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  • August 6, 2010
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Depth of Field: Why is Less Better?

In the last few years the notion of reduced depth of field has resonated loudly with shooters.  Many shooters opt

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  • July 9, 2010
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Simple Camcorders Are More Difficult to Use

For accomplished cameramen and women shooting run-and-gun with the latest compact HD camcorders can be an exercise in frustration. Network

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  • June 13, 2010
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3D: Understanding Focus & Convergence

I’m currently in Singapore leading a series of 3D camera workshops with the new Panasonic 3DA1. Several of my students

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  • May 31, 2010
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The Shooter Needs Another Set of Eyes

It never ceases to amaze me. I’m a shooter born and raised and I love what I do. Then why

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  • May 11, 2010
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Amazing Student Video from Egypt Workshop

My recent month-long workshop in Cairo yielded many surprises to say the least, but student filmmaker Karim Soliman’s video SKETCH

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  • April 17, 2010
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3D Not EZ: A New Way of Seeing

NAB 2010. I’m in Las Vegas now strolling the Strip with Panasonic’s new one-piece 3D camera. It’s my second night

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  • March 27, 2010
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Jump starting tape-based cameras in Egypt

As many of you might be aware I’ve been in Egypt this month working with local filmmakers and conducting a

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  • February 12, 2010
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Shooting Sony EX1 or EX3 @ 24 FPS: Do you know your editing basis?

Confusion abounds in the land of 24p!  If you’re shooting at 720p24 with a Sony EX camera, you are recording

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  • January 6, 2010
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3D: The Latest Fad – Again?

The fate of today’s accelerating 3D trend is an open question in my mind, and I am really hoping for

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  • January 1, 2010
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Best Wishes to Shooters in 2010!

First day of the first month of the new decade. Time to think a little bit more perhaps about our

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