Mother Flight over Lowell

March 22, 2017

I’ve been learning how to fly my drone. It’s quite nerve-wracking but I’m getting the hang of it. Check out my first flight! This video covers a very short trip over Lowell which I made originating at Fort Hill Park. My altitude was set at 320-ish feet for the duration but hopefully I’ll get more dynamic over time. The music is awesome, by Vitamin String Quartet tribute to Pink Floyd so go get it here! https://www.amazon.com/String-Quartet-Tribute-Pink-Floyd/dp/B000069KDX

Creative Block & Amateur Filmmaking

October 18, 2016

I went into my #LostSock project with an immeasurable amount of ambition and little experience over 2 years ago. Not really understanding the scope of my project I was determined to teach myself as I go, and that’s exactly what I did. I could hold a camera, frame a shot, and edit it together so how hard could it be right? I had put out a few short videos in the past that were well received, this project would just follow the same patterns and be done in short order right? No. It turns out that all those words scrolling …

Lowell Folk Festival 2014

July 27, 2014

Sun, Sweat, and Music at the Lowell Folk Festival There are only a few times in life when standing in the sun, sweat dripping from my could be considered fun. Today was one of those days! Today is the second day of the Lowell Folk Festival and I got there right when things kicked off. It’s nice because there is a large section of downtown completely roped off for pedestrians only so it’s easy to get to all the stages. I wanted to take my time and just look for compositions I liked, meandering around looking for things that caught my eye. There were …

Postcards from Lowell – A Tilt Shifted Short

October 22, 2013

Postcards from Lowell – A Tilt Shift Short I was hanging out windows, balancing on rooftops, and trespassing to get these shots. Someone PLEASE hire me! Filmed with a Canon 60D with an 18-135mm kit lens Compiled and editing using Adobe Premiere Pro Tilt Shift Effect by Adobe After Effects Color Grading by Adobe Speedgrade Music: “Un Bacio A Mezzanotte” – Quartetto Cetra owned by IMC Music “Congratulations” – Composed George Whitefield Chadwick Played by Phillip Sear – psear.co.uk

Jack’s First Baseball Game at the Lowell Spinners

June 30, 2013

Jack had a blast even though we only stayed into the 5th inning. It was very hot to be out in the sun but Jack was a trooper! I imagine it was almost as tough to play baseball in 95 degree weather! Cheers! Eric

Lowell – 6/6/2013

June 7, 2013

Cheers!

Scenes from Mill City – Lowell, MA

May 28, 2013

Cheers!

Tilt Shifting with Adobe After Effects

May 23, 2013

Tilt Shifted Postcards from Lowell for SGT. James Taylor

May 22, 2013

I made this from an afternoon’s worth of shooting from a municiple parking garage. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjdRNyfg_EE&w=853&h=480] Shot with a Canon 60D using an 18-135 kit lens. SFX Composited using Adobe After Effects Compiled and edited using Adobe Premiere Pro Produced by Eric Foster Cheers!

Lowell, Gem of the Mill Cities

May 16, 2013

Here are some of the new shots I’ve been getting. I’m not only refining my HDR techniques, but I’m honing my LightRoom and Photoshop skills AND learning about architectural photography. I took 6-9 RAW photos of each frame, using a different Fstop, and merged them using the HDR functionality in Photoshop. Then saved that file as a TIFF, which was like 300mb! As a TIFF I could get CameraRAW in Photoshop to open it and edit it. I generally push the highlights 90% down, the shadows 90% up and work down to really get all the dark spots properly exposed. …

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