Art of the manual white balance
White balancing a camera is only half the story. Now we have to white balance our lights. Back in...
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...
Blackmagic Updates its Video Assist and Video Assist 4K
Blackmagic Design has updated their Video Assist 4K LCD monitor/recorder. This time they have improved the color reading Vectorscope by...
Filmtools Filmmaker Friday Featuring Nathan Wong
With hundreds of careers and opportunities, the filmmaking industry can be a unique experience for a filmmaker. Filmtools decided...
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...
MegaBots’ Giant Fighting Robots Web Series Captured on Blackmagic Micro Cinema Cameras
I love hearing news about small cameras stepping up into big rolls. Today, Blackmagic shared a story about Micro Cinema...
Blackmagic’s Cintel Scanner Brings Film From “Water Ski Capital of The World” Back To Life
Rolls and rolls of film will be going through a Blackmagic Design Cintel Scanner and DaVinci Resolve Studio for...
Reality: it’s completely overrated
There’s no such thing as a reality show, only unreality shows. The more unreal, in some cases, the better....
