Last August I had the opportunity to DP a documentary feature film directed by my good friend Kendal Miller....

Prisoners was a tense, dramatic movie. I remember being almost exhausted after watching the film for the first time....

About six months ago, I had a 20 Terabyte problem. I had a shelf of external hard drives of...

At the 2014 Maker Faire, mythbuster and creative Adam Savage spent some time talking about what it takes to...

With Christmas fast approaching, here are ten stocking stuffer gift ideas for the filmmaker. These are all tools I...

Sometimes you have to whisper to get someone's attention. I was struck by the clean simplicity of this short...

Last fall I produced a large video project for a large youth summer camp based in the Ozarks. This...

Wood handgrips have come back in to vogue lately. There's something lovely about a warm wooden grip when operating...

DP Matthew Jeppsen talks through the kind of problems and solutions he runs into as a DP on a...

Recently I was looking for a formula that would allow me to calculate how much light output I would...