Seven and a Half Minutes of Honey Bees in Slow Motion

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Stannis had a Bad Day

SPOILER ALERT: This is all I could think of while watching the Stannis scenes in the season 5 finale of Game of Thrones

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July 4th, 2014

Washington D.C Fireworks - July 4th 2014 from Steve Ellington on Vimeo.

The fireworks display in the nation's capital.
Music is Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Souza performed by the Marine Corp Band.

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2013 Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting

Learn more about the group involved in this protest:
https://www.facebook.com/az2dc

Film Premiere

The Environmental Group of the Pittsburgh Section of the ACS is hosting the premiere my short documentary "Portrait of an Urban Beekeeper" on Saturday in Pittsburgh. Here are the details for anyone who is interested in coming:

Saturday October 26th, 5:00pm
Mellon Institute Auditorium
4400 Fifth Ave (Entrance on S. Bellefield)
Pittsburgh, PA

The film is 20 minutes and will be followed by a Q&A with local beekeeper Stephen Repasky and myself. Hope to see you there!

Black Skinhead (Goat Remix)

While listening to the new album from Kanye West, this is all I could think of:

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Goat remixes are one of my favorite youtube genres. I am happy to be able to contribute to it.

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Taylor Swift -- Goat Remix
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La Trebbiatura del Grano

All around the world, small towns hold festivals and celebrations that are virtually unknown to outsiders. I love these kinds of events and I find they are a great way to get a better understanding of a place. While on vacation this summer in the hills of Tuscany our schedule just happend to coincide with such an event. La Trebbiatura del Grano, which means "The Threshing of the Grain", is a festival that takes place in many small towns in Italy. It is a celebration of the time when all of the farmers gather together and communally process their grain. In the town where we were staying, San Pietro in Campo, the festival begins with a parade of tractors which is seen in the video above. Every farmer decorates their tractor and joins the parade to the field behind the church. The last tractors in the parade are transporting the grain threshing machine. After everyone arrives, it is time for a feast. Everyone eats together at long communal tables near the church. The food is very cheap and very hearty.

*A local farmer tosses raw grains to the first stage of the threshing machine.*

Once the meal is finished, the real work of threshing the grain gets started. Locals wearing traditional hats and clothing work the large orange threshing machine. That machine takes raw wheat and separates the grain from the stalks.

*Two young men discussing at the side of the machine where the processed grain falls out.*

The grains fall out of the side of the machine while the hay is gathered and baled automatically at the back of the machine. It is an amazing piece of engineering.

*A man inspects the final stage of the threshing where grain stalks are bailed into hay.*

After all of the work is done, what else is there to do but have another feast? That is exactly what happens, except this time with even more people. It was a pleasure to witness this unique local event

La Festa della Trebbiatura del Grano just happend to occur right across the street from our guest house, Casale I Girasoli. If you ever plan a trip to Tuscany, specifically the Barga region, I highly recommend staying there. The room was spacious, our hosts were friendly, the rates were more than fair and they had a beautiful garden in which we were given many vegetables. If you are there in late July, you will also get to witness La Trebbiatura.

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A couple of weeks ago I drove up to Canada to shoot some video with my friend Rykka. The video above is a live version of a song from her upcoming album "Kodiak." Enjoy

"How She Floats" by Joy Ike

I recently had the pleasure of collaborating with Pittsburgh-based musician Joy Ike and a beautiful Steinway piano at CMU's College of Fine Arts.

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Two Tracks with Buttonsz

Buttonsz is an up and coming Pittsburgh rapper and member The H&T. I recently met up with her in Pittsburgh's beautiful Highland Park and filmed these two videos:

the beat on the first video is courtest of The Rhythm Thief

From the 38th Floor

Last thursday was a night of fortuitous accidents. While scouting music video locations with StraightValue, a series of one-time opportunties lead us to an outside balcony on the 38th floor of the Cathedral of Learning. While, unfortunately too dark to shoot a scene for the video, I seized the moment to take some time-lapse footage and put together a short video. The view from there is incredible.

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Timothy Jaromir with Christina Maria, Part 1

Timothy Jaromir performing his new song "The Artist" with Christina Maria on the Lindenhof in Zürich Switzerland. More video from this session to come...

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A Perfect Moment with Lindsay Ferguson

Lindsay Ferguson came through Zürich and after her show at the best cafe in Zürich we filmed two videos for the Presented by Cafe Henrici video series. The way the people in the street reacted to her and what happens at the beginning of part II made for a perfect, real life moment for me. Enjoy!

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Moving You by Christina Maria

I met up with Christina Maria at her songwriting hideway and we made the video above. Enjoy!

Les Shelleys, Part 2 - "The Biggest Lie"

Another charming cover from Les Shelleys, this time being "The Biggest Lie" by Elliott Smith.

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Les Shelleys, Part 1 - "I'm On Fire"

Les Shelleys is the American duo consisting of Tom Brosseau and Angela Correa. They came through Zürich in November to play a show at Helsinki Klub and afterward, in the "green room" (actually a small trailer), they played a few charming covers songs. I captured these songs on video and here is the first, a delightful cover of I'm On Fire by Bruce Springsteen:

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Molly Rose in Zürich

Molly Rose is a musician from Seattle who recently moved to Zürich. After her first ever Swiss performance at Cafe Henrici, we headed out into the cold night and shot two videos for the Presented by Cafe Henrici series.

"Unveiling"

"Refuge"

Special thanks to Rok for being an impromptu sound man.

Kostume No. 3

Here is a quick video I put together for the organizers of Kostume No. 3 which took place in Zürich on November 6th, 2010.

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Steve Ellington

an independent filmmaker based in Washington D.C.