Change My Mindset – A Short Inspirational Video The key to overcoming fear is to change my mindset. I made a short motivational video telling the story of how I overcame my fears after nearly severing my thumb in a sheet metal accident. Right now, there is a lot of turmoil in the world and …
ASMR Video Tips | Making Snowshoe ASMR I just got back from shooting a video of ASMR tips to help you learn how I make ASMR videos with headphones. You see it’s still winter in North Idaho. And it’s COLD! That makes for squeaky snow. Squeaky snow can get the ASMR enthusiast pretty stoked. So …
Why You Shouldn’t Hire a Filmmaker – To Make Videos for Your Business As a filmmaker, you might think that I’d be happy to take any business that I can get. That is actually not true. I am happy to take any business that will actually help a business make more sales, better share their …
How to Make a Fanbase with Video This past weekend a new football league – the XFL- launched. Now, I’m not an avid football fan but I was curious how a startup like the XFL would pitch itself and build it’s fanbase – in contrast to the well established NFL. What I found is that …
How to Use Video Marketing in 2020 YES, it’s a new year and you may be wondering how to use video marketing in 2020 for small business. Whether you’re marketing for a small local business or marketing for an online business, your video can be personalized. So you may be wondering how to use video …
Flat Lay Drone Photography & Timelapse 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 …
Repair Corrupt DJI Video Files 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 …
The Upper Left: The Great PNW 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 …
Glidecam on Snowshoes: An experience in Winter Film Making 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 …
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I just finished working with Seattle-based band Gumshen. This project was a great blend of work between an animator and an editor. 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. …