SYNOPSIS FOR "MARRIED YOUNG" David and Talya got married young. They have an 18 month old and another on the way. But life isn’t the way David expected it: they live in a trailer park (true, it’s a luxury trailer park), David uses his artistic ability to create...
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https://vimeo.com/148729865 What does it mean to tell a "Story With Soul?" I see photographs posted online that often make me stop and shake my head. Perfectly executed technically, but with little soul. These photographs show solid understanding of equipment operation, but nothing of the human condition or emotion...
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As soon as we optically tested the Canon 35mm Mk II f/1.4 lens we couldn't wait to tear into one for a couple of reasons. One was that Canon has been making a lot of interesting advances in lens mechanics lately, so we're always excited to look inside their...
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Make no bones about it, making an independent movie is nothing less than war. And to have very little money is to go into battle without bullets… or guns… or soldiers. [caption id="attachment_52819" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Director Daniel Kaufman and team reviewing video clips.[/caption] Married Young I am at the...
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When the a7S was released just over a year ago, it completely shook up the photo-video industry. I was there at NAB 2014 for the surprise announcement. Artists like myself and my friends were now going to be able to record still photographs and video footage in almost complete...
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A number of the media industry’s biggest associations and organizations have published an open letter to performers on behalf of thousands of photographers and journalists in the United States. The letter is titled “An Open Letter to Performers Regarding Standard Terms and Conditions for Photographer and...
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https://youtu.be/npCs9BijTEc Did you see yesterday's article on the Exposure Triangle for still photography? It's here: http://thecameraforum.com/exposure-triangle/ For video cameras, the same rules apply. There are 3 ways to control exposure internally on a camera, ISO, Aperture, and Shutter Speed or "Angle" as it is called on moving film cameras. For video,...
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Understanding the three pillars of The Exposure Triangle, and how to use each of them to your advantage in concert, is one of the highest arts in photography. Up there with color and composition. Understanding the exposure triangle of shutter speed, aperture, and ISO is...
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Gone are the days of the low image quality but highly portable palm size camera. Those models have almost all be absorbed by the ever growing tidal wave of smartphone cams. Every smartphone made now comes with a decent built in camera. Some, like the...
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https://youtu.be/BwrKs12HtqI I looked it up, the United States has faced 178 weather and climate disasters since 1980 according to the National Centers for Environmental Information. These 178 severe enough weather events to be classified as climate disasters have inflicted more than $1 trillion in directly measurable economic...
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UPDATE: Sony to Release α7R II Firmware Adding Uncompressed 14-Bit RAW on Monday, October 19th NEW YORK, Oct. 14, 2015 – Sony Electronics, a worldwide leader in digital imaging and the world’s largest image sensor manufacturer, will release a firmware update on October 19th that adds uncompressed 14-Bit RAW image...
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Press Release: DOWNLOAD YOUR NEXT CAMERA: OLYMPUS UNVEILS TWO POWERFUL FIRMWARE UPDATES WITH ADVANCED MACRO SHOOTING AND VIDEO CAPABILITIES FOR THE OM-D New Performance Updates for the OM-D E-M1, E-M5 Mark II and Lenses Demonstrate Olympus’ Ongoing Commitment to Enhance the Existing Lineup CENTER VALLEY, Pa., September 15,...
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https://youtu.be/f0y23l252RI https://youtu.be/CVLBHMbRMW4 Was there ever any doubt that sooner or later Sony Electronics would release the replacement for the A7S? Or that it would be called the A7S II? Last month they replaced the venerable A7R with the A7R II, a major upgrade in almost every way. Everything about...
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https://youtu.be/LlVcXAYIM28 In an explosion of activity, Carl Zeiss introduced their new lineup of Professional quality manual focus DSLR prime lenses they are calling Milvus. The Milvus lens line will be sold in two full frame 35mm mounts, the Canon EOS and Nikon. Zeiss were quick to point...
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https://vimeo.com/138469683 Out of the box, I am amazed. Plug it in, mount and format a new SSD cartridge, connect the cable. Fiddle a bit searching the nasty Sony Menu system to finally figure out the A7S will only output 4k UHD over the HDMI port if you have it...
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https://vimeo.com/137088433 The Sony A7R II introduction at Samy's Camera in Los Angeles, California on August 22, 2015 was a couple of weeks after the A7R II introduction launch held in New York City on August 5th. From what I saw of the postings, Brian Smith did...
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