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Team 18 Film, Pictures Pt. 1
Here are some pics from day 2, shooting in Fullerton on the Canon 7D. The 7D was overheating quite a bit in the sun, which is why you’ll see a towel over the camera at times. The film was shot for the 168 film festival and directed by Theo Love....
Ship in a Bottle, Part. 1
Early January, I was asked to DP a 30 minute short film on a $50,000 budget. We shot on the RED ONE. The filming schedule consisted of two days on the Pacific Ocean, which we launched our full size pirate ship (see Bill of Rights) from Oxnard Harbor in Oxnard,...
New Host! BlueHost!
I just transferred my website hosting from 1and1.com to Bluehost.com, who supports wordpress installations a lot better. Not only they do that have unlimited file size storage, per file, and per php file, but they also have the absolute best telephone tech support I’ve ever experienced in my life. This...
Nike Shoot BTS Picture
Filming Clippers’ star rookie player, Blake Griffin. I’m shooting on the Canon 7D w/ Tokina 16-50mm ƒ/2.8, mounted to a custom L-shaped gun stock for run-and-gun stabilization. Sound is being recorded onto a separate sound device via boom and wireless lav. I’m 6′2”. Yes, he’s closer to the lens than...
Canon 7D Importing and Conversion
Many people have been asking me how to convert (aka transcode) Canon 7D footage to ProRez, as the h.264 codec is not optimized for editing, but compression. Once you transcode to ProRez, the video file will become large, and will be, in fact, a better image quality too. H.264 is...
Filming NBA’s Blake Griffin for Nike
I was hired today to shoot and direct NBA’s youngest and newest superstar, Blake Griffin, for Nike, on the 7th of December. Griffin was recently drafted to the Los Angeles Clippers, who was selected first overall in the 2009 NBA Draft.
Blake will also be the cover athlete for NCAA Basketball...
Image Size Calculator/Convertor
Here’s a great tool for video editors working with photographers. Apparently, photographers rarely work with “pixels” (which is an essential tool for video editors), so in order to “communicate” as an editor, one cannot say, please send me a photo around the 3000×2000 pixel ratio, because they’ll respond, “Well, what...
Light Meter Wrist Strap – Wiimote Style
An idea popped into my head about a safety solution for my light meter. Most people using these expensive devices don’t use anything to protect them, other than a neglected “too long” manufacturers neck strap, which is completely unusable, unless for comedic relief. I present to you: the .99 cent...
Converting Shutter Speed to Shutter Angle
Have you ever wondered what the difference is between the way a video camera calculates shutter (fractions of a second) and the way a film camera calculates shutter (in...
RED’s New Image Sensor Chart
Speaking with a friend on facebook today, I couldn't help but share this information with you all. He had posted this chart while expressing his utmost excitement ("this makes me cry") for what RED will bring to the world of motion picture...
