FiLMiC Pro v6: Log Video on iOS
FiLMiC Pro (US$14.99) has been the de facto video camera app for mobile filmmaking for awhile. Mostly because of its...
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...
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...
Vintage TV Studios in Modern Film and Television
Have you ever watched a movie or a television program set in a time decades ago that had a...
Photogrammetry and Visual Effects
Photogrammetry and Visual Effects
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...
Communications Satellites
The year 2017 marks the sixtieth anniversary of the first artificial earth object to orbit this planet. Sputnik 1...
REVIEW: Ready Rig GS Gimbal Support
Camera gimbals like the Freefly Movi and DJI Ronin are wonderful tools, but if you pair them with any...
“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...
REVIEW: Drone Pilot Ground School for FAA Certification
It’s very simple: If you want to fly an unmmanned aircraft commercially in the United States (ie, to be...