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How to make movies with DSLRs (the DSLR Cinematography Guide is updated)

02.17.10 @ 12:00PM Tags : cinematography, dslr, howto, meta

Thanks to everyone for checking out The DSLR Cinematography Guide, which is up to 20,000 views since launching less than a month ago. While it’s great to get traffic for something, what I’m most impressed by is the average time spent on the page: 12 minutes. This is an eternity by internet standards, where most people click on something, find it’s not for them, and immediately click away. I’m sure many visitors to the guide itself fall into that category, which means the rest of you are spending double or triple that on the page, so I’ll take that as proof it’s helpful. And, of course, thanks to everyone who’s commented on the guide.

Today I made some revisions and posted some new sections to the guide; read on to find out what’s new. More »

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The DSLR Cinematography Guide is live!

01.21.10 @ 4:53PM Tags : cinematography, dslr, howto, meta

In August I spent a lot of time thinking about DSLRs and their unexpected revolutionizing of moviemaking technology. Most digital cinematographers, I think, expected this sort of price/performance disruption to come at the hands of ex-Oakley founder Jim Jannard’s camera startup, RED. And while RED may still overtake the hybrid still/video market in the years to come, the fact is: the revolution is here, now. And so I spent a bunch of time researching DSLRs and the variety of accoutrements it takes to turn a still camera into something resembling a movie camera. Too much time, in fact; I spent months on forums searching for answers, after which I finally moved out of my apartment, took the money I saved by doing so, and bought a camera package and put it to work. The result of my research and experiences is below, in a tiny font:

The DSLR Cinematography Guide

I hope it’s helpful for anyone interested in making beautiful movies for very little money. More »

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How to fix a noisy MacBook Pro fan

02.26.09 @ 11:25PM Tags : apple, diy, fan, howto, mac, macbook, macbookpro, noise

My three year-old MacBook Pro recently started emitting a constant racket from its left fan (which sounds something like this). Most people will tell you you need a new fan for $50, but I decided to try to fix it instead, and so far (it’s been two weeks nine months), the repair has worked great. As any google or youtube search for “noisy macbook pro fan” produces thousands of results, I hope this saves someone fifty of their hard-earned bucks during this, the winter of our hardships. More »