Featured Contributor: Steve Williams
Orlando based photographer Steve Williams has earned a special place on the FoundFolios blog, returning as an ongoing installment in our featured contributors section.
With 25 years of experience under his belt, Steve Williams is no industry rookie. From corporate and conceptual to architectural and editorials, Williams has established a technique within his work that proves successful time and time again.
On his website, he writes, “Combine a good idea, beautiful light and superb composition, and you get a lasting image. It’s that easy, just like playing piano—all you have to do is hit the right keys at the right time.”
Recently, Steve reached out to me to let me know about an incredibly special event he had the honor of not only attending, but participating in.
On his blog, Steve writes, “We were asked to shoot video and stills for Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella when he visited the UCF students responsible for Limbitless Solutions. This is the group that has created very low cost arfiticial limbs for children using student designs and 3-D printers in the UCF mechanical engineering lab.”
Limbitless Solutions is an incredible non-profit organization entirely devoted and dedicated towards building and creating a “generation of innovators who use their skills and passion to improve the world around them.” In creating personalized bionics and solutions for individuals with physical disabilities, Limbitless is a truly outstanding name in technological advancements. “We believe that no family should have to pay for their child to receive an arm. Now we want to lead by example and encourage communities to innovate with compassion.”
In trying to fully grasp and understand what Limbitless truly does, I came across this video on their website.
Of the pictures below, Steve writes, “Mr. Nadella talked with the students about their products and got hooked up to a functioning arm. I tried it myself, and have to say that it’s a very weird feeling to move your hand and have an artificial limb mimic your movements!”
Just last month, Steve let me in on another amazing opportunity he was given. Steve was approached by Mount Dora Christian Home and Bible school and asked to help them rebrand and revamp their image. Steve went above and beyond and created an awesome video showcasing the school and utilizing time lapse motion work, smiling faces, sporting events, graduation, charitable events, extracurriculars in action and their magnificent campus.
Of this assignment, Steve writes, “After 70 years as the Mount Dora Christian Home and Bible School, the leadership wanted a new image and a new name: Mount Dora Christian Academy. We were asked to create an upbeat video to a contemporary Christian song that would entice new students and their parents. It had to reflect the school’s diverse students, show off their various sports, music and theater programs, give a feeling of academic excellence and community service, all while showing off their nice campus. My video partner/editor Dan Dennis and I used camera drones, gimbals, jibs and sliders to create a feeling of action and excitement in the dozens of clips used in the final video.”