Push/Pull Moves with Kessler Gear
How to Do Push Pull Moves Using Kessler Gear – Full Length from Preston Kanak on Vimeo. For all of my productions that involve time-lapse, I have always utilized Kessler gear. Because these rigs are motorized and have built in controls that allow you to execute a certain move over a specific amount of time,...
In case you missed it: Vimeo Announces New Design
Open Your Eyes to the New Vimeo from Vimeo Staff on Vimeo. I have long found that Vimeo is the best video hosting site out there. Unlike YouTube, the focus has always been on great, user-generated content, and creating a supportive community of like-minded filmmakers. This has meant better content to consume and more...
Video: “How Technology is Influencing Storytelling & Film”
I had the pleasure to be part of a panel at the Sundance Film Festival last week. Adobe invited filmmakers Sharlto Copley, Rob Legato, Jacob Rosenberg and myself to share some of our thoughts on where all of this new technology is taking us as filmmakers. You might recognize Sharlto as the lead actor...
Edit: Next batch for sale Tuesday…. The BEST slider ever made and it’s got the best name too!!
EDIT: Next batch will go on sale Tuesday at 11am Eastern USA time and 9PM Eastern USA Time! Sorry these are in so short supply but demand is huge and each one is handmade. Kessler Crane are looking for new factories to help make more but quality is paramount. The add to cart option goes...
Adobe Post Workflow on Mobius
  Over the next few weeks you’ll see a few posts on the gear we used on Mobius, as well as the pre-production we did on it as well as the post workflow. First – here is a video on rotoscoping that you might find of interest. A few months ago we did a...
NEW GEAR: Litepanels Sola 4 and Croma
LED Lighting will continue to grow in my opinion and become a greater and greater part of how we light things in the cine/docu/photo world. To date a major limitation has been power… most LED cannot output enough light to fight daylight. But as you’ll see in the upcoming year or two –...
It’s been an eventful year… timing out until 2012 – see you then!
2011 was incredibly eventful – as you’ll see in the video below. I just wanted to thank all of the readers of the blog, the blog’s supporters, and everyone I know and have had the chance to meet, share a few laughs, and work with in the past year. I wish you all a wonderful...
SHH…SHHH..SHHAAAARRRRRKKK!!!!
A good friend of mine Michael Muller has been working on this series for the Travel Channel on sharks as a photographer and filmmaker. I’ll be making sure to tune in on December 18th on the Travel Channel to watch this episode – here’s an official description of it followed by a quick Q&A with...
Master of the Skies and Stars: Tom Lowe and his new film TIMESCAPES
There are few people in this world that are as special as Tom Lowe. Most of you know him as one of the pre-eminent time-lapse photographers/filmmakers out there who has been redefining the medium for years now on Timescapes. (Tom was named Astronomy Photographer of the Year last year.) Tom has worked with...
VISUAL STORIES is live today
I just wanted to make a quick announcement that my book "VISUAL STORIES" is out today. There is 35% off coupon on Peachpit’s site as well for a short time – use the code "PPE2011" when you check out to get the discount. Here is a link to the hard copy: Visual Stories: Behind the...
Canon C300 “Organic” Noise
Two of the most exciting things about the Canon C300 are the sharpness of the image, and also the "organic" or granular structure of the noise pattern the sensor produces. As I worked with the footage from "Mobius" with VFX and color correction – I noticed something I had rarely seen coming off...
These are interesting times for filmmakers – the tools keep getting better
Just last week Canon unveiled the Canon C300 and C300PL cameras. A series of cameras with incredible sensors with wide exposure latitude and incredible low light performance that shoot 1080p video up to 30fps on CF Cards. A little over an hour later – Red announced the Scarlet camera. An equally compact camera capable of...
