It was a day like any other day. Tommy (not his real name) got ready for school, packed his lunch, and headed out the door with his big sister. She dropped him off every morning on her way to school. As she was making a left turn off a main highway onto a smaller street, […]
Archives for April 2011
Featured Filmmaker Friday: Jen Moon and Reagan Zugelter of POSH (c180-031)
What do you get when you take about 30 women visual artists (give or take) on a cruise to the Bahamas? Well, today we’re going to find out as my guests are Jennifer Moon of Northernlights Fillmworks and Regan Zugelter of Studio Z Films. They are the co-founders of The POSH Retreat, an exotic and […]
Should Young Artists Study the Masters? A Classic Case of “No, but…”
Wow! I love my blog readers. One of the reasons I’m so passionate about writing this blog are YOU guys. The amazing dialog I get to be a part of every week with passionate artists. Even when we don’t always agree on a topic, I love the fact that you all can bring it on […]
Should Today’s Young Filmmakers Know the Masters?
UPDATE: Be sure to read the follow-up commentary once you’re done. My friend and photographer Carlos Baez is passionate about his craft and paying homage to the photography masters. Boy, don’t even get him started on the fact that so many of today’s young photographers have no idea who Helmut Newton is. Maybe it’s the […]
Gear Lust – Does it Ever Make Sense to Buy?
This year’s NAB revealed a whole lotta toys that makes us filmmakers drool like an 8 month old eating a double-chocolate chunk Its-Its ice cream and cookie sandwich at a 4th of July fireworks extravaganza at Disneyland. Some of the most exciting revelations were the new wave of professional camcorders designed to compete against the […]
Joe Buissink – An Intimate Portrait Video
Joe Buissink has had quite a life. Born in Indonesia. Abandoned by his biological mother (literally left on a doorstep). Verbally and physically abused as a child by his step mom. Moved to Holland at 7, then later to L.A. after his family had enough of the racial persecution they got in Holland (Joe didn’t […]
Featured Filmmaker Friday: Kristen Souders of Bliss Productions (c180-030)
The first time I ever met Kristen* it was like meeting a celebrity. It was around 2003 or so. Kristen* was the owner/operator and creative muscle behind Bliss Video Productions (now just Bliss Productions), perhaps the premier wedding and event film studio in the San Francisco Bay Area at the time. When I had started […]
Photographers’ Death in Libya Puts Life and Drama Into Perspective
Yesterday our industry was delivered sobering news when it was reported that award-winning photojournalists Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros were killed in Libya. It’s always sad news to hear of someone being killed, but it seems particularly sad (yet redemptive at the same time) when you hear of someone killed in the line of duty. […]
Filmmakers’ Foolish Fuss Over Frame Rates
So there’s this big debate going on in the world wide interwebs over some recent decisions made acclaimed, multi-award-winning filmmakers Peter Jackson (“The Lord of the Rings” trilogy) and James “King of the World” Cameron. Is the fuss over some provocative film they’re creating that is challenging some social injustice? Nah! Oh, maybe the debate […]
What is Your Digital Strategy?
A couple of years ago I blogged about a “not so distant future” where the portrait photographer Debra has an all-digital operation and a camera that makes it brain-dead easy for her to get beautiful images. A lot of people labeled it “doom and gloom.” I found that very interesting since nothing in that post […]