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Let's talk light! We've been on a little hiatus with our Hawaii Shoots events, so we've decided to roll into 2017 with a basic lighting tutorial workshop at our new home in the Homer Maxey building of FTZ9. We'll discuss lighting solutions for a wide range of budgets and
For a while now, the Sony Mirrorless A7 (S+R) line has been crippled by the limited amount of lenses available for native full frame use. Since many Sony shooters were transitioning over from Canon or Nikon, they often opted for 3rd party adapters from Metabones, Fotodiox or other vendors to attach their
Film may be the most powerful platform of communication for our generation. Rex Moribe has decided to use his film "Dear Thalia" to educate people about the difficulties of homelessness in Hawai‘i and share the story of one family's struggle of living on a sidewalk in Kaka‘ako. Rex says:
It's a challenge to be constantly cleaning your lenses in the field, but it's a discipline that will improve your video for the rest of your career.
[vimeo id="119394154" align="center" mode="normal" autoplay="no" maxwidth="800"] It's one thing to please your client, but another thing to please a fellow colleague in your industry. Especially when that somebody happens to have been in business five times longer than you have...and if that somebody has big name coorporate clients...and if that somebody has the latest
Professional photographer Dallas Nagata White regularly re-edits old images to see how her techniques and tastes have changed throughout the years.
The internet is teeming with with valuable and free film making knowledge and techniques. Last year I stumbled across the Big League Cine Summit and it has since been one of my favorite resources for cinematography. This year Big League Film School is back with the Third Annual Big League
[youtube id="OIHDj5NopnU"] If you want to start your New Year by learning about film and/or how to shoot movies or want to brush up on your filmmaker knowledge, Ryan Connolly from Film Riot has you covered with 10 of his favorite filmmaker resources. His list covers resources for everything from