This doesn't show much - but you can see I made a framework for my camera on the left.  I'll post a better pick later on.  It's made from lego - of course - and secured in nice and tight.  I can slide the frame around the glass table and if I need to secure it to the base plate then I can do that as well.

http://imgur.com/a/TB7VX#21

I can adjust the height of the legs to set the camera higher or lower and with this arrangement - my camera is actually secured upside down for stability.  Stop Mostion Pro lets me invert the image during live viewing and capture so up/down orientation really is not a factor.

The "set" in the background is from my upcoming Star Wars parody.  That "scene" is for my storyboard - for which I'm now on version 3.

Let's get this thread going, it would be neat to see behind the scenes of current projects.

Sure is! It'll be a bit until it's finished, everything is so large in scale and most models appear for only one or two shots, takes a long time. It'll be good though, promise.

Waz dat webcam u got?  Looks compact and nice for tiny sets.  Does it have software control like pan, zoom and focus?

Mac's aren't known for their webcam drivers. Hence why I use a DSLR and Dragonframe, otherwise I would have been more than happy just with a quickcam.

This is a behind the scenes of the animation I'm making for the motion blur animation challenge. The set is really large, and I move the largest half as I take each frame. It's proving to be time consuming, but I really am liking to final look.

I really do wish I had another straight road base and a 32x32 green base. It'd make this animation so much easier.

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The new KB Videos coming soon.

I'm kind of confused as to what you're saying here. Do you mean that you should always keeps lights in front of the camera, or just anywhere that isn't directly behind?

Youtube @TheRealSonjira I consider it a personal defeat if my pee is not perfectly clear every time.]

@legoguy I envy anyone with a double monitor setup. I curse my love for retina screens that tend to cost thousands of dollars......

Nice dolly by the way

Here is another behind the scenes shot for my animation coming out tomorrow called 'speed'. The car is attached to my dolly so the car stays in the same place by the perspective of the camera, and motion blurs everything else.

The new KB Videos coming soon.

I seem to have missed this thread the first time around, I think it's a good idea. I'll post something once I get a "studio" set up in my new apartment and actually start animating again. (hopefully soon) Also, there looks to be some good stuff in the works, I'm excited.

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