Review: Senal MC24-EL shotgun microphone + fiber carbon boom
ART OF THE SHOT: 2nd Unit DP Jacques Haitkin “Kong Skull Island”
If you are a fan of the 1984 hit horror film “A Nightmare On Elm Street” then you have...
Why Final Cut Pro X? Todo Lo Demás
Dave Cerf’s accomplishments are varied and vast. To name a few: He has composed music for Sam Green’s Academy...
URSA Mini Pro: Blackmagic reveals new audio specs
After Blackmagic announced its new URSA Mini Pro camera with lower audio noise and flatter frequency response, I asked...
ART OF THE SHOT: “Bad Santa 2” DP Theo Van de Sande
One of Theo Van de Sande most recent films was the second edition of the Bill Bob Thorton film...
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...
PRODUCT REVIEW: SmallHD’s 1303 HDR Monitor
I love having a big (or big-ish) monitor on set to see what I’m shooting and get excited by...
Shooting 2x Anamorphic On The Blackmagic URSA Mini 4.6K
One of the more interesting features found on the URSA Mini 4.6K and URSA Mini Pro, for me at...
Stolen lens alert: hot Veydras
On March 12, slimeballs broke into Veydra’s Los Angeles HQ and absconded with pretty much the entire stock of Mini Primes:...
GoPro Karma Drone & Grip Hands-On Review
After the false-start on product launch last year which ended abruptly with a product recall, GoPro recently relaunched the...
Understanding the success of the Panasonic GH5
The best way to understand what the Panasonic GH5 is capable of is not through reading multiple camera reviews,...
Have you thought about using a balloon for video and photography?
If you need to fly anytime, anywhere and for as long as you want and still comply with FAA...
Seven Notes on Giving Notes
As a freelance producer I’m often put in a place where I am giving notes to any number of...
Vertical video: new opportunities for filmmakers
Different categories of video and advertising have embraced the vertical format since 2013. If you can adapt to work...
DSLRs are still alive, DSLTs may be dead
Introduced in 2006 to solve a problem DSLRs had at the time, the Single-Lens Translucent family of cameras, from...