Uh oh, read Gizmag
Along with its nihilistic cyberpunk style, the film The Matrix is famous for popularizing what’s known as “bullet time†photography. You know the shots where someone would run and jump, then they’d freeze and the camera would appear to track around them as they were frozen in mid-air? That’s bullet-time. Now, that same technology may be coming to live televised sporting events.
“This documentary provides an atmospheric snapshot of long-distance, river swimmer Jim Alabiso, with a focus on the swimmer’s rhythms and philosophies. Shot (and edited) by Jesse Hanson on the St Johns River, Jacksonville, Florida in the spring of 2013.”
Vital Breath from AfterImage Documentary on Vimeo.
A young boy making himself ready for the Jóansøkusvimjingin 2010 open water swim in the lake Vatnið, seen here between him and the town Vágur in the background.
Courtesy of SwimBritain
“This video shows a unique experience of 2 weeks of free diving with the whale sharks in their natural habitat in the Philippine waters.”
Courtesy of SwimBritain
“Carbs are not the Enemy” :-)
Hear Hear !! (The backstory is here)
Nice to see that they can have interesting weather too :-P
