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Art Adams
A native of Northern California, Art Adams has been in the film industry for 22 years--including the last 17 as a director of photography. After spending ten years in Hollywood, Art is now based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has been published in HD Video Pro, American Cinematographer, Camera Operator Magazine, Film/Tape World and CineSource. Art is a member of the International Cinematographers Guild (IATSE 600), the Society of Camera Operators (SOC), and is a trustee of the National Writers Union (UAW 1981). His web site is at www.artadams.net. 
Facebook Mobile spot, Shot on REDBlack Glimmerglass and Hollywood Black Magic Filter TestsDiffusion ConfusionUsing the ND .90 Filter as a Preproduction ToolFar red on the EX1/EX3/F35: “It’s a feature, not a bug!”Look for me at CineGearThe Last Far Red Filter You’ll Ever Need?Porsche Spot VFX BreakdownWhy Does Blue Hurt So Much?Tiffen tests new no-ND IR filter for EX1/EX3/F35Optically White Balance the RED with Schneider CTB FiltersWhatever Happened to Ira Tiffen?Hands on with the Gearnex Gear HeadTiffen DFX 2 Digital FiltersRosco Shows New IR Filter (and other goodies) at NABGear Head for the REDPorsche F35 Spec Spot RevealedIR Filter Cheat SheetMysteries of Color and LightThe Quicktime Conundrum, Part 2: Solved by our ReadersThe Quicktime ConundrumAnatomy of a Porsche Spec SpotEX1/EX3 IR Filter Shoot-OutFake Tilt-Shift CinematographyF35 IR Filter Shoot-Out
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Facebook Mobile spot, Shot on REDJust add talent, a stolen location, natural light and a RED ONE camera
“Hey Art,” said director Ian McCamey, “I want to shoot a Facebook spec spot. I’ve got no money. Are you in?” “Of course I am,” said I. “Let’s do it.” And we did. more »Black Glimmerglass and Hollywood Black Magic Filter TestsA camera assistant extraordinaire puts two new lines of diffusion filters through their paces
World-class camera assistant Mako Koiwai recently shot a camera test with two new sets of diffusion filters: Black Glimmerglass from Tiffen and Hollywood Black Magic from Schneider Optics. He compared them to diffusion filter sets that he has in his own collection, which includes Tiffen Soft Effects and Schneider Classic Soft filters. more »Diffusion ConfusionWhat you need to know about glass filters in the digital age
Digital filters are awesome for post image manipulation if you have enough bits to throw away. Glass filters, though, work at the highest resolution possible, in the camera head itself, and you’ll never have a better image to tweak than that. more »
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Using the ND .90 Filter as a Preproduction ToolSpot problem fabrics with an ND filter and a flashlight!
During my last round of far red filter testing with the Sony F35/EX1/EX3, director of photography and testing cohort Lenny Levy discovered that far red contamination could be seen by eye under tungsten light simply by viewing fabrics through an ND .90 filter. more »Advertisement Far red on the EX1/EX3/F35: “It’s a feature, not a bug!”An official response from Sony tells us that far red is more about helping than hindering
I asked Juan Martinez, of Sony at Park Ridge, New Jersey, what was up with far red contamination and the Sony EX cameras. Here’s what he had to say: more »Look for me at CineGearI’ll be at CineGear this Friday and Saturday, spending part of my time at the Digital Cinema Society booth and co-hosting a seminar on new lens technologies on Saturday. Stop on by the booth and say hi and/or check out the seminar on Stage 16 at 2:15 on Saturday. See you there! The Last Far Red Filter You’ll Ever Need?Tiffen’s latest test prototype kills far red dead on both the EX1/EX3 and the F35
The Sony EX1/EX3/F35 cameras have a little issue where they are over-sensitive to far red. This new prototype filter from Tiffen cleans up far red, and then some. more »
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Porsche Spot VFX BreakdownDirector Ian McCamey shows how many layers it took to create one shot in our “Porsche: Magnet” spot
Shot by shot, this breakdown shows all the steps required to pull off a single shot for “Porsche: Magnet,” a spec spot I shot several months ago for director Ian McCamey. more »Click to PLAY VIDEO »
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