The other day Stephanie had contacted me about doing some bikini shots out near some water. Unfortunately the only ready water near Las Vegas is Lake Mead, which at this point is pretty much just a large dirty puddle. I assured her we could still make it work and I headed over to pick her up. The other downside is that it was supposed to rain as well. We had an opening in the weather for the time being so we wanted to hurry before it rained. Well, that did not happen. As soon as we got to the Lake Mead Wash, found a spot, hiked to it and then set up, it decides to rain. Since Steph was in a skimpy bikini in 40 degree weather now with wind chill and rain, she was not a happy camper. After only firing a couple shots we packed up, hiked back up, got in the car and began looking for another spot hoping the rain would subdue. Read the full story

Welcome back to my second part in reviewing the iPhone. In this post we will be dealing with the video capabilities of the phone. With my last post I dealt with the still camera portion. You can view that HERE. Read the full story

Some of you may know her, some of you may not, but if you haven’t heard of her yet, then this is just the beginning. Gracing the screens of the infamous websites suicidegirls and zivity, and also a contender in The Next Elvira. Before all that wonderful stuff, she graced the foregrounds of my lens and some of my favorite and memorable photos. Many other photographers could say the same thing. Read the full story

When most people, and I emphasize most, think about the behind the scenes people of a film usually think of only a few key people. Actors, directors, director of photography, editors and producers usually top the list without knowing what the other several hundred people do on set. Well today we are gonna talk about one of those people, The Grip, or key grip. The grip is by far one of the most important people behind the scenes. Read the full story

My friend Scott over at Skeev Media was working on a video for a client. He asked me if there was a quick and easy way to fix a white balance problem in Final Cut Pro. I said “Sure no problem.” and within a couple minutes he was finished. So he asked me if I could do a quick tutorial on how to white balance. So I figured I would do a series on color correction, starting with this one first, white balancing. Read the full story

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