Speed lighting: more lessons from the ARRI Academy
The ARRI Academy isn’t only about learning how cameras work. We also teach how to use them. I’ve never...
ARRI Signature Primes: the conscious design of softness
This is a story about a lens family whose soft focus backgrounds were consciously designed, and the lens mount...
CBS and New York’s Grand Central Terminal
When I was in elementary school I occasionally suffered from childhood ailments that kept me home from school. If...
Using the Oculus Go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AOOH0nNeCg&feature=push-u-sub&attr_tag=t6Y2DDiIPIjEo8_G-6 This week on MacBreak Studio, Steve Martin from Ripple Training shows us his new Oculus Go from Facebook....
Ikea Lack Photogrammetry Turntable
DIY Photogrammetry Scan Table Convert an Ikea Lack table into a scan table
Setting up your on-set monitor: what to look for, and what to avoid
A few years ago, when high quality LCD monitors didn’t exist, I found myself in the wonderful position of...
Camera Cranes From the Beginning:
They were every little kid’s dream, at least every little kid who longed to be behind a motion picture...
The film look: what is it, and why are there two of them?
The film look is an elusive thing. Everyone has their favorite flavor, but there are two basic, yet opposite,...
Alexa 65 shows that large format TV makes a difference in “Altered Carbon”
I’m eight episodes in to Netflix’s Altered Carbon, and I’ve officially become a believer in large format TV cinematography....
Your camera does not have a color gamut
Yes, it’s true: your camera has no color gamut. Don’t believe me? Good, ’cause I’m going to try to...
