KitsKam

On The Downtime

So when I started the kitskam project I wanted to challenge myself. I wanted to run an extremely high resolution webcam. The kitskam is 8 megapixels (i think). I think there are only a handful of webcams in the world that match that resolution. I had to create the software to run a DSLR at a timed interval etc etc.

The site gets lots of traffic and does fairly well. Unfortunately, it’s not very stable and when I’m traveling (and other people are running it) it goes down and I can’t fix it because physical manual intervention is involved. (the camera itself crashes!)

In the future I plan to make it far more stable and probably way lower resolution. Turns out nobody cares about the high quality of the image but me and some other dorks.

Anyway, it’s not going away for now but I thought I’d post an update and say sorry for all the downtime…

Before Dawn July 14 2010


4AM July 14, 2010

Out with the Old in with the New

As you may know the original @kitskam camera died the other day. It had a pretty incredible life. It traveled through 20 or 30 countries with @jonrawlinson before it was ‘retired’ and donated to become the kitskam camera. Once the Kitskam camera was ‘retired’ as a normal camera it was put into service as the kitskam webcam. It clicked away taking a photo every 30 seconds for roughly 1 year. An impressive feat given that’s more than 10x the number of photos a little camera like that was supposed to be able to handle.

Here are some amazing images @jonrawlinson took with it before it was the kitskam camera:


photo by my brother: Jon Rawlinson


photo by my brother: Jon Rawlinson


photo by my brother: Jon Rawlinson


photo by my brother: Jon Rawlinson

R.I.P. Kitskam camera 1

Vancouver Rainbow


6:26PM March 16, 2010

Military Helicopters Over Vancouver


12:39 March 12, 2010 (view large)

Ominous Sky Over Vancouver


1:56 March 11, 2010.

Vectorial Elevation Vancouver Photos



Vectorial Elevation
Vectorial Elevation
Vectorial Elevation
Vectorial Elevation
Vectorial Elevation
Vectorial Elevation
Vectorial Elevation
Vectorial Elevation
Vectorial Elevation
Vectorial Elevation

Vectorial Vancouver Timelapse 2

Vectorial Elevation is an interactive artwork that allows participants to transform the sky over Vancouver, Canada. Using a three-dimensional interface, this web site lets you design huge light sculptures by directing 20 robotic searchlights located around English Bay. A web page is made for each participant with photos of their design from four cameras located around the city.

http://www.vectorialvancouver.net/

Vectorial Vancouver Timelapse


Give it a minute to load before watching.

Freakin Lazer Beams


11:55PM January 29, 2010








The light comes from the Vectorial Elevation exhibit.