Hitting the Exposure Sweet Spot
After years of looking at dynamic range charts I noticed that almost all camera gamma curves emphasize mid-tones within...
A Light Meter Party Trick
Incident meters can only tell you how much light is striking them, and nothing about how bright things are...
Why I’m Going to Miss Film
For the first time in probably four years, I actually worked with–and handled–film today. It hit me that this...
LIGHTING: One Exposure Formula to Rule Them All
This industry is full of little tricks that, when properly employed, can make us all look like inhumanly fast...
LIGHTING: Reinventing the Cooking Show for Driscoll’s Berries
I don’t watch a lot of cooking shows, but the ones I see are not lit the way I...
CAMERAS: Avoiding the Big Gotcha When Shooting High Speed at Night
Adam Wilt and I presented a talk about the new Sony FS700 camera to an audience at CineGear 2012....
LIGHTING: Advanced Cucoloris Use Illustrated by a Solar Eclipse
I love stacking cucolorii (plural of “cucoloris”) and I thought it was time to write an article about how...
BEHIND THE SCENES: Smoke in the Woods with the Canon 5D
When production companies ask me to shoot spots on the Canon 5D MkII I don’t flinch anymore. Sure, it’s...
LIGHTING STRATEGIES: Rough Guide to Illuminating a Bounce Card
Is bounce light really just about aiming a light at a white card and walking away? No. There are...
LIGHTING STRATEGIES: Exploiting a Single Light Source
There are few things more elegant than lighting a shot with a single light source. It doesn’t always work,...
