Life in Western Mongolia is an adventure. Training eagles to hunt, herding yaks, and racing camels are just a few of the daily activities of the nomadic Kazakh people. Global nomad filmmaker, Director, DP, and editor Brandon Li spent a few weeks living with the nomadic...
Life in Western Mongolia is an...
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In my last installment, we completed the color work grading our movie. Unfortunately, as I have learned the hard way, nothing in life is free. It is not that Paul or Mark or Michael were anything but the kindest, most generous people – they are....
In my last installment, we c...
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As I discussed in an earlier installment, the problems with the movie I am making weren't discovered until after we had finished shooting, and for the most part boiled down to the animated character. 1. The character had a big presence in the beginning and...
As I discussed in an earlier i...
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What surprised me most from the audiences was how difficult it was for them to follow the opening. Originally we opened on the pharmacy – David, our hero, is tired (pale, dark circles, unkempt hair) and he’s staring at laxatives. It should be a funny...
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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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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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My friend and mentor David Alan Harvey begins his talk at TEDxVerona with the observation that photography is now the only universal language, a common thread understood around the world without need for translation. He goes on to observe we are now all visual storytellers,...
My friend and mentor David...
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It looks like Brian Griffith has updated my favorite RAW converter, Iridient Developer, to work almost seamlessly now with Lightroom. This is fantastic news! Dublin fine art photographer and Lightroom presets developer Thomas Fitzgerald has done a very informative video above that walks you through how to...
It looks like Brian Griffith...
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Finally, the Fat Lady is warming up her voice. I’ve felt for some time that there were better RAW conversion options on the market than Adobe Camera Raw, which is natively supported by Lightroom. DxO Optics Pro is one of those. However, the round trip out...
Finally, the Fat Lady is warmi...
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Sony hired Director of Photography Den Lennie several months ago to put a prototype Sony A7S through its paces in Mid March, and to make an amazing demonstration film of just what this incredible A7S Low Light new camera was capable of. Mr. Lennie was a...
Sony hired Director of Photo...
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Despite the best efforts of the top camera and smartphone manufacturers, personal video hasn’t exploded the way still photos have. However, like still photos, many say that personal video has the potential to break out from its role as "memory clips" and become an even...
Despite the best efforts of ...
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