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. Read more…
Posts Tagged ‘Canon 7D’
A Nice Set of Legs
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 the features. The tripod in question is the Manfrotto (Bogen) 535 Carbon Fiber legs with the new 504HD head. I wanted a second tripod and when I was at NAB, in April, that was one of the things I was looking for. Read more…
My Most Used Camera
“The best camera is the one that’s with you.”
I believe that expression was coined by photographer Chase Jarvis. At least, he has a book with that title, which features photos taken with a mobile device and discusses the idea of creating art without getting hung up on the technical things like resolution, dynamic range, lens selection, etc. Read more…
Hear me geek out on Planet5D
I was flattered when Mitch Aunger, the creator behind the successful website Planet5D.com (devoted to all things Canon HDSLR), asked to do a live web interview with me. We met at NAB last month at the All-In Film event, which I had invited him to, and he recently saw the latest 48 Hour Film I DPed, and asked if I wanted to do an interview. So tonight at 9pm EST I will be having a web video interview with Mitch. I imagine will talk about cameras and other fun toys, as well as some of my other work and my favorite breakfast cereals. Read more…
Another 48 Hours
So here’s how it went down:
At 7pm Friday night, my buddy Keith texted me: “Sci-fi”. I responded: “Ick”. He wrote back: “I’m sorta thinking ick also”.
I was about to embark on my sixth effort in a 48 Hour Film Project and Keith had pulled Sci-fi as our genre. I didn’t really want to make a Sci-fi film. Neither did he. We had the opportunity to throw it back and go for the “wild card” genre, but that could have been worse. Read more…
Romeo Files Selects – First 7D Project
I put together a little selection of shots from my first project with the Canon 7D. This shoot was for a web series called “The Romeo Files” for the non-profit Our Spirit. All footage was shot 1080/24p and the primary lens was the Canon 17-55 2.8 and a few were shot with the Canon 70-200 2.8. You can read more about the shoot here.
NAB Wrap-up
I just got back last night from my first trip to the NAB Show in Las Vegas, and after a good night’s sleep I am now beginning to feel human again. It was a short trip, only there for 2 full days, but I sacrificed sleep in order to pack each day with as much stuff as possible, and my head is still spinning a little from everything I saw and everyone I met. This trip also included what will hopefully be the first of many All-In Film Charity Poker Tournaments on Monday night. It went great, and was well received. I will go through my highlights of the whole trip for you all. Read more…
Meeting of the Minds
Last weekend I did a second project with photographer Jack Hollingsworth. We hit it off on the first job I did with him back in December, and seemed to have similar styles and way of working. This time, Jack hired me to shoot a video to promote him as a photographer. He really understands the power a video can have of giving potential clients a glimpse at his style and personality, which will ultimately help in getting him hired. So Jack had a two-day photo shoot planned, doing several lifestyle and glamour photography with 10 different models, and my job was to shoot behind-the-scenes footage of him working. Read more…
A New Year
Well it’s a brand new year, new decade, and a good time to reflect on the past year and come up with goals for the next one. I had the good fortune of spending New Years with my wife and some other folks in sunny Jamaica, on a work/pleasure trip. A friend of mine is developing some property in Jamaica into a resort/tourist attraction and he hired me to come down and do some video and photos of the progress. I went down 2 years ago, when he was just starting out, to do a video, and he wanted to update people on the progress. It was not a lot of work, and frankly spending some time (especially in the winter) in 85 degree weather was a treat. Read more…
The Stock Market
The other week I got to take part in a fun shoot on a type of project I had never really done before. And, this was the first job I had gotten through Twitter! (For those who think that Twitter is just about finding out what someone had for lunch, it’s not. I use it pretty much solely to get tips and ideas from industry people.) A guy I follow posted that photographer Jack Hollingsworth (@photojack) was looking for 5D/7D video shooters in the Boston area. I got in touch with Jack, and he checked out my stuff and I got the gig. The job was for Image Source, a stock photo/footage company based in London that has started to release a new line of products that they call “cross-media”. Read more…