Last year, in addition to all my other video shenanigans, I became a bit obsessed with VR and utilizing it to tell a more immersive story about the underwater world of our precious Emerald Sea. There were some hold ups, though, technology is still kind of on the bleeding edge, both from a content production aspect and a consuming point… Read more →
The Shearwater NERD. Seriously, this is the best thing to happen to dive computers and rebreathers …ever. Especially if you are photographer or videographer. I feel so strongly about this that I will go on record saying I think that they should be standard issue on all rebreathers. HUD’s or Heads up displays are the future of pretty much everything… Read more →
Yes, I stayed up late/early for this. I am now paying the price, but its kinda cool to have some eclipse footage in my library 🙂 I spent a couple hours over on the water shooting slow mo with the new-to-me FS700 that arrived on Thursday, but when it came time to shoot the eclipse, I brought out the ‘big… Read more →
Sound will make or break your video. Period. You can be a rockstar with a camera, insanely articulate, artistic and technically talented, but if your audio sucks, it will make your video pretty much unwatchable or at very least incredibly irritating and distract from the message. First off, I’ll precede this by saying there are many ways to skin the… Read more →
A year or two ago I picked up used V1 Redrock field cinema bundle off eBay for a veritable song. It was stock with a couple add ons. Follow focus, offset bars… I didn’t use it much, run and gun hasn’t been my primary ‘topside’ focus (although you could say it is the majority of what I do underwater). Most of… Read more →
I love editing. There, I said it…. I know that makes me weird… I’m a shooter who also loves to edit. That doesn’t mean I like to fritter away my time though. Editing has made me a better shooter. When I look at something in post and think “oh man, if I’d just angled the camera this way or… Read more →