David Leeson knows a thing or two about photography. He’s been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in Photography 3 times, winning in 2004. He’s been shooting for the Dallas Morning News since 1984 and routinely works in conflict zones. But why am I bringing it up? Because I just finished reading a Q and A...
Category Archives: Video Stuff
Here is a picture of me doing some video work down in Mexico. I’m interviewing a great photographer named Katie Bryant about her experiences with the Santa Fe Workshops. This picture was taken by Amy Goodman, who also is a great photographer. click on the picture to go to her Flickr page…
So, I’m a multimedia producer. I’m a photographer. I’m a videographer. I’m an editor. I just have yet to really bring it all together in the same project. The project I linked to above is an interesting example of how it can all come together to tell a story. I mean why should you be...
So I have been trying to find a time when I could get 2 very busy actors, my busy self, a certain camera that I don’t have constant access to, and some props that also being used in another film, together at the same time for about 2 hours to shoot the final scene for...
So I helped a friend of mine put some videos on youtube. She is a singer and although I can’t understand what she sings, I am blown away every time I watch a performance. Here is the link to see {all the videos} if you like what you see below. She’s wearing a red dress...
I am the staff advisor to the film club at the University of Arkansas. I have been involved in filmmaking since around 2001 when I volunteered on the set of “Barberian Poet”, a film that hasn’t been finished yet. I mostly hung around the camera crew and gleaned little bits of knowledge here and there....
So when I was in Hollywood I participated in a street video interview for a promotional thingamajig. I hadn’t heard anything and had almost forgotten about it, but today I got an email with the video link. I’m not even 100% sure what is going on in the video, but whatever… {click here} to view...
I have a pretty great side job. I am the CEO and founder of {Herostatus Productions}, a small video production company. I keep myself very busy with projects. For example, over the last 4 days here is what I have done: I worked at a college basketball game, I worked a college baseball game, I...
I’m about half done with production of my third short film. It’s called ‘The Motive’ and I am writer/producer/director/shooter. I usually choose to be my own shooter because I have yet to find someone better than me that is reliable and will work for free. I’ve been cinematographer on about 10 short films total, including...
I’ve finally got my hands on a \panasonic dvx100B\. I’ve been working on pre-production for a short film and am now ready to shoot some test footage and figure out the best look for my film. For those unfamiliar with video stuff, this camera shoots in a special mode that looks more like film instead...
