January 2012
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5 Seconds Every Day January 8-14
8. Soccer at the Sports Park 9. Night bike ride home 10. Morning ride into work 11. Eating some grilled venison 12. Kendra making frosting 13. OSU gymnastics meet 14. Grilling flank steak
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December 2011
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Favorite Videos 2011
It is that time of year again. A time to look back through a back-log of “likes” on Vimeo and find the videos that I think are especially good. There are a lot to choose from, but I narrowed it down. These are my favorite videos from 2011.
(click the titles to watch the videos)
5. Hero by Miguel Endara
I just recently found this video and I think it is simply incredible. It is a...
November 2011
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August 2011
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Gifs FTW!
Animated .gifs used to be the bain of the web. Little creatures waving at you in all of their 8-bit glory, websites with flashing backgrounds giving seizures to any un-knowing visitor, and other small annoying animations. This was all up until someone started making their pictures move.
These are referred to as cinemagraphs. There is a flickr group dedicated to them...
July 2011
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June 2011
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May 2011
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How we did it: 24 Hour Short Film
Compass College of Cinematic Arts puts on a 24 Hour Film Festival each year. My team and I have participated in the past 4 and have always had a great experience. Our films have come out with good reviews and made the Top Ten each year. This year was the first time that none of us were going to be in Michigan (where the festival is held), but we thought we would give it a try anyway. Having only...
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April 2011
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March 2011
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February 2011
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New video! Playing around with a 50mm 2.5 Macro lens and some extension tubes. I got some really shallow DoF here!
It is a challenge to get used to shooting macro, and I need to practice it more, since I will be shooting a lot of macro nature stuff for Freshwaters Illustrated this spring.
Ever wanted to know the Star Wars locations? →
How to get paid to make movies.
This may be a little cynical, but when it comes down to it: you either sell your own work or you make things to sell other people’s work.
The ideal situation is selling your own work, but the percentage of people that can do this is so low that we often end up using our talents to sell things for other people.
One of the best ways to not feel like you are selling out your skills is to work...
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Corvallis Snow 7x7
January 2011
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I finally got around to smoothing out some of the shots from this little doc about making maple syrup. Enjoy!
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Testing Widerscreen videos on Vimeo
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Reality Crash: The Moviefilm! →
Here is an article from the local paper talking about the shoot I was on last weekend. You can kinda see my under the RED in one of the photos, there is also one of the monitor I used for focusing…
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mmmm.
How to Shoot Footage Your Editor Will Respect →
After reading this article I just had to share it. As shooters you must know when to stop rolling on a shot or when to ask for a redo. It will save editors from pulling out their hair in post!
Thanksgiving 2010, clips of the day. Enjoy!