Ryan Michael Louie shows us what breakdancing is all about in this b boy video shot with a GoPro HD at San Francisco’s Embarcadero near the Gothic Rocket. We capture Ryan’s moves with a Flycam Nano, 360VM slider, and Manfrotto tripod/fluid head shots. Initially this was supposed to be a 3D GoPro video. After testing, [...]

Since the arrival of the Pico Flex Table Dolly, I’ve been DYING to take her out for a test drive but couldn’t seem to find the time or location. I’ve also been toting around a few compact cameras- taking test shots and short videos. Walking around this past weekend I came across the original Mission [...]

The idea is to cover a lot of ground, move fast, and use a Steadicam setup. Chasing a moving subject with a Steadicam can wear a person out pretty quick. We needed something that could cover different terrains from gravel, dirt, grass, and uneven ground. A Segway would be perfect, but outside of normal budgets. [...]

Just a short little video I took the other day on my drive to the grocery store. Fremont, CA is being fitted for a new Warm Springs B.A.R.T. (Bay Area Rapid Transit) station. I wanted to document what the area looked like prior to the tracks being laid and the station’s construction. The steel beams [...]

Now using the LED 5001′s warm gel, I made use of my light again tonight. Shot with a Lumix 20mm pancake lens in 24p cinema mode. ISO320, white balance at tungsten, this time using the LED 5001′s WARM GEL. A full review on this light here: http://oliviatech.com/led-5001-video-light-for-gh2 Music: Love You More – Alexi Murdoch Find [...]

Making use of my LED 5001 professional light tonight. Shot on my GH2 with a Lumix 20mm pancake lens in 24p cinema mode, ISO400, tungsten white balance with a transparent gel or diffuser. Handheld and tripod. A full review on this light here: http://oliviatech.com/led-5001-video-light-for-gh2 Music: Baker Lake – Sera Cahoone Find it Here: http://www.amazon.com/ePhoto-Dimmable-Barndoor-Camcorder/dp/B0044GUR7W/ Tweet [...]

Decided to shoot around my neighborhood. Tried out how my hand held stability footage looked and experimented with some rack focusing techniques. I found that I didn’t spend enough time playing with the rack focusing or spend enough time on any particular one subject to get a more in depth perspective. Well, with the exception [...]

Here’s a demo reel for a new show I’m hosting. We’ve been working on some of the content for the last few months and still continue to shoot several times a week. This is the first TV series that the channel network ever shot in HD (which is mostly Canon DSLRs) and essentially my first [...]

My GH2 will not be retired until my broken wrist is healed!  I refuse to allow this injury to throw anymore roadblocks at me. This is the first video I shot, all handheld, with only my right hand.  Everything was set to automatic since I couldn’t hold the camera up and focus at the same [...]

I took my first GH2 video and tried to play with the brightness and contrast settings. Overall it’s exciting to see the potential. I think for this to work I have to change the brightness and contrast to each section of the video differently. I tried to apply a contrast setting to the entire edited [...]