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Art Adams

Art Adams is a cinema lens specialist at ARRI, Inc. Before that, he was a freelance cinematographer for 26 years. You can see his work at http://www.artadamsdp.com.

Art has been published in HD Video Pro, American Cinematographer, Australian Cinematographer and Camera Operator magazines, and has written for ProVideo Coalition since its inception. He is an active member of the International Cinematographers Guild and a former member of the Society of Camera Operators (SOC).

Gear Head for the RED 10
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Gear Head for the RED

Posted on April 15, 2009
Last spring, while shooting a piece for solar energy company SunPower on the RED, our jib operator asked me...
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Porsche F35 Spec Spot Revealed

Posted on March 31, 2009
About a month ago I shot a spec Porsche spot at night on the Sony F35 at ridiculously low...
IR Filter Cheat Sheet 13
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IR Filter Cheat Sheet

Posted on March 28, 2009
Here it is. Below the table you’ll find a link to download a printable PDF. To the best of...
Mysteries of Color and Light 16
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Mysteries of Color and Light

Posted on March 26, 2009
Between January 2007 and April 2008 I consulted for Element Labs on the development of the Kelvin Tile. During...
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The Quicktime Conundrum

Posted on March 12, 2009
There’s nothing like waking up in the morning and realizing that your chief marketing tool is probably driving away...
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Production

Anatomy of a Porsche Spec Spot

Posted on March 6, 2009
When the economy goes south, I go into fifth gear. I recently seized the opportunity to shoot a couple...
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EX1/EX3 IR Filter Shoot-Out

Posted on February 26, 2009
The Sony EX1 and EX3 are great cameras for the price, but they do have some fairly obvious issues...
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Fake Tilt-Shift Cinematography

Posted on February 24, 2009
Traditionally used to create the illusion of impossibly deep focus, tilt-shift effects are now being used to do the...