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 –...
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...
Rocking the RC Heli
I wanted to give a quick shout out to my friend Tabb Firchau of Freeflycinema. Tabb has been piloting helicopters (RC and real ones) for close to 2 decades and I’ve know him since my first HDSLR productions including "JOB First Look." We’ve worked on several productions together over the years including...
Black Friday Gadget Guide
I have an upcoming post for the holidays that will involve a few charities as I think that giving back and helping others is one of the best things anyone can do. Today unfortunately, I’m going to digress into a more materialistic world… on the eve of the day Americans call "Black Friday" where they...
This is how Sangat TV produced live pictures during the Birmingham riots
The recent riots across the UK were viewed by a nation spellbound by the unbelievable scenes being broadcast from such channels as Sky-carried Sangat TV. This live coverage of the violence as well as the heroic community outreach efforts—described as...
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...
3 Years later… “Mobius” and the Canon C300 / C300PL
HDSLRs were born a little over 3 years ago – and my life and that of many others has forever been changed as a result. What an incredible time it’s been for many of us! And that is about to change again today… The number "3" seems to have an unusual relevance to this...
“Mobius” / C300 Post will go live at 5:35PM PST
Check back in one hour – I will be posting my short film, "Mobius" shot on the new Canon C300, along with a BTS and my thoughts on the camera specs.
Extremely useful App to calculate data usage & space needed – KataData
As silly as it is – trying to calculate how much hard drive or card space one will need for a particular shot or project can become extremely complex. Now, let me clarify that … Once you factor in the different compression settings, resolutions, frame rates etc -it can be downright maddening! Here is...
Mouth agape… awesome promo video
The video kind of says it all… pretty amazing promo video for what looks to be a very very nice improvement over the last GoPro series. Enjoy the video below – and imagine what we’ll be shooting with in 10 years… Here is more info on the GoPro HD HERO2…. WIFI etc available…...
Random Thoughts and upcoming speaking engagements
We lost a titan of the tech industry this month. We lost a visionary and one of the geniuses of our century in my opinion. Most of us have yet to realize how much of a lasting imprint Steve Jobs has had on the world at large… I crossed paths with Steve three times...
