Art of the manual white balance
Road Test: GoPro HERO6 Black
We recently took a week-long trip up to Oregon to visit family scattered about the state that I grew...
Review: iRig Mic HD 2 handheld digital microphone
Back in 2014, I reviewed the original <US$130 iRig Mic HD handheld digital microphone, which IK Multimedia released at...
Three beautiful TV shows you probably aren’t watching
I’ve worked on episodic television. I know how fast it moves. That’s why I’m amazed at how good recent...
How to Avoid a Data Hack
As officials at Sony and HBO can tell you, it’s tougher than ever to ensure sensitive materials are being...
Meena Singh: how I shot The Confession Tapes
From the why of choosing a Canon EOS C300 Mark II for The Confession Tapes to the importance of...
Is the GH5 the best camera under US$10k? Jordan Drake believes it is. Learn why.
Jordan Drake and his co-host Chris Niccolls from Calgary, Alberta, Canada consider the under US$2k Panasonic Lumix GH5 to...
Canon Compact Zoom Lens Review: 18-80mm and 70-200mm
When I started this career I was told to never ever, under no circumstances, use a camera’s autofocus. Just...
Halloween 2017 movie recommendations
“Terror is smelling a corpse, while horror is finding it.” Gothic fiction defines these terms as very different things,...
Blackmagic’s ATEM Television Studio Pro HD Review
I sat in my office and stared at the brown cardboard box holding Blackmagic’s new ATEM Television Studio Pro...
Review: RØDE Broadcaster, the voice microphone that challenges conventional wisdom
The general consensus is that in order to reject background noise (especially with acoustically untreated rooms), it behooves you...
When exact 24 fps beats 23.976… and when it doesn’t
Nine years have passed since I published When 25p beats 24p…. In fact, that was my very first article...
How the Seal Team series uses Dutti Dolly
Three Dutti Dollies are always around during the production of the CBS series Seal Team, used for multiple situations...
Art of the Shot: Mindhunter cinematographer Erik Messerschmidt
Shot with a tailor-made RED camera, the RED XENOMORPH, auteur David Fincher chose cinematographer Erik Messerschmidt to helm camera...
Behind the Scenes: 40 years of Star Wars
The next film, Star Wars IX, with J. J. Abrams at the helm again, will end the saga started...
