ART OF THE SHOT: Buddy Squires, ASC Talks About Shooting Ken Burn and Lynn Novick’s “The Vietnam War”
He has shot more than 200 films and is a frequent collaborator with Ken Burns. Buddy Squires, ASC is an...
Train your eyes to see color, the easy way
Color awareness is a learned skill. All you really need is a car. The human brain is a funny...
Sony Tech Tip Video Series: Getting To Know Your LMD Monitor
Until the end of December, Sony Professional will roll out all new tech tip videos offering quick tech tips related to...
Sony Unlocks Full-Frame Capture On The VENICE
After the initial announcement of Sony’s new cinema camera, the VENICE, cinematographers, and directors called for Sony to release the...
Blackmagic Design Announces Updates to Micro Studio Camera 4K And More
Blackmagic seems to have a firmware update for just about everything they make. Well, in all seriousness, Blackmagic has...
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...
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...
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...
Current thoughts on current lenses
Near perfect lenses are easy to find these days. The problem is… I don’t want them. I want lenses...
Affordable-ish Pro Cine Prime Lenses
Ten years ago if you were “indie”, you kludged together some fast still prime lenses for your cinema camera...