One of the most cumbersome tasks I knew I had to complete over the Christmas break was my demo reel. I was absolutely dredding it and had been for months. There is just so much footage to sort through. It was absolutely ridiculous. I did not even want to start. Luckily, I was motivated to [...]
A week and a half ago, I landed field passes for the Cotton Bowl to test out some video on the Canon 7D. The problem was that I had no idea what I was doing. I haven’t had this camera long, and I’ve never shot a football game before. I did not know what to [...]
I drove by POPS in Arcadia, Oklahoma, a few nights ago and couldn’t resist shooting some video with the 7D (after all, the POPS bottle was Christmas colors!). I was thinking of ways to shoot it, and finally I resorted to shooting it vertical. Tanner Herriott (tannerherriott.com) did some pretty sweet vertical video tests of [...]
For my big, final class project in Advanced Video we had to choose a local business and create an institutional for them. A few of us got really excited about my professor’s mention of Kicker – a local car stereo company that has taken over the world of car audio. Actually, Stillwater Designs manufactures Kicker [...]
One of my greatest joys in filmmaking is just playing around. I love to mess with action and adventure. Last December (2008), I wanted to play with my new Casio Ex-Fh20 which specializes in high speed, aka slow motion. My brother and cousin are the perfect test subjects. They are willing to do anything! So, [...]