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…so I guess if I want to post a clip of my son’s first rock gig, no-one can stop me.

Weighing less than 4 oz. (.11kg) and measuring 3.3”x 3.3” x 1.5” (83.8mm x 83.8mm x 38.1mm), Litepanels Micro produces 1.5 hours of continuous output from four on-board AA batteries (either standard or rechargeable). Or power can be supplied through a convenient 4-14V input jack located on the back of the unit.
The Litepanels Micro housing […]

Short TriSpread - the spreader acts as a hi-hat
Standard Tripod
Monopod
HiPod - for high angle shots.

Looks good so far?
Supports a maximum of 13.2 pounds - Retail $2490 or $3750 with an FSB 6 head.
Still look good? No I didn’t think so.
via creativecow

Warm colors appear closer than cool colors. Human faces have a warm reddish hue. Using a cool background will enhance the appearance of depth in the frame.
from Color Correction for DV - preview on googlereader

Colorado is a state of extremes - from the 14,000 foot peaks of the continental divide to the rolling grasslands of the eastern plains. The temperature will often vary by 75 degrees or more in the course of a single day.
Same goes for our politicians. Take yesterday as a case in point. On the one […]

On the escalators depicted above most of us will see the person on the left as going up, and the person on the right as going down - why is that? The usual explanation is that we read books left to right so we read images the same way.
It seems just as likely that we […]

This from today’s Guardian:
“Facebook has 59 million users - and 2 million new ones join each week. But you won’t catch Tom Hodgkinson volunteering his personal information - not now that he knows the politics of the people behind the social networking site…

With new small cameras, laptops and wireless communication one talented digital producer can do the work of a 4 or 5 person TV production crew. What might have taken a large crew and a truck full of equipment ten years ago can now be attempted by a couple of students with a few thousand […]

WARNING - if you are of a sensitive disposition close your eyes when Colin Farrell says “Or I could be a thief or something”, and keep them closed until you here a loud THWACK.
To my eye cinematographer Ryszard Lenczewski is the most talented cameramen I’ve run across. He works a lens like Keith Jarrett works […]

Variety think “Paul Greengrass’s Bourne Ultimatum advances the art of action filmmaking and will change it forever”.
Others think that the movie debases the art of film, and makes them feel queasy.
Steven Spielberg:
“Quick-cutting is very effective in some movies, like the Bourne pictures, but you sacrifice geography when you go for quick-cutting. Which is fine, […]