March 2009

How to make short dolly / crane shots for free

March 25, 2009

Graham at The Flash Centre sent me over this link I though was a really cool idea and had to share it with you. It’s not often I see a technique that’s so effective, yet so blindingly simple it makes you laugh out loud and wonder why you’ve never seen it before, but this is [...]

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The Power Of The Still Image – Scott Kelby’s Blog

March 23, 2009

A photographer’s email list gave me the heads-up on this guest post on Scott Kelby’s blog by Jay Maisell. It’s about the power of the still images as opposed to moving / video and is a very interesting read. I’m very excited about the new ways to use motion content to tell a story, whether [...]

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Ice Driver on The Eoscars

March 3, 2009

Just a quick note to say that the movie is currently on The Eoscars. If you haven’t already seen the site, it’s a great place for gathering together all the good short movies out there that have been shot in the Canon 5D MkII. The idea is to move on from all of the initial [...]

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The Ice Driver Project III

March 2, 2009

Here’s an edit of the final footage. You can see a hi res version on SmugMug here. The learning curve for me as a first time user of Apple Final Cut Studio was a steep one and thanks go to various people for their help and advice in getting me up there. Most notable being [...]

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The Ice Driver Project II

March 2, 2009

Previously, I described how I prepared the lightest possible collection of gear to use the Canon 5D in Sweden, hoping that we could cover all the bases and get what we needed. My 1DS works fine in temparatures below -30c, so I had no worries about the camera dying, though previously when shooting stills and [...]

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