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Nike - Take it to the Next Level |
| Another great Nike - Soccer Commercial if you haven't seen it. I remember as a child, when I got my first pair of Nike soccer cleats, I was convinced they were really "Mike(y)s" and the shoe company had misspelled the labels.
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DV Rebel's Guide |
| I've been tearing through this book on the treadmill every morning- it's very, very good stuff. Stu Maschwitz (On Wikipedia) has a very interesting story himself and you probably have already heard of him, you just didn't know it. If you go to his blog at Prolost Blog you can see he has his hands in some very interesting stuff, movies, Apps, he essentially where I would like to be one day (not sure this is possible, he has some amazing accomplishments). Still it's always good to aim high.
In any event, if you are planning on using the dSLR to actually shoot a script, this is a must read. Knowing what little I do about filmmaking, I shudder at the thought of trying to teach it all in one book or DVD simply because of the enormity of it, and Stu does it well. So many little tidbits of information that can only come through a good mentor or learning it the hard way. Highly recommended. DV Rebels Guide By Stu Maschwitz |
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Business Crash Course DVD - Last Call for Topics |
| Tuesday and Wednesday will be the final days of shooting for the Business Photography Crash Course DVD. The Business Crash Course DVD originally started out as part of the Wedding Photography Crash Course and it just got ridiculously huge, so I had to split it into 2 sets, this is the first, we are hoping for a in the next 1-2 months. I've been working on, or planning, or shooting this project for over 2 years now.
I think we have a pretty good coverage of the basics and I am guessing the set will run about 7 hours in length, but I want to make absolutely sure I am not missing anything, especially when it comes to the more minor lessons. I am fearful that there may be some things I know and think are easy and therefore may assume everyone else would know and leave it out. Are there any lessons you guys would like to see lessons on when it comes to "Business" practices? |
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Photography Lighting Crash Course - Call for Topics |
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| Now that the Advanced Photography Crash Course is wrapped up, I am finishing the outline of lessons for the Photography Lighting Crash Course. It is a massive project, the lesson outline is at 105 Lessons, for perspective, I think APT has about 60. I have to be careful about what I say is on the DVD, so I can't list them here and now, but I feel like I should ask you guys what you struggle with and would like to learn. It's important to me that customers and students have some way of feedback and input on the DVDs.
Without getting too specific, the first part will deal with what we know about light, how it behaves, it's physics and properties. The Second will deal more with actual shooting strategies, gear, and techniques. My aim is try to keep it simple, assume viewers know little or nothing about light, and then by the end have them at an Advanced Level in Lighting Techniques. If I was going to make a college level course on Lighting, this would be it. What lessons would you like to see on the Photography Lighting DVD? |
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Advanced Photography Techniques DVD Completed |
| Today we finished reviewing the Advanced Photography Techniques DVD. I feel really good about this because it's been in the works since last summer when I was on my road trip, and several lessons are filmed in front of many cool landmarks. The DVD runs about 3 Hours and 40 Minutes long. It deals with many of the same shooting techniques and tips I shared at the workshops last year, and I have also added several additional bonus lessons. I believe the most valuable part is the end where I take viewers out on a shoot and show them how to scout a location, and I then show them what I am doing and thinking during a shoot. I also share the list of 10 and Photography Judo in great detail.
