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by jaime traba · Posted
Whit Norris is a professional film sound mixer with a filmography ranging from work on Fast Five to Anchorman 2. Norris took some time off on the set of his current project, the forthcoming Vince Vaughn film, Term Life to talk about gear, and share some great tips and experiences from his expansive filmography.
On your IMDB page, you have a fairly prolific filmography listed. When did you realize sound for film was your passion, and how did you get your start as a professional?
When I was in college, I always had a passion for sound,
by Amanda Bellucco · Posted
Professionals in the photo and video community put a lot of stock into finding portable, easy-to-set-up equipment, and that’s exactly what Bescor aims to provide. Their Field Pro Lighting brings user-friendly versatility to the forefront with several kits designed especially for videography professionals. The LED-700 series is a great solution for lighting both in the studio and on location.
by Eric Reichbaum · Posted
Mike Olbinski went from photographing lightning in his backyard with a point-and-shoot camera to being a professional storm photographer—in a flash. His time-lapse storm videos have gone viral in a big way; one of them even made an appearance in a major motion picture. I spoke to Olbinski to find out how he does it.
Was storm photography how you started
by Justin Dise · Posted
Lens selection is an important decision for any Director of Photography. Lenses from different manufacturers and different eras offer unique characteristics to better suit the director’s vision for a film or scene. While color grading gives you the flexibility to adjust images in post, there are intrinsic qualities inherent in the construction of the lens itself that can't be fully replicated. And with on-set grading becoming more commonplace, the ability of a DP to create a "look" on set with just lens selection can endear them to the
by Sam Mallery · Posted
by John Harris · Posted
Most photographers encounter the Rule of Thirds at some point in their life, and likely recognize it as more of a theory or suggestion than a hard rule. But what are the origins of the Rule of Thirds? It turns out that its roots can be traced back to the 18th Century.
The Rule of Thirds posits that a visual composition is most pleasing to the eye when its compositional elements conform to an imaginary set of lines that divide the frame into equal thirds, both horizontally and vertically. Furthermore, the “Rule” suggests that the human eye
by Shawn C. Steiner · Posted
Whether you shoot in the studio or on location, Limelite offers an LED, tungsten, or fluorescent lighting solution to suit your needs.
Increasingly popular LED technology is represented by Limelite's Mosaic lights. These 1x1' panels employ 576 LEDs with a CRI of >85 for accurate color rendering and output up to 5200 lux at 3'. Daylight, Tungsten, and Bi-Color versions are available and feature a back-panel
by Josh Taylor · Posted
A legendary lighting company is refreshed and repositioned to achieve its rightful place in the US imaging marketplace: Bowens International Ltd., based in the UK, has been a leading manufacturer of advanced photographic lighting systems for well over half a century, and has been a top-selling brand among professional photographers and serious enthusiasts worldwide, for many years. Until recently, Bowens’s presence in the USA has been overshadowed by more aggressively marketed brands of lighting equipment. But that began to change last year
by Morgan McClure · Posted
Sony has announced two new Handycam camcorders, each with 1” image sensors at CES 2014. A veritable show stopper, the FDR-AX100 is capable of recording 4K Ultra HD video at 30 frames per second and Full HD 1080p at up to 60 fps. The second camera, the HDR-CX900 has a practically identical design and feature set, sans the
by Peter Ward_1 · Posted
Since the introduction of Creative Cloud, the question has been: does Adobe's move mean a radically altered workflow for content creation professionals, particularly video editors? For the moment, the answer is probably not. For all intents and purposes, Creative Cloud applications remain ordinary desktop applications; Adobe has merely eschewed the traditional perpetual license in favor of a subscription license. And on top of that, they are granting the user a set of—fairly limited at this point—cloud-based services; notably 20GB of file
by Shawn C. Steiner · Posted
Louis Lumière was a pioneering French filmmaker, and in 1935, he took the concept of “the remake” to another level when he reshot the famous Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat in 3D. To those who don’t know, the original 2D version was among the first publicly shown films when it premiered in January of 1896. It has since become a classic for anyone interested in the history of cinema, and created one of the first urban legends of film.
The story has it that because of the realism of a train rolling toward the audience, the crowd was
by Sam Mallery · Posted
"What's In My Bag" articles have become so popular these days that they're evolving into a full-blown independent media genre. It's a topic we often cover here at B&H, and everyone from National Geographic to The Verge has contributed to the trend. What you can discern about someone by examining the contents of their to-go bag is always a fascinating exercise, and the images can inspire unique solutions to your own in-the-field workflow needs.
Putting one and one together, bag manufacturer Timbuk2 launched their
by Sam Mallery · Posted
B&H will be hosting a live webcast on the new Sony Alpha a7 and a7R full-frame mirrorless cameras today at 1 p.m. EST. The show will feature a panel consisting of Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Brain Smith, Sony's Senior Manager of Technology Mark Weir, and our own Gabriel Biderman, an accomplished night
by Eric Reichbaum · Posted
Michael Christopher Brown is a Magnum photographer who has shot multiple stories for National Geographic, and was a subject in an HBO documentary about photojournalism. Currently, he’s on an assignment in Africa, but was kind enough to answer a few questions about the benefits and drawbacks of using a smartphone to capture images in the field.
What do you find appealing about shooting with a camera phone: is it the portability, the fact that it’s less intimidating to your subjects, or something else?
It’s a number of things, including what
by Shawn C. Steiner · Posted
William H. Mumler was the first well-known spirit photographer, and deservedly so, for capturing Mary Todd Lincoln with her deceased husband, President Abraham Lincoln.
Following the Civil War, many people wanted to make connections with their recently deceased relatives and friends. Photography was new, and considered a method of reaching out.
Today, this image of Abraham Lincoln’s ghost is fairly easy to explain. Mumler used the simple process of double exposure. I say simple since it’s as easy as taking two separate photographs on a single