Trying some experimenting with my photography and some Cinema 4d. Thanks to Ratha @ stablabs for the idea..

FYI – I have become so inept at Photoshop that I had to bring the pictures and effects into After Effects CS5 in order to get comfortable with them. Again. Here’s another one with the same idea.

One more for tonight…and I thing I like this one the most. Just a good look to it..

Ok…..another addendum, I have to figure how to legitimately add to a post with time code, etc…….One more quick one for the road….

I lied…..this is too fun…..here’s another.

Thanks for the idea Ratha.

Just got my hands on the new Video Copilot plugin Optical Flares and am very impressed.  Definitely gonna change how I approach 3D/2.5D and lighting from now on.

I may have overdone the volume a bit, but just the use of the 3D cameras and luma mattes to obscure the lights is pretty cool in my book. Also have had luck with using Maya camera information for a project at work…so it is definitely something to add to the toolkit..