Archives for April, 2009
MediaStorm to Screen Premier of Danny Wilcox Frazier’s Driftless at Galapagos Art Space in DUMBO
Sunday, April 26th, 2009
I’m pleased to announce the premiere of Danny Wilcox Frazier’s Driftless: Stories from Iowa at Galapagos Art Space in DUMBO, Brooklyn on May 18 at 8 p.m. I’ve been producing this documentary for the last year and am particularly proud of it.
Danny is a jaw-droppingly talented photographer and has created an emotionally evocative piece about [...]
Seeing It for the First Time
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
Last weekend, I showed my wife a personal project I’ve been working on for nearly two years. It was the first time she’d seen it. While watching with her, I noticed how many elements of the piece I still needed to fix. Two minutes before, I had thought I was pretty close to being finished. [...]
Ten Ways To Improve Your Multimedia Production Right Now
Saturday, April 18th, 2009
As a multimedia producer, video tapes and hard drives full of images are literally dropped on my desk. I’m like a 5-year-old at my own birthday when I begin a new project, overwhelmed by the riches in front of me.
But for better or worse, there’s not much you can do to alter what’s already been [...]
Final Cut Pro Internal Tools
Saturday, April 11th, 2009
This tip comes from Jon Chappell’s Guide to Final Cut Pro Internal Tools published on kenstone.net.
Final Cut contains a set of developer tools that by default are hidden from us mortals. To see them hold down Cmd+Option+Shift and click the Tools menu. The Tools menu now contains an option for Internal Tools.
Most of these options [...]
Brooklyn Bridge, DUMBO
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
Shot on my iPhone with the $1.99 TiltShift application. Toned in Aperture.
On Collecting Art
Sunday, April 5th, 2009
The desire to collect art begins with attraction. There’s an urge to be near a thing of beauty, and over time, when you’re with something like that, with something beautiful, a relationship begins to form, and that relationship begins to have a meaning, and it’s meant to. A work of art is meant to have [...]
NPPA’s Convergence 09
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
MediaStorm is shipping me off to Las Vegas to help coach the Multimedia Immersion Seminar, part of the National Press Photographer’s Association’s Convergence 09.
The multimedia seminar runs June 6 -10. Check out the MediaStorm blog for more information.
Hope to see you there.