Voting in the Webby Awards closes at midnight on 28 April, so if you haven’t already voted, now is a good time! But don’t take my word for it… here’s what Hitler has to say… Continue reading “Vote!”
Tag: Canon 5D Mark II
Nominated for 2 Webby Awards!
Breaking News – ‘The Toadlickers‘ music video that I directed and produced for Thomas Dolby last year has just been nominated for not one, but two Webby Awards!
The Webby’s are The Oscars of the web, so this is quite a big deal!
The Toadlickers is one of five music videos nominated in the ONLINE FILM & VIDEO > MUSIC category of The Webby People’s Voice Award.
You can vote for your favourite here.
Focus on Imaging 2011
Last week, the UK’s biggest still photography expo, Focus on Imaging, took place at the NEC in Birmingham. In between meals with major manufacturers, I managed to find time to circumnavigate the event floor, play with some gear and have a few interesting conversations.
The star of the show was, without doubt, the Fuji X100, which is both smaller and lighter than I had anticipated. Furthermore its EVF, whilst not perfect, is perfectly useable and seems to work well in conjunction with its optical viewfinder. Fuji were surprised by the sheer number of people with DSLRs saying they want one as a second camera. They were also surprised that the three most requested features (for a future version) were interchangeable lenses, 1080p video and an articulated monitor…which they seem to have heard loud and clear… Continue reading “Focus on Imaging 2011”
HDDSLR: Moving From Still to Video with Vincent Laforet
Last weekend HDSLR guru, Vincent Laforet, held a weekend long workshop in Seattle, that was hosted (and streamed live on the net) by Creative Live. Since it was Laforet’s short film, ‘Reverie‘ that opened my eyes (and those of several million others) to the possibilities of the Canon 5DmkII, I was fascinated to watch as he took a small group of aspiring filmmakers on a journey through the shooting, editing and completion of a short documentary and onto scripted drama with professional actors, using HDSLRs. Continue reading “HDDSLR: Moving From Still to Video with Vincent Laforet”