A trip through Grand Teton National Park resulted in waking up before dawn to re-create one of the most iconic landscape images from Ansel Adams.
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Blog for Wilkinson Visual, aerial and documentary video production and photography services in Lexington, Kentucky.
There's a hidden river canyon near the Utah border of southwest Colorado that sees very little traffic, from both climbers and hikers. The rocks are red, the river runs fast, and there are even bears about as well.
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As Jen and I made our way around the western United States, we scheduled a few key stops to work on photo and video projects (it's not all whiskey and rock climbing!) While we were in Lake Tahoe, we managed to spend the day creating some images for a local bike shop, featuring skilled riders on some of Lake Tahoe's best trails.
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Wilkinson Visual was hired to produce two tourism videos focused on a couple of the smaller, sometimes unnoticed communites in Southwest Colorado, Dolores and Mancos.
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In the last 4-6 months, I've been slowly working on re-aligning the focus of Wilkinson Visual, and strategizing on where and how to proceed next. As part of that process, I wanted to actually create a proper logo and rewrite what is basically the mission of the business, so that potential clients would know exactly the kind of work we specialize in, and hopefully get us better SEO ranking.
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I’ve never been one to use a roller bag for my photography or video equipment, besides Pelican hard cases. My whole life I’ve used backpacks of one brand or another so that I can be as mobile as possible, as honestly I spend more time on uneven dirt trails than I do on city streets. But this new bag that I reviewed for Resource Magazine might make me rethink all of that.
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In the last few months, I've given myself a crash-course (small pun intended) in flying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones as they are commonly called. Specifically, I was using the DJI Inspire Quadcopter, and in this fstoppers article I shard my experiences and opinions on that system for aerial video capture.
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RGG EDU has been a steady client of mine for a while now, and their latest project had me working in both their studio as well as in the streets and swamps of New Orleans, shooting, editing, flying drones, doing timelapses, and a whole lot more.
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I got to spend a few weeks helping shoot scenes for the Michigan Ice Film, all about ice climbing in Northern Michigan. I shot, I snowshoed, and I froze my ass off. Here's why.
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I started writing articles for Resource Magazine's online component, resourcemagonline.com. In this recent post, I break down how I setup and shoot a high volume of timelapses when I'm working on video productions. The focus is more on settings and how to have them working for you while you're busy doing other things (like shooting video!)
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One of the benefits to living in the southwest is easy access to both desert and mountain regions. A month or so ago, I found an amazing, and free, location to go exploring in called Valley of the Gods.
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What started as a conversation at Zingerman's in Ann Arbor, then turned into a series of shoots in Kentucky and Michigan, then was spun on its head with VISA travel issues, now sits contained as a series of zeroes and ones on a hard drive that is the size of my hand. I've been plugging away at the massive undertaking that is editing a feature-length documentary film, and there is still plenty of work to be done.
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I’m sharing with you my favorite editing tricks that I find make for better cuts and ultimately make videos easier to watch. You might already do some of these editing tricks, but if not you should definitely try them out.
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While sharing drinks with a friend, he started inquiring as to how I’m able to supplement my income with video editing projects. The more we talked, the more I realized that a lot of people have the ability and skill to do it, but they don’t understand the small things that can make or break being successful at it. In this post, I’ll share what I’ve learned about being a freelance editor.
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I'm always being asked for my recommendations on what camera, lens, or light to buy. This answer changes with the times, but also depends on your project. I've compiled a list of 3 different kits for you consideration based on project and budget. You're welcome.
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I ran away from Colorado to one of my favorite sport climbing crags – The Red River Gorge in Kentucky. This was all about climbing, hanging with old friends, and giving myself a break from the hard work it takes to be an independent producer.
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Work has started to pick up for me in the Cortez/Durango area, and just like the weather with the current changing of the season, when it rains, it pours.
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I got my hands on the new 4k-ready Panasonic GH4, along with a few lenses, to test out for a few weeks. In my fstoppers article, I display a fully edited video that was cut from footage I shot with this unit, and then I go on to talk about its strengths and weaknesses.
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This all started when I was in North Carolina, producing a corporate video project that had been in development for more than six months. I was directing a crew all week long to shoot interviews and b-roll at a huge electronics repair facility. After one of our shoot days, I saw a job posting from photographer Zach Sutton and Gary Martin of RGG EDU, both of whom happen to be fellow writers with me at fstoppers.com. They needed a behind the scenes shooter in Albuquerque for about a week.
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