While not usually a problem for fiction films (unless it's a stylistic choice), most documentaries find the only visual media available for some parts of the film are still photos. The most common method that comes to mind to add movement to still photos is the Ken...
When NAB wrapped in April I wanted to take a few days to explore some of the great national parks in the area. So I rented a car and did a small camping road trip through Zion and Bryce Canyon. The south of Utah is an insanely beautiful assortment of one national park...
Interesting article on using coffee, tea, or vitamin c as a developer. Caffeine apparently works really well as a developing agent - how cool is that! Yes, it will take a lot longer (25 minutes for T-Max 400) and more light (rated at ISO 100), but if you're shooting...
Want to control your digital SLR camera from your iPhone (or Touch)? When I was taking pictures of grilled cheese sandwiches, there was a bit of downtime between the grillin', so I figured out how to work this totally awesome magic, all for less than $4. (While...
So here's one of the images from the food photography shoot. And here's the lighting setup: My main goal was to fill the image with as much soft light as possible. This setup is what I settled with later on. Main light behind the food, kind of low to rake across the...
Heading back from Vero Beach after a grilled cheese photo shoot. It's for Grilligans, this awesome resturaunt that makes a variety of grilled cheese sandwiches and delicious shakes (a perk of food photography is you get to try everything). Here's a teaser photo. I'll...
This past week I've been in New York, catching up with a bunch of long, lost Film School peeps and making the rounds to the museums, hitting up the Model as Muse exhibit at the Met, Richard Avedon's Fashion Photography at ICP, and the Frank Lloyd Wright exhibition for...
I like collecting old cameras. I mainly get them at antique stores. I have only three requirements: they have to be under $10, they have to look cool, and they have to work. Most cameras I come across do work. If you think about it there isn't much to go wrong. A...
The latest cover of Esquire that's coming out, featuring Megan Fox, wasn't shot with a still camera but with the RED ONE, the super inexpensive, super high-def movie camera. Basically Megan acted for 10 minutes, which they filmed on the RED, and then pulled out the...