Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 10:45AM CineStar 3 Axis Gimbal from tabb firchau on Vimeo.
CineStar 3 Axis Gimbal from tabb firchau on Vimeo.
This is a great video of an FS-100 being flown above the treeline by a guy with a remote conrol. I'm glad that I sold my crane and helicopter last fall.
Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 11:17AM As you know already we are open 7 Days a week which is why i found myself in the dog run with BW's wearing her puffy coat.
Monday, January 9, 2012 at 10:35PM 
Zack McTee, seen here dead lifting sandbags, picked up some gear today for his upcoming shoot for Whole Foods. He is directing the (3) camera Canon 5D shoot, using 2 cams on the ground and an aerial overhead shot using the Seven Jib.
Canon 5D, Seven Jib, Zack McTee Saturday, January 7, 2012 at 08:42PM It's not very often that we gush over a blog post. Never in fact that I can recall. But i stumbled across this post tonight and it blew my mind. I've been thinking all the same things but didn't have the wherewithall to sit and write and edit and research and write and re-edit and on and on...but someone beat me to it anyway and i want to share this with you all. But before you click on the link i'd like to say a few things.
Number One: I've been around long enough to watch Philip Bloom graduate from a guy with an iWeb site that had a few demo videos of 35mm adapters. I've also had dinner with Vincent Laforet at NAB this past year and talk about his success that came from his 5D video that got over a million hits "reverie" which launched his career into the statosphere. I'm glad these gentlemen got to make demo videos that caused them to become well known in the filmmaker community (more in lower/middle end than ASC cinematographers) aka the "masses." But i'm also saying "i knew them when" if you get my drift.
And Number Two: I've been a cinematographer since i was 12 years old (my most recent feature i lensed competed against The Hurt Locker and lost to the Wrestler at the 65th Venice Film Festival) and my success in motion pictures allowed me to launch my camera rental business but never gave up shooting. To wit: i'm writing this as a cinematographer and not a business owner. I'm a consumer just like you.
So where is this heading? Back to why i wrote this post - Stu Maschwitz has written one of the best articles/blog posts i've ever read. He captured exactly what i, and my business partner/fellow cinematographer talk about all the time. We could care less about making a ton of money on rentals (we have a ton of clients who will back this up) if we make money but our clients lose because they had too much or too little camera - both are a failure so we talk plain and blunt with our cients lest they lose rather than gain from coming to us. Mostly it's been too much (seen "Celebration" under Dogma 95? I did, twice in the Lincoln Center Theater).
To put a fine point on it - i'd rather follow this guy than Phillip Bloom or Vincent Laforet anyday, night or weekend (man crush?) not quite - but finally seeing someone who not only knows his stuff but also has the reel to back it up and most of all - speaks plainly with a lot of knowledge and like myself and business partner - love other filmmakers like family. Stu is the real deal. He's not out there promoting himself or his business...just being passionate and incredibly smart about the right tool for the right job. A good friend of mine Michael Simmonds (Paranormal Activity 2) stops by our studio often and worked with me on my first feature and he always says "i could care less about a specific camera but rather what's the right camera for the job." Anyway, enough said, here's the link to Stu's article:
Read the article: Red Scarlet, Canon C300, and the Paradox of Choice
Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at 04:15PM "X" rated for eXtra stupid.