Once upon a time I used to be good at blogging. I look back and regret having quit. I scan through a decade of blog posts and they make me smile and for the most part are delightful reminders of times past. I think some of it had to do with my dog Cleo passing away, she was always good for… Read more →
DiverLaura
The Maiden of Deception Pass
This past year I have had the great honor of working with Longhouse Media to bring one of Samish Nation’s traditional stories to life via film. THE MAIDEN OF DECEPTION PASS “A very long time ago, there was a house of Samish people living here just above the beach where there are good springs. The people made their living… Read more →
Just do it right: Underwater Tripod follies
Just do it Right. I know, I know, I say that a lot, but usually it’s because unbeknownst to you my fine reader, I’ve wasted time and money doing it cheap or wrong or thinking I could reinvent a better wheel, etc… The latest case of admitting I was wanking around and should have just sucked it up is in… Read more →
Weight matters
Benro vs. Manfrotto, Benro vs. Manfrotto, waffle waffle. I don’t usually buy stuff I end up not liking because most of the time my endless obsessing research pays off. The other thing I need to remember is this: If I haven’t already made up my mind, don’t take friends to the camera store with me to look at a new… Read more →
Satellite
“you want 6 satellites before taking off, if you drop below that during flight your phantom will be in atti mode and a gust of wind could blow it away”. If you choose to fly in this situation, you need to practice in atti mode. Yeah, I read it just like i’m sure all the other pilots read. And… Read more →
C100 + eclipse
Yes, I stayed up late/early for this. I am now paying the price, but its kinda cool to have some eclipse footage in my library 🙂 I spent a couple hours over on the water shooting slow mo with the new-to-me FS700 that arrived on Thursday, but when it came time to shoot the eclipse, I brought out the ‘big… Read more →
Simple tricks for better beach audio
Sound will make or break your video. Period. You can be a rockstar with a camera, insanely articulate, artistic and technically talented, but if your audio sucks, it will make your video pretty much unwatchable or at very least incredibly irritating and distract from the message. First off, I’ll precede this by saying there are many ways to skin the… Read more →
Shoulder rig evolution
A year or two ago I picked up used V1 Redrock field cinema bundle off eBay for a veritable song. It was stock with a couple add ons. Follow focus, offset bars… I didn’t use it much, run and gun hasn’t been my primary ‘topside’ focus (although you could say it is the majority of what I do underwater). Most of… Read more →
Hello White Balance Canon C100
If you shoot a handful of different cameras you’ll find that most work generally the same. Sometimes I run into a outlier. I’ve been shooting the Canon C100 for a while now and generally will hit the auto white balance button with a white or grey panel and then dial it up and down a bit. Now and… Read more →
SOUND Advice: Scoop the Poop
Today’s SOUND Advice: Pick up Pet Waste Creating a poop-free Puget Sound is more important than you might think. According to King County, there are more than 200 tons of pet waste deposited in the Puget Sound region every day, and water runoff flushes some of it into streams, rivers and Puget Sound. Dog poop contains things like E. coli,… Read more →