Back from the Galapagos
For the past month, I've been bouncing around the islands of Galapagos helping teach University of North Carolina students during their multimedia documentary class. Last year's class produced a beautiful website, www.andamanrising.org, and this year's students will undoubtedly have created an even more impressive site: www.livinggalapagos.org. (Note: the livinggalapagos.org site is scheduled to launch in mid-august) So whenever I had a free moment, I took a few of my own photos along the way. Most impressive were the huge marine iguanas and the sea lions, which, btw, are quite stinky. I'd have to say the most fun was snorkeling with the ...
Is the 5D Mark II a 30 fps still camera?
So are you dreaming of shooting sports at 30 frames per second at 1/4000th shutter speeds? Well now you can with the Canon 5D Mark II and the updated firmware 1.1.0 which allows for manual exposure control in video mode. The tough part will be finding the balance between using a high enough shutter speed to freeze the action and trying to keep your video smooth which is accomplished at the slower shutter speeds. But what if you don't care about the video and only want to frame grab? Might be good cases for that. Like maybe the backswing of ...
Immersion Wrap Up
It was, officially speaking, a bad-ass week. I just got home from six days of the 2009 Multimedia Immersion and NPPA Convergence held in Las Vegas. It was exhausting, exhilarating, inspirational and humbling. We coached 45 students from around the country on how to produce multimedia storytelling. We used gear from our sponsors, Canon, Think Tank Photo and Roberts Imaging, and along the way we tried to instruct and inspire the students so they could go home and spread the multimedia goodness to their friends and coworkers. [caption id="attachment_563" align="alignleft" width="586" caption="20-something iPhone photos stitched together"][/caption] And we ate a lot of noodles. At some ...
The General
The General from David Stephenson on Vimeo. The day after it was officially announced that I would be "voluntarily laid off" at the Lexington Herald-Leader, I received an email from Craig Duff, a multimedia director at Time.com. The timing seemed more than coincidental. My primary profession post-Herald-Leader would be that of photojournalism advisor/coach/cheerleader/pot-washer at the Kentucky Kernel. But to keep my shooting appetite whetted, I plan to ramp up the freelance and work on some selected projects that have been rattling around in my head for some time. On my to do list among many other things: Start networking the national news ...
Mobile
iPhone App: QuadCamera
[Updated with more photos] On another tip from Justin, I took another leap of faith and actually spent...
iPhone app: Inauguration Guide
Shortly I’ll be heading off to Obama’s inauguration along with about 10 billion other people....
iPhone app: Hold ‘er steady
At the suggestion of friend Justin Fowler, I thought I’d give the iPhone app Night Camera a try....
Read More Posts From This CategoryCheckitout
Back from the Galapagos
For the past month, I’ve been bouncing around the islands of Galapagos helping teach University...
The General
The General from David Stephenson on Vimeo. The day after it was officially announced that I would be...
Keeneland blossoms into spring
Before the sun is up, horses are on the track. Riders in thick jackets and leather chaps ease them up...
Read More Posts From This CategoryHands On
Is the 5D Mark II a 30 fps still camera?
So are you dreaming of shooting sports at 30 frames per second at 1/4000th shutter speeds? Well now you can with the Canon 5D Mark II and the updated firmware 1.1.0 which allows for manual exposure control in video mode. The tough part will be finding the balance between using a high enough shutter speed to freeze the action and trying to keep your... [Read more of this review]
Testing the manual exposure controls for Canon 5D Mark II firmware update
Canon released a major firmware update 1.1.0 for the 5D Mark II on June 1, 2009, which will finally allow users to have manual exposure control while recording video. I tested out the new controls and have found them to be easy to use and very functional. One interesting surprise is the increase in available shutter speeds. Previously, the camera limited... [Read more of this review]
Q & A: The Canon 5D Mark II
I recently had a few questions about the Canon 5D Mark II from Ethan Magoc, who plans to upgrade his camera body this summer. “I’m going to be photo editor at a small college newspaper in the fall and would like to develop a better multimedia presence on the Web. I’m looking at upgrading bodies this summer and the 5d Mark II is the... [Read more of this review]
Tutorial: Using QuickTime to build your time lapse
Our first-ever video tutorial! We dubbed this one a tuTORYal in honor of our beloved voicer. In this video, you’ll learn how to take your hundreds of still images and make a .mov time lapse out of them using QuickTime and the Image Sequence function. You can see the result of this particular set of images below: Read More →
Read More Posts From This CategoryFeatured Video
-
This Premium WordPress Theme is by
