author

Art Adams

Art Adams is a cinema lens specialist at ARRI, Inc. Before that, he was a freelance cinematographer for 26 years. You can see his work at http://www.artadamsdp.com.

Art has been published in HD Video Pro, American Cinematographer, Australian Cinematographer and Camera Operator magazines, and has written for ProVideo Coalition since its inception. He is an active member of the International Cinematographers Guild and a former member of the Society of Camera Operators (SOC).

CAMERAS: Avoiding the Big Gotcha When Shooting High Speed at Night 1

Production

CAMERAS: Avoiding the Big Gotcha When Shooting High Speed at Night

Posted on June 9, 2012

Adam Wilt and I presented a talk about the new Sony FS700 camera to an audience at CineGear 2012....

Sony

CAMERAS: 240fps Promo Goes Live Thanks to Sony FS700

Posted on May 30, 2012

Adam Wilt and I will host a presentation on the new Sony FS700 at CineGear 2012. This video, a...

LIGHTING: Advanced Cucoloris Use Illustrated by a Solar Eclipse 7

Production

LIGHTING: Advanced Cucoloris Use Illustrated by a Solar Eclipse

Posted on May 25, 2012

I love stacking cucolorii (plural of “cucoloris”) and I thought it was time to write an article about how...

CAMERAS: Food Fights with the FS700 14

Sony

CAMERAS: Food Fights with the FS700

Posted on May 16, 2012

When Adam Wilt and I shot “Fire and Ice” together on a prototype FS700 we had no idea that...

Uncategorised

CAMERA MATH: The Importance of Ratios

Posted on May 4, 2012

I remember very little math from my high school days, but what I do remember are the tricks that...

GEEK-OUT: The Matrix, Reloaded 35

Uncategorised

GEEK-OUT: The Matrix, Reloaded

Posted on April 15, 2012

After years of wondering what exactly the user matrix does I think I’ve figured it out. I’m not sure...

Lighting Fire and Liquids: Playtime with the Sony FS700 39

Uncategorised

Lighting Fire and Liquids: Playtime with the Sony FS700

Posted on April 14, 2012

Adam Wilt gets to play with the best toys, in this case a prototype Sony FS700 slow motion camera....

Uncategorised

LED Light Tests: Flesh Tone and Color Comparison Shootout

Posted on April 9, 2012

Color comparison tests are hard. Color science is witchcraft, and objective color is exceedingly difficult to quantify. Comparison is...

BEHIND THE SCENES: Smoke in the Woods with the Canon 5D 50

Production

BEHIND THE SCENES: Smoke in the Woods with the Canon 5D

Posted on April 7, 2012

When production companies ask me to shoot spots on the Canon 5D MkII I don’t flinch anymore. Sure, it’s...

Uncategorised

LED Light Tests: PRG Sponsors an LED Light Shootout

Posted on April 3, 2012

“LED Light Shootout” sounds so dramatic, as if a collection of motley illuminants met in a dusty western town...