Build your dynamic microphone modularly: Pyle PDMIC78 with Shure accessories
Review: Xume adapters, the magic of Manfrotto’s Lens Filter Suite
The concept is interesting: adapters that use magnetic strength to keep your filters in place. That’s what the Xume...
Review + comparison: iRig Pre HD cross platform audio interface
In this article, I’ll review the new <US$100 iRig Pre HD cross platform audio interface, with preamp and A-to-D...
Opening titles: commercials that sell a series
The art of the opening title sequence is flourishing like never before. The best ones contain clues, “Easter eggs,”...
Hands on with the Sony RX0
Last month at Sony Pictures Studios on Stage 23, I was given a few hours to play around with...
Art of the manual white balance
White balancing a camera is only half the story. Now we have to white balance our lights. Back in...
Road Test: GoPro HERO6 Black
We recently took a week-long trip up to Oregon to visit family scattered about the state that I grew...
Review: iRig Mic HD 2 handheld digital microphone
Back in 2014, I reviewed the original <US$130 iRig Mic HD handheld digital microphone, which IK Multimedia released at...
Three beautiful TV shows you probably aren’t watching
I’ve worked on episodic television. I know how fast it moves. That’s why I’m amazed at how good recent...
How to Avoid a Data Hack
As officials at Sony and HBO can tell you, it’s tougher than ever to ensure sensitive materials are being...
Meena Singh: how I shot The Confession Tapes
From the why of choosing a Canon EOS C300 Mark II for The Confession Tapes to the importance of...
Is the GH5 the best camera under US$10k? Jordan Drake believes it is. Learn why.
Jordan Drake and his co-host Chris Niccolls from Calgary, Alberta, Canada consider the under US$2k Panasonic Lumix GH5 to...
Canon Compact Zoom Lens Review: 18-80mm and 70-200mm
When I started this career I was told to never ever, under no circumstances, use a camera’s autofocus. Just...
Halloween 2017 movie recommendations
“Terror is smelling a corpse, while horror is finding it.” Gothic fiction defines these terms as very different things,...
Blackmagic’s ATEM Television Studio Pro HD Review
I sat in my office and stared at the brown cardboard box holding Blackmagic’s new ATEM Television Studio Pro...