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- August 30, 2015
What’s Going On Here?
Around the country and world, BlackMagic seems to have no trouble attracting folks to its showcase events, like this one in Burbank
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- July 18, 2015
I’m Missing the Connection Here
The data and power cables poking in and out of my MacBook Pro are pure crap. Take a look at how
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- June 16, 2015
A New Kind of Package Lens
One of the truisms of our profession has long been a camera system is only as good as its optics.
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- May 31, 2015
Exclude! Exclude! Exclude! Takes on New Meaning
With the advent of cameras like the extreme low-light ISO 5000 Varicam 35 the imperative to exclude, exclude, exclude, unhelpful story elements inside
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- April 3, 2015
Children of the Desert
I’m in Abu Dhabi this week continuing my ongoing travels around the globe offering camera workshops and pontificating about one irrelevant thing
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- March 22, 2015
The Lesson Taught & Learned
This week I am teaching a camera storytelling workshop at the London Film School. My students enrolled in the masters program
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- March 7, 2015
Albert Maysles, my mentor, RIP
My mentor Albert Maysles died yesterday at the age of 88. I will remember him fondly. In 1976 Albert Maysles urged
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- February 28, 2015
Ruggedized LED lighting: A Welcome New Trend?
Let’s hope so. Up to now, LED 1×1 arrays, even relatively pricy ones, have been constructed of cheap plastic or flimsy
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- January 29, 2015
Smaller Is Better Sometimes
If your bread and butter is shooting news, non-fiction, or documentaries, which covers at least three-quarters of us, a smallish-sensor
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- November 30, 2014
Shooting in Near Total Darkness
It seems to be the latest trend among hip cinematographers. Shooting wide open with Ultra Primes or Super Speed lenses