Cinematographer Notes

I’ve updated Wordpress to the newer version and so I started over.  I’ll keep this blog open as an archive but all future posts will be at the new one.  You can go to my website and click on the link on the homepage for the blog and that will be the new url.  Everything […]

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I was in film school between the years of 95 and 2000 and I had a few classmates who had been union grips and A.C.’s for years who decided to come back to school to learn how to direct.  They’d worked on major features and were bringing in a lot of money but they did […]

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I managed to align the camera to the mattebox baseplate.    When I was at B&H and no one could find anything that would help me center the camera without adding 3/4 of an inch of height,  I gave a call to Jan Crittenden over at Panasonic and asked if she had any ideas.  Panasonic […]

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I’ve built up the HPX170 with my Letus and checked it and the effective ASA seems to be around 320.  I’m going to rate it at 250 though and keep my usual workflow and just let everything be a bit healthier.  The focus bar is incredible.  Between that and the waveform monitor the camera is […]

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Last night I attended the official cast and crew screening of Sneakers & Soul at the Visual Arts theater on w23rd.  I was stunned approaching the theater and seeing the crowd that had gathered.  In total they filled up about 280 seats.  I ended up in the far right back corner.  Not the best seat […]

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I pulled the trigger on a new HPX-170 w E-series P2 cards from Panasonic.  They recently started a financing division and the price and deal was too good to say no.  I’ve recently had too many jobs that needed a camera and finding one was getting to be a hassle so this will hopefully make […]

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It’s been a struggle this summer.  Usually the winters are bad.  The messed up economy has really put a dent in everyone’s schedules.  From what I hear lots of folks have been hit hard.  I’ve managed however to book 4 new short films for the month of August & September.  Unfortunately no features but I’m […]

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Just finished the DVD for On The Couch:

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We all have to pay the rent and sometimes you get jobs that are more about that.  This was one occasion where the director was not afraid to go after a style that is a bit more interesting than your typical talking head industrial.  I am appreciative as it made the whole thing more fun.  […]

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The past few weeks have been nothing but me turning down project after project because of bad rates.  As I predicted, it’s getting harder to book anything lately cause nobody has enough money to make their film safely and efficiently.  Everyone wants free crew, free gear and what’s worse is that they somehow feel entitled […]

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