Last week I also had the opportunity to help shoot a promo video for a local wedding band, Chasing Lights. It was a great opportunity to take out some new lights and have a bit of fun with fairy lights! (video will be posted once it has been released by the band)
Cameras Mentioned
The Rocket Travel Slider has arrived!
onIt has been quite awhile that I've been eagerly anticipating the arrival of the new Aviator Camera Gear Rocket Travel Slider. I ordered this back in October knowing that it could take some time before it was ready to ship. Although it took a bit longer than I expected, it has been well worth the [...]
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Rechord & Richard Spriggs
onIn February I had the opportunity to make another video for Rechord, a Glasgow based charity aiming to record and distribute new worship music at no cost to the artist.I have been helping to create their semi-regular video podcast videos, though this one was a bit different. This was an acoustic performance of a new [...]
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Bob’s Holiday | 48 Hr Film Project Glasgow
onThis is definitely a belated post, but back in November I had the opportunity to participate in the Glasgow edition of the 48hr Film Project. The weekend contained moments of relaxing, eating pizza and thinking of script ideas, hurried production into the wee hours of the morning, and manic exporting sessions. Over a dozen people [...]
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Working on the Grade
onThings have progressed with this Philippines project and I am now nearing the end. As I write this, I am about 50% of the way through the colour correction/ grading process. Hopefully by the end of today, that process will be complete (well, until I export, review it all together, and then realise [...]
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2012: Cameras Galore
onIt seems near enough impossible to just pick one camera to put at the top of this page... so instead you get 31! [DISCLAIMER: I know that the Canon C300 and the 1D-X came out at the end of 2011, but it's near enough one year ago and they fit right alongside the others released, [...]
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Progress is being made!!
ondespite popular belief, progress is being made on the edit for Hope for the Island in the Philippines. I'm roughly 16 mins in... what do I still need to do? find 2 (maybe 3) more music tracks that fit: intro and outro finish editing the intro find some good b roll for over top a [...]
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SmallHD to the rescue!
onOne of the benefits of using a DSLR for film making is enjoying the nice bokeh and shallow depth of field from the large sensors and 35mm lenses. One of the problems with using a DSLR for film making is focusing. Even on the newer cameras with better quality LCD screens, achieving proper focus is [...]
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A bit of behind-the-scenes
onThe internet isn't always the most consistent, but here are a few short videos showing some of the setups I am using out here at Hope for the Island on Siargao Island. The videos were taken on my iPhone and I don't especially enjoy talking to the camera! It is what is it, so hopefully [...]
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