Sean is a designer living in Tempe, AZ
I first heard of the 30 Days of Creativity project via @dotguy on Twitter. The premise is to create something, anything, for 30 days in a row. The project began June 1, 2010 the same day I read @dotguy’s tweet. With little time to prepare I decided to focus the project around photography and work. [...]
For our reception we decided it would would be fun to setup a photo booth. We priced out a few vendors all of which wanted upwards of $1,000 for setup and rental. After some back and forth we decided to give it a shot ourselves. Google provided lots of tutorials and setup required the following [...]
Ikea Dresser Time Lapse from sean hobson on Vimeo.
This time-lapse was shot using an hours worth (nearly 800) of still images from the peak of South Mountain. South Mountain is a city park located a few miles south of Phoenix. The clouds were fantastic this day. South Mountain from sean hobson on Vimeo.
As an instructional designer I’m constantly evaluating e-learning tools to incorporate in my online course build projects. Each course and instructor has unique needs so it’s important to stay current so I can apply the best tool for the situation. I’ve been building courses for the past 5 years during which I’ve evaluated hundreds of [...]
I’m trying to learn how to use Final Cut Studio, a video editing suite by Apple. This movie was filmed and edited on a November Saturday in my backyard in Phoenix, AZ. Backyard Saturday from sean hobson on Vimeo. Looking for projects to help me learn Final Cut Pro this video was filmed, edited and [...]
Inspired by some fantastic time lapse photography work by Dan Chung and Peter Berlanger I decided to read up and give it a shot. I stumbled upon two great tutorials by Zach Wise and Timothy Allen which provided me with enough of a base to produce the following short clip. Photos were shot from a [...]
Check out the new photos page at seanhobson.com! For the past year or so I have adopted photography as a hobby. I have always been interested in capturing moments but until recently haven’t had the motivation or proper equipment to produce quality work. My most recent shots can always be found on Flickr, but for [...]
Teresa and I happened upon the new Microsoft store opening in Fashion Square Mall on our way to a friends house for dinner. Normally I wouldn’t write about something like this but because the opening of the store has received national headlines I thought I would take and post some pictures. Further motivation is that [...]
I returned last week from a six day trip to San Francisco. The primary goal was to attend a conference on Emerging Technology Application hosted by Sloan-C. This was an absolutely fabulous symposium packed full of great sessions and well attended by my peers across the county and world. A secondary goal and of more [...]
For those who don’t know, Flickr is a free photo and video hosting service owned by Yahoo. With thousands of photos and videos uploaded every minute, there is a huge database of really great content from people literally all over the world. Initially I visited the site regularly just to view the amazing collection of [...]
I’ve had my eye on the Flip MinoHD for a few months now. Forever the tech geek the MinoHD promised high quality output with an Applesque compact design. After a week or so of playing around, my initial opinions: – Simple design lives up to the hype – MP4 file output plays best w/ Mac [...]
Moving into a new home has afforded me plenty of opportunities to conjure up new and interesting home projects. First was organizing the garage, then came fixing the lawn and most recently mounting the TV to the wall. Luckily the house was move in ready, so we haven’t had any major projects. Because I’m no Bob Vila, [...]
On September 23, 2008 my father turned 70 Years Young. For his birthday gift I decided to create a photo book comprising of memories from years past. As part of the gift, I also wanted use interviews of his family, friends and coworkers to create the content. It was my hope that they would provide memories beyond [...]