Sara Bareilles at iheartradio
This is a teaser for a show I just shot in NY – let me know what you think: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loUQhlCCoEQ
read moreDanielle Barbe’s “Ghost Town” on MTV
Hey All: Thanks for voting for my music video in competition for a spot on MTV – for Danielle Barbe’s “Ghost Town” – Many Thanks! http://www.mtvu.com/category/music/the-freshmen/
read morePinhole camera test
This is the first camera test for my next music video. It might look blurry to normal people – but for me it was a big success. Pinhole through black gaffer tape, R1MX 360 degree shutter, 6400 ISO. Many more...
read moreAmericana
New sports footage from our shoot in Culver City Park – Red MX with HR 10-1. Very happy with this...
read moreMy Chemical Romance in NYC
Just got back from NYC where I lit and shot the My Chemical Romance set at the P.C. Richard & Son Theatre in TriBeCa — been a while since I did one of these. MCR tore the walls down in full pop/punk fashion. Great show. You can see the videos on...
read moreCamera color test
So from left to right, Canon 5D, Canon 7D and Red One M-X. The question is can you intercut the footage. Here was a little piece of recent footage. You can tell the 5D and 7D are challenged to handle the dynamic range in the image and if you zoom in, you can clearly see the h.264 compression artifacting. That said, the color is pretty close after a little tire kicking from Colorista II. Our current workflow is to dial in superflat settings on the Canons (see Stu’s ProLost Blog for details) and meter the color temperature – then dial it in on all 3 cameras. So far so groovy. Auto WB to white card not so much – word to the wise. The resolution of the Canons is about a sixth of the Red – but for this we’re downres’ing to SD so no worries. But if I was delivering HD, I wouldn’t be...
read moreSide light study
The top one I lit in Reno, NV – 6k book light through light grid with an ambient bounce card for fill. I wonder if they had a special to get into Sydney’s left eye… And I don’t care how you light Malcolm McDowell – he’s just cool.
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My Monday Night
Here’s a snap from some pickups we did for the trailer of “A Way Back In” – chicks with guns, African masks (I think African…), and a crazy location in Hollywood. Canon 7D at 3200 ISO – looked pretty good, too....
read moreNice Guy Billy Currington
This is probably the last show before the new stage – I’m looking forward to it. I want MORE TOYS!
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