240 frames per second · Backyard, Nashville

Slow Motion
Birds.

That's a ruby-throated hummingbird behind this text, shot at 240 frames a second so you can actually see the wings. There's a lot more below.

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Barred Owl Visits
4m 35s · 2025 · on Livid ↗

Four and a half minutes of an owl deciding whether you matter. Go full screen; the owl earned it.

Snow Birds & Lo-Fi Beats, Vol. 1
53m · 2025 · on Vimeo ↗

Snowfall, birds, beats. Fifty-three minutes of it. Put it on a TV and leave it there.

House Finch Feeder Fight Fest
3h 1m · 2025 · on Vimeo ↗

Three hours of finches settling disputes at 240fps, set to Flamingosis. The long game.

Backyard Snow Birds
7m 55s · 2024 · on Livid ↗
Bird Clips: Selects
9m 32s · 2023 · on Vimeo ↗

Field notes.

How the footage gets made: the pipeline, the proof sheets, the grading ladder, the glass math and the scope.

The Workflow: from card dump to the daily 60 second clip, the whole pipeline. Contact Sheets: every footage session, one proof sheet each. Footage Levels: the 0 to 5 ladder every clip of footage gets graded on. Light and Lens calculator: depth of field, framing and exposure math for feeder footage. Reading the Waveform: where every bird colour actually lands on the scope, measured.

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