Best of 2009

So it's been a while and even though 2009 is but a distant memory, I have to give honors where honors are due to some my favorite finds of the past year.

I understand if you don't want to watch all of these, but do yourself a favor and make sure you watch Mark Gormley at #1.



10. Amazing Video Weirdness



9. Winkers



8.The Slow Loris



7. Thru-you-01



6. Cleveland Fox news report on suburban bear sighting



5. Tilt Shift, thank your Keith Loutit

Metal Heart from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.

4. Best in useless product infomercials









3. The Snake Charmer



2. Happy in Paraguay



1. Mark Gormley "Without You"

Tilt shift

Tilt shift photography is amazingly cool and somewhat technical to grasp. I barely know how to turn on my shower, but from what I've read it refers to the use of some sort of lens tilt and a large aperture to achieve a very shallow depth of field. Therefore, it makes things that are big appear in miniature when actually they are anything but.

What you see in these videos is real, not fake or miniaturized, not any kind of CGI wizardry. Keith Loutit is the creator of these videos and if I did drugs he would be my hero.

Metal Heart from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.

Mardi Gras from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.

Bathtub IV from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.