My Experience with Butterflies
The butterflies that I stop and look at are usually very large and made of grid cloth. Here’s what I use overhead in daylight exteriors, and when. Making actors look…
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What Alexa and Watercolors Have in Common
Ever wonder how a company’s background and philosophy affects product development? Let me tell you a little something about Arri and Alexa… I’m a geek. I read cinematography, videography and…
The Evolution of My Industry
One Man’s Journey Making Pictures for Twenty Eight Years First I should qualify myself by saying at a ripe young age of just 53 I am a curmudgeon. I shot…
Review: Zacuto Z-Finder EVF
Accessories don’t get no respect. Zacuto’s Z-Finder EVF is a perfect example: it’s a dinky little 3.2″, 800×480 LCD monitor in a lumpy plastic case that looks like something RED’s…
Why "Exposing to the Right" is often Completely Wrong
Still photographers love histograms. Cinematographers hate them. Here’s why our world is so different from theirs in this regard… This is a normal histogram, pulled from Resolve 10. Histograms count…
Why “Exposing to the Right” is often Completely Wrong
Still photographers love histograms. Cinematographers hate them. Here’s why our world is so different from theirs in this regard… This is a normal histogram, pulled from Resolve 10. Histograms count…
Making a Pinhole Camera Out of a Sony F55
Years ago I turned a low-end SD camera into a pinhole device by covering the lens port with black wrap and poking a hole in it. I decided to try…
Is P3 the New 4K?
New OLED monitors are able to display most of the DCI P3 color space, something that was previously impossible to do without a digital projector and a very dark room.…
Review: Canon XA25 HD Camcorder
Over the summer I wrote and directed a short film that was shot with the Sony FS-700, which is an outstanding higher end HD camera. We had so much fun…
Resolve 10 Waveform Values for the Unsure
Every time I download a new version of Resolve I have to fill out the little questionnaire that asks me what features I’d like to see added quickly. I always…