If bokeh is your thing, no matter how you pronounce it, the FE 100mm F2.8i STF GM OSS is your lens, in terms of the Sony family. But don’t forget the new 85mm f/1.8 for portrait. It produces “truly unique, magnificent and beautiful bokeh” says Sony, while maintaining the exceptional standard of resolution that is […]
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Designed by Jerry Ghionis, one of the top five best wedding photographers in the world, the new reflector from Westcott is a 15-in-1 reflector with removable center discs, for $129.90. It’s also a ring flash you can fold when you finish a shoot. Like Westcott’s traditional 5-in-1 reflectors, the Omega features a 1-stop diffuser with […]
With hundreds of careers and opportunities, the filmmaking industry can be a unique experience for a filmmaker. Filmtools decided to take a deeper look into the world of a filmmaker. This week, we had the opportunity to speak to filmmaker Beth Cloutier about her work. This is what she said: What is your name […]
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Religiously defended by some, the Rule of Thirds is often forgotten by famous photographers, from Ansel Adams to Edward Weston, or cinematographers as Stanley Kubrick or Wes Anderson. Does the rule really matter? Recently, I came across one article “revealing” a photographer had discovered the golden ratio in Ansel Adams’ public domain photographs that were […]
Free trials of the professional creative apps Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer launched last year for Windows are now available from Serif. First things first: I moved my workflow to Affinity Photo as soon as it was available. I bought the program on December 8, the first day the final commercial version became available for […]
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Chris Tellefsen, ACE, has more than 30 credits as an editor, including The People vs. Larry Flynt, Flirting with Disaster, Analyze This, The Village, Capote, Moneyball (which earned him an Oscar nomination), Joy and the film I called to talk to him about: Assassin’s Creed. HULLFISH: Early in your career you were an assistant of Thelma Schoonmaker. TELLEFSEN: […]
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If 360 video or Virtual Reality are areas that interest you, then the software from Mettle might be worth trying, especially as there is a demo version available. Although there is some uncertainty about what Virtual Reality will represent in the future, the truth is that 2017 is still a period where the area continues […]
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The ways in which technology has changed and impacted professionals in media & entertainment are as apparent as they are revolutionary. The hardware and software that producers, directors and editors utilize on projects of all sizes are incredibly powerful and refined, but being able to leverage them effectively has meant the creation of entire environments […]
One thing which I have discovered in the past few months is Sony is definitely upping their projector game. Not that they really needed to up their projectors. I just think, as a shooter, I can forget about the delivery aspect of our crazy production world we live and work in. Sony is adding seven […]
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Rubber bands are one item to add to your photographer and/or videographer bag. They are usable for everything from bad weather to keeping your gels over your flash head. Rogue has some rubber bands you may want to try. A rubber band is exactly that: a rubber band. Still, some are better – or better […]
