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The Sound of Music

August 30th, 2010

Let’s talk about music.  I’ve been thinking about this post for a while now but am finally getting down to writing it.  Music is arguably one of the most powerful mediums we have; it can so strongly help to create a mood or emotion and can stay with you for hours or days (even when you don’t want it to).  But film or video might even be more powerful a medium because it can benefit from having music AND visuals.  I am a big fan of music and it has always played an important part of my life; prior to starting a career in video, I was working and heading in the direction of being a music engineer.  (In fact, I met my wife through music production.) Continue reading »

The New Addition

August 12th, 2010

As many of you may know, my wife and I just had our first child, Owen, about 3 weeks ago.  These early stages of parenthood have been amazing and magical.  I looked back today at the video we shot on the day we found out that Owen was on his way, and it is unbelievable that here he finally is.  I know that he will be my new focus in life, my new artistic inspiration, and hopefully someone to help carry my gear someday. Continue reading »

A Nice Set of Legs

August 5th, 2010

I wasn’t planning to do a review of my new purchase, but some Twitter buddies were curious about my new tripod, so I thought I’d post a little overview. It just arrived yesterday and has not gone on a shoot yet, but I played with it a bit today and can go over some of [...]

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Expansion

July 23rd, 2010

So this week I added a new piece of gear to my arsenal.  Unfortunately this piece of gear won’t make me much money, but it will get me from point A to point B.  I bought a new car, a minivan, in fact.  As anyone in production knows, having a good sized production vehicle can [...]

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A Cautionary Tale

July 20th, 2010

I think anyone who works for themselves long enough will run into a case of non-payment.  It sucks.  It makes you mad.  It makes you feel betrayed.  I have been fairly lucky, though, that in my three and a half years of working for myself there have only been two cases of this.  The first [...]

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