Earlier I wrote about how we interact with emotions in photographs,  and how the darker emotions invite more connections and narrative, well here’s a video that is part of Nikon’s Your Day in 140 seconds or less competition in which people submitted 140 second videos taken with their DSLRs.

I really like this video: Today

It has a nice warm feel, and the transitions of facial expression makes you think and is also capabable of giving you a dose of the warm and fuzzies, if you let it. I think it is the transition of emotions and the question of “what made them smile?” that really helps you connect with this, along with the very well selected soundtrack.  Watching with and withoutaudio, shows how important the right choice of audio is for pieces like this. The new DSLR cameras with their video capability are going to open up opportunities in portraiture,  the moving portrait can be very engaging. Hmmm anyone got a 5D2 they want to loan me?

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