Today I continue the series I started Monday, where I encourage you, my devoted readers, to seek out new life, and new civilizations. To boldy go… (okay, I’m sure you’re tired of the Star Trek references). Anyhoo, I challenged you to leap out of your comfortable little world of super star wedding, event, DSLR or commercial photog […]
Archives for May 2011
Wong Fu Productions Has the Perfect Business Model
As I mentioned yesterday, this week I’m highlighting a few YouTube super stars I’ve been following whose stories I think are great inspiration for many of you in the DSLR filmmaking world. Sometimes I feel we’re all in our own little boxes, following all the same people and never expanding our horizons. My hope is […]
Looking Outside the Box for Inspiration
Whom do you follow on Twitter? My guess is, if you’re a wedding photographer, you largely follow other wedding photogs? If you’re an event filmmaker, you follow largely other event filmmakers? You a commercial photog? I bet Chase Jarvis, Vincent Laforet, and the like are at the top of your Twitter stream. It makes perfect […]
Never Say Never – Seven Valuable Lesson’s From Justin Bieber’s Story
The first time I saw a trailer for “Never Say Never” (the Justin Bieber movie) I thought to myself , “You have GOT to be kidding! Why on earth are they making a movie about this kid? And does it really need to be in 3D? I will NEVER see that movie.” I must admit […]
Featured Filmmaker Friday: David Robin and His Viral Video Adventure (c180-033)
Today we interrupt our “Women in Film” series to bring you a podcast exclusive. An interview with event filmmaker David Robin. If you’re in the event filmmaking world, there’s no doubt you’ve heard of David. A 25 year veteran in the industry, David is a multi-award winning videographer, speaker, and filmmaker to the stars…literally. He’s done […]
Five Blogging Tips for Photographers and Filmmakers
It was just five years ago when the event filmmaking community came kicking and screaming into the world wide web of blogging. Many called it a fad. Well, now everyone and their mother has a blog, but it’s still somewhat of a mystery to some as to how to effectively use it. Photographers have been […]
Literal Truth vs. Emotional Truth in Event Filmmaking
When I first started in this business (nine years ago this month by the way), I produced wedding films in a style that today people call “cinematic short form.” They were cinematic…and they were short. 🙂 (That is, short compared to the 90 minute to 2-hour wedding videos that a lot of studios were doing […]
Should Documentary Interviewees Look Into the Camera?
To look or not too look into the camera. THAT is the question.
Are You a Fred? A Customer Service Superstar
Mark Sanborn’s book The Fred Factor is all about those people in a business that go above and beyond. The “Freds” of the world (named after Mark’s highly dedicated and hard working mailman). Last week I met a Fred. (Or rather, a Frederica).
Featured Filmmaker Friday: Karen Abad (c180-032)
Today we continue our women filmmakers series with cinematographer and editor at Zacuto films, Karen Abad. Karen is a filmmaker who knows her stuff. Starting out in celluoid during her time at San Francisco’s Academy of Art, Karen has a keen sense of story, a good eye, and knows what she does best. She has […]