8 Day Location Shoot Workflow

We just wrapped up an eight-day location shoot for an apparel company and let me just say that it kicked our butts pretty hard with tons of sun and wind and a final day of record low high-temps for July in Minnesota! Almost felt like it might snow. Our models were...
Turbo.264 HD

Turbo.264 HD

A while back I had a spot of trouble with my Elgato EyeTV Hybrid (turns your Mac into a digital TV/TiVO) and after running around replacing everything BUT that device (including antenna, cabling, connectors, waiting for exceptionally cold winter weather to break, etc,...
iPhone App from onOne

iPhone App from onOne

My pal Craig sent me a notice that there is soon to be a new iPhone App from onOne called the “DSLR Remote” and is a wireless cable release for your Canon camera. Here’s hoping it works with all functions and is portable from camera to camera without...
My IgniteMpls Presentation

My IgniteMpls Presentation

My wife told me about the first #IgniteMPLS “extreme presentations” event that was coming to Minneapolis last month (April 22, 2009) and before I really realized it, I had signed up to do a presentation on “HD Home Theater on the Cheap.” It...

6 Reasons You Need a Digital Tech

I’ve been hearing stories from various sources lately about customers asking photographers to slash their budgets, even going so far as to completely slash the funds needed for the digital tech on the photo shoot. Bad economy all around, I guess. Selfishly, of...
Canon 5D Mark II Audio

Canon 5D Mark II Audio

For those of you who’ve purchased the new Canon 5D Mark II and are actually using it to record video clips, you’ve probably noticed that the audio portion of the recording needs a bit of help. The crew over at B&H did a microphone test using the 5D...