The Instructional Power of Film & Video

This past Thursday, I woke up with an audacious goal in mind – Flat Lay Drone Photography.  You see, I want a flat lay photograph and a timelapse for Instagram of a teardrop camp trailer build.  But the scale is so much larger than most flat lay photography I hadn’t figured out how to shoot …

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So I just got back from a family vacation to the beautiful Mt. Rainier National Park, only to find that some of my DJI drone stock video files are corrupted. Grrr…. Of course, the shots that I remember being the best are the ones that need a DJI File recovery tool, expert, exorcist, or wizard. …

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I was born in the Pacific Northwest. It is in my blood; the forests, raging waters, the best hikes, rivers, waterfalls, mountains, the beautiful adventures that can be done on hiking trips. This short was shot in one hour – a self imposed limitation. My son and I took a quick hike in scenic North …

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  I am no stranger to using sports gear in film making.  I’m a SCUBA diver who has shot commercially underwater in the company of a Netflix and IMAX director, award winning photographers, and others.  I also enjoy winter sports.  I enjoy my glidecam HD-2000.  Thus was born GLIDECAM SPORTS.  Ok basically, putting snowshoes together …

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Braxos just finished working with Seattle-based band Gumshen.  This project was a great blend of work between an animator and Braxos. The video was shot by projecting animation through a digital projector, the only source of light, projected onto the band.  Then we took animations and generated SFX and overlaid that on the footage.  Colorized, …

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The White House announced that the long planned plant upgrades were completed today.  As part of the press release, they published pictures of the refreshed facility.  Of course a renovation like this doesn’t occur in a matter of months, there is a lot of planning that goes into updating the appearance of the building but …

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