As most of you probably already know, April 2009 was a very important time for us. At Re:Frame Austin we met a ton of really talented folks that we still consider dear friends today. Joe Simon is on the top of that list. You probably already know that since we’ve featured him on this site several times but it’s not just because we consider him a great friend but because he’s one of the only guys in the film industry...

So it’s that time again! We had so much fun during our last live video podcast and got so much great feedback that we decided to do it again. Karen Abad and I have invited Philip Bloom to join us this Sunday for a live interview and, of course, some q+a from all the viewers. Both of us have considered Philip a dear friend for years and we’re looking forward to getting technical and hearing all about his latest projects and...

This past Christmas Jon and I decided two very important things: We will set aside more time for personal projects and we will step up our productions. It’s been a while now that we’ve been wanting to do both of these things but the latter is really key. One thing that we consider extremely important is to make sure we’re continuing to grow through education. After Masters In Motion, we got to learn a ton about lighting...

64 Bit Films is a small production company founded by student filmmakers Jared Rosenthal, Luca Repola, Cosmo Scharf and Kai Demler. Cristina and I had a chance to meet Jared and Cosmo, at a Philip Bloom DSLR meet-up in Brooklyn, a year or two ago. We were instantly impressed by how passionate they were about filmmaking. I could tell after talking to Jared, for awhile, that 64 Bit Films was going places. Here is the trailer to their latest...

Why Canon has not hired these guys yet is beyond me. Looks very,very interesting.The basic idea here is that it allows the user to record at two different iso’s and then in post the images are interpolated. While it is not perfect, as evidenced by some of the ghosting, it is nonetheless very impressive and in my opinion definitely usable for certain situations. What do you think? Magic Lantern HDR Video X-MAS teaser from...

As you already know Karen Abad and I are doing our first live video podcast this Thursday at 8:30pm eastern. When we first started discussing doing this we knew we wanted to have a special guest during each show but deciding on the prefect first guest was a little tough. We knew we wanted someone who we respect as a fellow filmmaker but we also wanted someone that could bring something unique to the table so to speak. We’re thrilled...

As some of you may know, my Dad was recently diagnosed with Stage 3 non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, which is a form of cancer. The doctors found 4 tumors in various parts of his body. The tumors are too far spread apart for radiation treatment so, next week he is going to start chemotherapy. They hope to knock it into remission and if it is successful they think he will have 10-15 years left. I’m not sure what to make of all of this but, I...