Lazy Photography

I took some shots with my GH1. I call this “lazy photography” because they were either shot inside my house, or right out the back door. The shots with houses and sky were taken with the Tiffen Circular Polarizing Filter, which I was very excited to get,...

Why I Don’t Shoot 24p (and why sometimes I might)

When you go to the theatre to see the newest feel-good romantic comedy of the summer, you’re seeing 24 frames per second. This is the standard for film, adopted decades ago when filmmakers were looking for the absolute cheapest way to make their films. 24 frames...

New Computer Build

The video I shoot is high definition. There’s no tape anymore — at least for me — and the video files are saved directly to SDHC cards. Using cameras such as the Panasonic AG-HMC40 and DMC-GH1, the video is compressed using AVCHD. It’s great in...