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Three Variations on Lighting a Single Shot Commercial
I love a challenge, as that’s when I get to do my best work. One of these spots was...
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Polishing the Talking Head Interview
I’m constantly experimenting with common lighting setups and trying to make them better. There is no more common lighting...
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Flicker: Why On-Set Monitors Fail Us
While working as a young second camera assistant on a film TV series in the 1990s, I noticed the...
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TLCI vs. CRI, CQS, etc.: How do they stack up?
How does TLCI stack up against the other measures of color accuracy? I’ve argued that its testing methodologies might...
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Light the background to light the foreground
Years ago, when I first lit a shot of an actor, head to toe, standing on a green screen cyc,...
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“Too Much Headroom!” The Joy of “Unconventional” Compositions
I’m a huge fan of the TV series Mr. Robot. Not only does it have one of the deepest and...
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28 Days of Cinematography Insights Redux – Day 31 – Overthinking your job
In what was essentially a combination of Scott Simmons’ #28daysofquicktips and my own AMA, I answered questions throughout the...
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28 Days of Cinematography Insights Redux – Day 30 – White balancing to an odd light source
In what was essentially a combination of Scott Simmons’ #28daysofquicktips and my own AMA, I answered questions throughout the...
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28 Days of Cinematography Insights Redux – Day 29 – Manually white balancing a camera to a light source
In what was essentially a combination of Scott Simmons’ #28daysofquicktips and my own AMA, I answered questions throughout the...
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28 Days of Cinematography Insights Redux – Day 28 – Breaking into and making a living in the industry
In what was essentially a combination of Scott Simmons’ #28daysofquicktips and my own AMA, I answered questions throughout the...
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