fiz-iks

tdub303 — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:07:09 +0000

In the fall of 2009 Japanese television station, OHK, featured us on their 6 o’clock news program. Our story ran for 6 and a half minutes during their popular Super News program. The filming for the segment covered 2 days. The first shoot was a night shoot where we did a demonstration of many of the techniques and tools we use. The shoot included a light painting portrait of the news anchorman. The second shoot was during the set up for the exhibition we did in the fall at MaiMai.

Fiz-iks on the news! from tdub303 on Vimeo.

Kousanji Temple

tdub303 — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:22:01 +0000

Kousanji Temple, located on a small island in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, was the location of our most recent shoot. They were kind enough to give us exclusive access to the property at night. The buildings are listed as Important National Cultural Assets by the government and many of these buildings house national treasures. To be given access to such a location was an honor.

Construction on the temple began before World War ll and took over 30 years to complete. It was built by Reverend Kosanji Koso out of gratitude for his deceased mother. It is a massive complex that includes several different styles of architecture and even includes a very modern and very large marble mountain of a park.

The images shown here are illuminated by hand with a 500 lumen torch and served as test images of the location lighting for the final shots with the visible light sources. Those images can be found in the gallery.

If you ever make to Hiroshima we highly recommend a visit to Kousanji Temple.

Fiz-iks writes the book on LP

tdub303 — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:00:54 +0000

Lomokev of Flickr and Lomography fame, invited Trevor to contribute two chapters to his new book. One chapter was light painting and the other was capturing star trails. The book is listed on with the American title available at amazon.com and the British title available at amazon.co.uk. The book will feature over 20 of our images. The book is a collection of 52 creative photography techniques and covers a huge variety ideas.

The chapter on light painting offers a basic how-to and then details some tools and ideas on how to use them. The chapter on capturing star trails covers three different methods including film, single exposures, and stacking. Both chapters also offers advice for location and foreground lighting. It is bound to have something for everyone and would make a great gift so check it out!.

Graphica!

tdub303 — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:55:14 +0000

Graphica and Fiz-iks have joined forces in hopes to produce some top class art. After a stopping by our exhibition in November, we agreed to a meeting at the Graphica office. Surprised by the fact that we create our images by hand with a variety of light sources and did not use and software, the owner offer us unlimited support. He expressed a wish to create a series of images in early 2010 that could be exhibited later in the year at a large gallery. The company currently imports professional audio and lighting equipment, offers programming for these devices, and also produces there own line of equipment under the name Versia.

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Our second meeting was at the showroom and stage which gave us a good look at the lights they have and the effects these lights produce. We look forward to getting these lights out to some of our favorite locations. Some of the equipment they have that we are interested in using include high power LED spotlights, programmable lasers and smoke/haze machines.

Its all good!

tdub303 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:07:21 +0000

The event at maimai was a big success. Thanks to everyone that came by and to the DJs that provided the sounds. The creativity of the customers whom were all new to light painting was astounding. This brought a whole new level of inspiration to us at fiz-iks. We were so pleased with the event and cannot wait until we are invited to do one again. See the pictures in the gallery!

NICENESS

tdub303 — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:38:39 +0000

We did a dry run for the event on November 15th, this Sunday, to make sure everything would work as planned. The staff had a lot of fun playing with the lights. The magic of light painting was evident in their enthusiasm. We look forward to a great event.

Here are a few shots of staff playing around. All are welcome to come down and give light painting a try.

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Fiz-iks papercraft bus!

tdub303 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:22:30 +0000

Thanks to batmkana for designing this masterpiece. We appreciate the time and effort that has gone in to this. We will be handing these out at the upcoming live event.

To make one for yourself…just download it, save it to your computer, print it out and fold it together.

DOWNLOAD IT HERE!!

Exhibiton is open!

tdub303 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:19:58 +0000

After much preparation we are proud to announce that the exhibition at Maimai Cafe is officially open. The set up was a lot of work but in the end we are more than happy with the results. Here are some pictures of the set up. You will have to come down to see the art! There will an event on the 15th with live light painting.

native species

tdub303 — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:27:22 +0000

It is all about purity. It is all about origins. It is all about native species….

Native Species…

SOOC. lit by hand with a xenon torch and the red is done with LEDs. The logo in the bottom left is a light stencil. No photoshop.

Crack Mag #002

tdub303 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:15:56 +0000

Our good friends at CFYE have finally published the eagerly awaited Crack Mag issue #002. The magazine is definitely a must read as it is full of amazing street art from cover to cover. It showcases rising artists working with a variety of mediums from all over the world. To view the magazine mouse over and click ‘View Full Screen”.

Seeing our work in the mag was awesome. It was an honor to be next to some other great artists. In the mag you can find…

A shot from the spray can collaboration project

A couple of pics from The Crew global light painting project that is being covered by CFYE. pt.2, pt.3

Also check out our interview that we did with them!