I had an opportunity to be part of the press pool for this event in Osawatomie Kansas this week.  I shot this video with a 5dII and a 300mm 2.8 IS lens.  For the sound I used a Rode Videomic  hooked into the camera.  I also brought my Zoom H4n recorder to back up the sound.  Well I have never been involved in this level of news event and I was unaware that line level XLR connections for the PA were all across the media platform.  I could have connected the Zoom H4n and recorded perfect sound if I just brought a XLR cord which I left at home.

The 5dII will only record 12 minutes at a time so I had to split it up a bit and I used 3 8gig cards which also caused a break in the video.  I edited this in Premiere Pro CS5 to create a HD video.  Just a note, the rendering of the 51 minute HD video took a long time, about 5 hours and then it took a very long time (like 8 hours) to upload to Youtube.

Photo by Shayla Lee 2011

Below is a shot by Kris Walden shot during an in class shoot with Alien Bees.

These newborns are photographed by Ashley Huffine for an assignment in Editorial Photograph.  She has a passion for this type of work, Beautiful.

Creative work by Cara Johnson, I just liked the drama of this piece.

Jefferson City Missouri

2/26/11

Laurel Nakadate: Only the Lonely

“Laurel Nakadate is known for her works in video, photography, and feature-length film. This is Nakadate’s first large-scale museum exhibition and will feature works made over the last ten years in all three media, including her early video works, in which she was invited into the homes of anonymous men to dance, pose, or even play dead in their kitchens, bedrooms, and living rooms.”

The exhibition brings together bodies of work that touch on voyeurism, loneliness, the manipulative power of the camera, and the urge to connect with others, through, within, and apart from technology and the media.

Ruben Brulat Spotted