Brian Hawkins

Photographer and filmmaker specializing in timelapse. Former mechanical engineer. Also into aerospace, tech, and the great outdoors.

[Brian Hawkins @Brian_Hawkins]

Ever see a rainbow at night? Moonbows (aka lunar rainbows) are a rare and mesmerizing phenomenon caused by light from a full moon. I'm thrilled to present my new video which shows the famous #moonbow of Yosemite National Park filmed at real-time speed! https://t.co/UickY2BsJd

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@diannahaze Glad to hear it. Got to keep experimenting. Hope you don't crash.

[Brian Hawkins @Brian_Hawkins]

@diannahaze Festina lente

[Brian Hawkins @Brian_Hawkins]

@NYC_Timescape Thank you!

[Brian Hawkins @Brian_Hawkins]

Ever see a rainbow at night? Moonbows (aka lunar rainbows) are a rare and mesmerizing phenomenon caused by light from a full moon. I'm thrilled to present my new video which shows the famous #moonbow of Yosemite National Park filmed at real-time speed! https://t.co/UickY2BsJd

[Brian Hawkins @Brian_Hawkins]

@thephysicsgirl Stoked to hear you're feeling well enough to play a game! Hope your energy keeps trending upward.

[Brian Hawkins @Brian_Hawkins]

@KTmBoyle Why not just, you know, follow the rules?

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It's fantastic that Sony is still making ways to improve such an excellent camera even three years after its release.

[Brian Hawkins @Brian_Hawkins]

Sony FX3 and FX30 to get shutter angle exposure control through firmware update. Finally, these excellent cameras will be worthy of the term "cinema camera." So stoked to get this upgrade. https://t.co/YW6U4DGZIs

[Brian Hawkins @Brian_Hawkins]

Glad to finally have the shutter angle firmware on my FX3. I've mapped S&Q mode to a custom button, so now it's a single tap to toggle between normal speed and overcranked.

[Brian Hawkins @Brian_Hawkins]

@johnschreiber @kcalnews Yet no one was invited to see it. Typical of LA. This city has no soul.

[Gage Goulding @GageGoulding]

This is some of the most intense fire video I’ve ever seen. A California ski resort burned to the ground on a livestream.

@mthigh resort in Wrightwood, CA has been consumed by the #BridgeFire.

[Brian Hawkins @Brian_Hawkins]

@GraduatedBen More bro-science. Let's see some proper peer-reviewed evidence and then we can talk.

[Brian Hawkins @Brian_Hawkins]

@lindayaX Psh. Your clown of a boss, Elon, did immeasurably more damage to twitter than this boycott ever will. Quit your whining and do something that benefits society for a change.

[Brian Hawkins @Brian_Hawkins]

@caphits @DJSnM I'm sure there's also filters, but you still want these detectors so you are aware damage is occurring and maintenance is necessary.

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@midwestern_ope Yep

[Brian Hawkins @Brian_Hawkins]

@jeffersongraham @photojack @JGrammondPhoto @stevebrazill @mcmillanmedia @normansavigar @iFilmmakers @MarcSettle I was going to say Lightroom, but if it’s just on the phone then I flip through all the images, favoriting the good ones, then delete the ones that are not favorited. Crude, but it works.

[Brian Hawkins @Brian_Hawkins]

@jeffersongraham This is @SouthwestAir beginning to lose its soul. Hope they keep the free bags and no change fees because otherwise they're no different than any other airline.

[Brian Hawkins @Brian_Hawkins]

@SirlinJohn Hard to chase storms from the White House

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@DMichaelTripi Maybe she’s a photo journalist whose trained instinct is to remain calm and film during danger. Plenty of photographers working the event behaved the same way, running toward the danger. Some people are just hardcore.

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@AlikGriffin @zoomnclick Photographed by @evanvucci

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Now AI can turn still photos into (terrible) videos. I'm sure this has its utility, but it removes one of the best things about photos - reliance on the human imagination. AI eliminated the mind's engagement to create context by instead spoon-feeding it derivative digital drivel.

[Madni Aghadi @hey_madni]

Dream Machine by Luma AI is just 3 days old.

Now memes are becoming videos.

10 wild examples:

1. Distracted boyfriend

[Brian Hawkins @Brian_Hawkins]

Burn in hell, @Adobe

https://t.co/dYxPDyCjie