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Jeff Foster

Jeff Foster has written and contributed to several books and magazines, and has been producing motion graphics, photography and creative design for major corporations, television and film for more than 25 years. See his full bio and content at http://SoundVisionsMedia.com

How to shoot and create aerial 360 panoramas - Part 1 1

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How to shoot and create aerial 360 panoramas – Part 1

Posted on January 4, 2018

With all the recent interest in 360º VR technology, cameras like the Ricoh Theta S and the new GoPro...

Product Review: Polaroid small portable LED production light panels 2

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Product Review: Polaroid small portable LED production light panels

Posted on December 4, 2017

I’ve been testing these small portable LED light panels from Polaroid throughout the year in various types of productions...

Road Test: GoPro HERO6 Black 3

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Road Test: GoPro HERO6 Black

Posted on November 10, 2017

We recently took a week-long trip up to Oregon to visit family scattered about the state that I grew...

Hands-on Review: GoPro HERO6 Black 4

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Hands-on Review: GoPro HERO6 Black

Posted on October 3, 2017

I was invited once again to the GoPro official product announcements and HERO6 Black launch event in San Francisco...

GoPro New Product Announcements LIVE STREAM Event! 5

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GoPro New Product Announcements LIVE STREAM Event!

Posted on September 27, 2017

On Thursday, Sept 28 at 9:00am PDT GoPro is having a LIVE product announcement event here in San Francisco....

The Sun & Moon: Artistry of the 2017 Solar Eclipse 6

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The Sun & Moon: Artistry of the 2017 Solar Eclipse

Posted on August 26, 2017

Since many of us weren’t able to make the trek to a location in the “path of totality” for...

Small Cine-Rovers for video production: Part 2 - Eclipse Rovers 7

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Small Cine-Rovers for video production: Part 2 – Eclipse Rovers

Posted on June 16, 2017

After experimenting with my own kit build of my first 1:5 scale POV Cine Rover (see Part 1 of...

Small Cine-Rovers for creative POV video: Part 1 8

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Small Cine-Rovers for creative POV video: Part 1

Posted on May 19, 2017

I’ve seen a lot of expensive development going into ground based POV cam rovers, cars, and trucks lately, so I...

DJI introduces new high-end cine gear at NAB 2017 9

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DJI introduces new high-end cine gear at NAB 2017

Posted on April 23, 2017

DJI made some important announcements today for professional cinematographers at NAB 2017. I was supposed to be at the...

GoPro Karma Drone & Grip Hands-On Review 10

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GoPro Karma Drone & Grip Hands-On Review

Posted on March 14, 2017

After the false-start on product launch last year which ended abruptly with a product recall, GoPro recently relaunched the...