Boy, the professional wedding filmmaking industry has had an exciting past three months, most notably because of the same number of viral videos by three leaders in the industry. First David Robin’s “Dirty Bit” wedding day music video. Next up was Loyd Calomay’s “Inception Reception” concept video. Now, last week, BMX and wedding filmmaker extraordinaire […]
Filmmaker Friday with YouTuber Tom Antos (Crossing the 180 #39)
We’ve come to the end of our international excursion of interviewing foreign filmmakers. It’s been quite a ride. Today’s guest brings us back to North America to Toronto, ONT. In fact, our guest today is the perfect bridge between the foreign filmmaker series and the next series I’m doing on YouTubers. Today we have Tom […]
Tips on Making a Combined Blog and Website
Today I continue my mini-series on Anatomy of a Blog Design. Tuesday we covered the foundational aspects of the four Ps. Yesterday I talked about why I think WordPress is the way to go (and why I specifically chose WordPress.com). Today I’ll cover a topic that I know a lot of people have questions about. […]
Choosing a Blogging Platform-WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org
Today is part 2 in my mini-series on “Anatomy of a Blog Design.” Yesterday I covered the essential four P’s you must know before launching your blog: people, purpose, payoff and platform. Today I’ll delve more into that fourth P: platform. I’ve been waiting to do this one for a while. The social media geek in […]
Anatomy of a Blog Design
It’s time of a change of scenery. I’ve been using this blog template since November and I’m ready to evolve. So I’m in the process of looking at new designs and templates and trying to lay the foundation for this blog to continue to be a valuable resource to professional filmmakers and photographers. Over the […]
Doug Menuez on Art and the Wisdom of New York
What is art? Who defines it? What drives the artist? Can photography be considered “art”? These are the questions that drive the narrative of this third and final installment of the documentary profile series “Menuez on Manhattan.” In it renown commercial and stock photographer Doug Menuez has shared his life and career experiences. Act 1 […]
How and How Much to Charge for Travel
I got an email from a reader of my book asking me my opinion on what to charge for travel. What a terrific question. This is a topic that on the surface seems like one nobody would be interested in reading about. Then it occurred to me that everyone in this business has to do […]
I’m Sure the Clients Loved It, But…
A few days ago I reviewed a video for a friend and colleague who wanted some honest feedback. My review wasn’t particularly good. It wasn’t a bad video, but it just left me flat. I’ve seen other work by this individual that really impressed me, so I also knew it wasn’t up to snuff with […]
Another Threat an FCPX-powered User Base Means to Small Pro Videographers
So last week I offered a “crazy” theory that the new Final Cut Pro X (aka FCPX) is aimed squarely at pro photographers. As I wrote in that post, based on the terminology, the paradigm shift, and the much larger market, I think this theory holds some water. But Mark Spencer of Ripple Training makes […]
Creating a Shot List
Last Friday I talked about the importance of creating policies and procedures. In that post, I talked about the value of having a written equipment check list to go through before ever shoot. There’s another list that’s pretty important if you’re a filmmaker: the shot list. This is the process I learned in filmmaking classes […]