We are just waiting on the final green light from our disk manufacturing company - they test for "playability and compatibility issues" and we expect this to happen next Wednesday or Thursday. As soon as we get the green light, pre-orders will be available. I expect the price of the DVD to be about $35 plus shipping, essentially the same cost as a camera DVD. Because one lesson covers the Sky Cam, I am going to make an unprecedented offer: All customers who pre-order will receive a free down-loadable copy of the "Sky Cam Adapter" instructions which I also sell on the store for $35, so essentially, you are getting this free. I will leave this offer available right up until the day we ship, and at that time we will send out the downloads. Here is the main lesson structure of the DVD (many chapters have many lessons within each): -Camera Settings Speed Quiz - Part One (Test yourself to see how fast you really are with your camera!) -Monitor Calibration -5 Ways to be more Creative -Auto Exposure Bracketing -Tack Sharp- Getting Sharper Images in Camera -The Parallelity Problem -Picture Style Settings and Tips -50mm Lens Comparison -Painting with Light (Multiple Lessons) -Pop A Flash - Basic and Advanced -The Wiggle -The Steady Hand -Michael's Secret Handheld Long Exposure Technique -Camera Strap Tips -Landscape Basics -Light and Dark- The Limits of Dynamic Range -Graduated Filters -Framing -How To Shoot Fireworks -Macro Lessons -Artist vs Photographer -Let Them Play -JPEG Myths -Cropping to Recompose -Cropping to Resize -8 x 10 Dilemma -Painting with Dark -Remotes -Lens Distortion -Pinhole Photogrpahy -Self Critique -Tilt Shift Lenses -Star Trail Photography -Texture Overlays in Photoshop -Sky Cam Tips and Tricks -Stop and Go Series (Multiple Lessons) -Cleaning Your View Finder -Shooting in Manual -2 Hand Technique -Shooting into Sunlight -Photography Judo -The List of 10 -Scouting a Location -Shooting with Michael -Camera Settings Speed Quiz Part 2 Next up is the Business Photography Crash Course (August 2010 Release), Wedding Photography CC, and Photography Lighting CC will follow. |
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Your Camera Really Doesn't Matter as much as... |
| Another pretty incredible video. The guys over at F Stoppers did a shoot entirely on an iPhone 3GS- The pictures were stunning. What do you think made the difference?
The iPhone Fashion Shoot - Lee Morris Shoots With The 3GS Fstoppers from FStoppers on Vimeo. |
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Motionworks.com |
| John Dickinson seems to have a blog similar to michael the mentor, but his are more based on interviews, tutorials and tips. It's an incredible resource for filmmakers looking to get into special effects with After Effects:
Motion Works - Video Graphics Tips and Tutorials |
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One of the First iPhone 4 Movies |
| You are probably going to hear about this. All shot and edited on an iPhone 4. While the length of the movie is pretty short- what is impressive to me is the quality. Great work!
"Apple of My Eye" - an iPhone 4 movie / film - UPDATE: Behind the scenes footage included from Michael Koerbel on Vimeo. |
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Redrock Micro - Wireless iPhone Focus Pull |
| This fall I will start spending much more time in testing gear and practicing shooting in HD with my 5Dii and 7D. One of the trickier things to do with an SLR video camera is something called a "focus pull" which changes the camera's focus between two shots in the same scene to change the viewers attention. You see it all the time in movies and TV shows. There have been some clever work arounds, this one takes the cake.
That's an iPhone you see in the middle of this device. The flexibility of the software for iPhone Apps is allowing gear heads to use the iphone as a computer to control their hardware. (There are actually several Apps out there that use the iPhone to interface with other hardware, On One has a camera remote for example). No need for in device hardware computer components, just the programming of the app. I suspect we will see much more of this in the future. Check out the specs on Redrock Micro's Website! : Redrock Micro iPhone Focus Puller |
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Freddie W and Co. - Special Effects and More |
| I was tipped off to this guy's video's on Youtube- do not underestimate him. He has a very down to earth attitude, and he is very good at what he does, which is visual and special effects. Freddie and his friends are extremely talented, most of what they are doing can be done with most video cameras and the right bits of knowledge. The best thing about his videos...he tells you how he does it! These sequences appear to be "thrown" together, but after you see how much planning is involved, you know they are serious. Im confident they can pull off most general special effects we see in movies today, and when you realize they are doing it on desktop computers as we saw with Gareth Edwards, it is becoming more and more of a reality to me that it is very possible to get a script, a few skilled cameramen and lighting experts and make a movie- Not just a little one either- I full on MOVIE, which is an idea I have been flirting with for years.
Freddie W and Co is another testament to this approach. This first is a combo of painting with light and popping speedlites: |
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