After stumbling across a brief article on how to make a cinemagraph, I (James) decided to give it a shot today. I'd already been out, shooting a small piece of video at work, trying to put together a lightning photo for my day job. It turns out, a little snippet of video is all you need to make one of these masterpieces! I won't bore you with the details, but rather I'll show you the two I've done so far.

Make sure you look towards the lower/center area of this photo, for the American flag.

This is one I did with our dog, just to help tide me over while I look for another subject.

Here's another I did for work, just for fun. :)

There are a lot of options when putting one of these together. Certainly there are better examples than these, as well, but for a first shot, I think they've turned out pretty well. Definitely look for cinemagraphs in the future of our work. They'll make great digital pieces for our clients to use on blogs and other internet media!

Enjoying the photos on our blog? Check out the website of Wichita photographers James & Abi Sanny, and let us know what we can do for you!