I spent some time over the last few days to prepare a small movie for the Nikon Festival. The theme was “My day in 140 seconds”. For you Tweeple (Twitter people) the 140 seconds will make sense as we are restricted to 140 characters for our tweets. My idea was to combine things that I love doing: running and photography. It was the first time, where I not only used still images in combination with music, but also movie clips. I worked with my Nikon D90, which is the first DSLR that also records movies in HD quality. Working with mixed media was fun. The combination of film, photography and music creates a new way of experiencing the world for me. When I saw the first examples of what other came up with, I was enthused to participate in the competition.

For all of you following me on Twitter, you will not to be surprised to see the opening scene starting with my morning espresso and of course my Vibram Fivefingers had to feature.

I shot the footage in the Cape Town area and most of it during one day. The Zebras, you see are part of an attempt to rebreed the Quagga, a subspecies of the Zebra. It is one of these wonderful treats in South Africa that you literally can start your day by running and experience Zebras watching you.

Those strange looking shoes, I am running in, are called Vibram Fivefingers and are the nicest running shoes, I ever ran in. It is like running barefoot, but with some basic protection against, but without cushioning. The book “Born To Run” by Christopher McDougall inspired many runners to rediscover barefoot or barefoot like running.

Enjoy the movie and let me know, what you think.