November 2012 at 18:37

      Where's everyone td? I tot we meet here every sat?
      By the way what's planking?

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    2. Kia2 November 2012 at 18:51

      Sleeping I think the wheather damn shiok!

      Planking is where people take pictures of themselves lying face down on their stomach in unusual places. As it goes on, it became challenging & people find more more dangerous places to do it- some got hurt I think!

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    3. Candy4 November 2012 at 15:38

      Planking is dumb! Levitating on the other hand requires skill, patience & tons of fun!

      Sorry Rebecca was trying to levitate on Sat. With my little brother! He's light so had a bit of a success....lol.... Me & Bunny were taking Pics of him in various flying position!

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    4. Mandy5 November 2012 at 15:48

      Yep this is not for those who are chubby...lol.... Try this sat, together???? I'm interested!

      Any success for you & Bunny?

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    5. Bunny11 November 2012 at 17:17

      Not much success yet! We dont look relax enough! Plus we dont blend in with the environment well...lol.... damn it's hard!

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    6. candy14 November 2012 at 23:52

      My knees are killing me!!!!! Gosh... we are so unhealthy hahhhaa.... .

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    7. Kia16 November 2012 at 02:53

      WA like that better wear my Nike!
      TM on????

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  2. Rebecca16 November 2012 at 18:09

    What's up??? I saw you guys jumping aroung & than After I went talk to prof & came back you people are GONE!!!!!

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    1. Candy16 November 2012 at 18:10

      Gees Becca cant we go out to talk?

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    2. Rebecca16 November 2012 at 18:11

      No it's so damn hot outside, I'm going to stay in here.

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    3. Candy16 November 2012 at 18:13

      We tried for the 1000th times. I think we have defected fingers! Just cant click fast enough- so give up- & rest my knees...lol....

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    4. Kia16 November 2012 at 18:14

      Lucky my shoes got support, almost landed on my knees once!

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    5. Rebecca16 November 2012 at 18:15

      where are the photos? any good?

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    6. Kia16 November 2012 at 18:17

      I've got it, some are actually quite decent. But not goood enough! Comeover & look! I'm editing now.

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    7. Bunny21 November 2012 at 18:31

      You kidding right?? They were pretty good I thought! Anyway I cant do it anymore...lol... I fell acouple of times. Got bruised

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  3. Anonymous19 September 2013 at 17:16

    Hey is that you in the picture?

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    1. Bunny3 October 2013 at 18:36

      No.... That's Natsumi Hayashi herself. Do you know it's very very difficult to take a shot like that! Unfortunately Non of my photos are close to that! quite sad:(

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  4. Charlene6 October 2013 at 17:25

    Bunny you guys are so fun! None of my friends will do something like this :(

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    1. Bunny11 October 2013 at 02:08

      Maybe time to look for new friends? :) Just kidding, you can always be the one who suggest fun things to do !!

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    2. Charlene11 October 2013 at 16:42

      Bunny I did, ask them to check out your blog .... they are very interested, we are attempting this later .... so excited!!!

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    3. Charlene17 October 2013 at 16:27

      Hi Bunny, we did it !!! You are right, very difficult haha.... but very fun also.

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    4. Bunny19 October 2013 at 18:18

      That's great!!!!

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  5. Tess24 October 2013 at 17:52

    Awesome .... looks really fun & interesting !

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  6. Anonymous17 November 2013 at 16:14

    I think the photographer is very impt in this , also the speed of the camera.

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    1. jackie25 November 2013 at 07:00

      My friends & I did it with our hp- damn tough, but after like a long time we got the hang of it.

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  7. AngelBaby9 March 2014 at 16:27

    I want to do too !!!!

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  8. Gean28 March 2014 at 16:38

    Hi Bunny, Thx for sharing, this is just too awesome!
    I love it too, me & friends spend hrs trying..... it's like super fun!!!!

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  9. Nate12 September 2014 at 16:03

    Hi all... me & my friends tried like over 500 times only get a handful of semi-good shots. This is tough, but have to agree, we had hell of a good time doing it ! cheers people

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  10. TeenWolf28 September 2014 at 15:21

    Stumble upon this blog, awesome!!!
    Me & my friends tried this sometime ago. We found that, if you can have a few people taking the pics at the same time while one do the jumping/action, the chances of getting "the pic" increases. If we only rely on 1 person, it usually takes forever- haha...
    Hope that helps for those of you who are thinking of trying !

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    1. Bunny6 October 2014 at 14:58

      What a great idea! Thanks for visiting & sharing :)

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  11. ButterFingers15 May 2015 at 18:08

    Not a sport for butter fingers like mine. End up getting screamed at by my friends. Because I cant snap fast enough. Eventually I have to take the role as the jumper...haha... fun though:)
    Wouldn't miss it for the world!

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