Hatch Makerspace at Watertown Free Public Library

Here it is, the final cut of the Hatch Makerspace web video. You can read more about the production process in my early blog post here. I added some shots using a Sony Rx10ii, specifically shots at the Watertown Library and all exterior shots.



Learn more about Hatch:
Hatch by WFPL on Facebook

Hatch Meetup

The Arsenal Project

Watertown Free Public Library

MOE Fencing Tournament

X70 on the right and a Flashpoint 300 on the far right. Jeff (center) is directing and interviewing, while Todd (left) runs b-cam. 

The scene from behind the camera.

 Screen grab from the 1280X720 proxy file.

Friend and colleague Jeff Palmer invited me to shoot with him on a documentary he's making about the MOE Fencing club in Somerville. More of a relaxed and creative problem solving sort of shoot than a tightly scheduled affair, which I really enjoyed. I got a chance to really put the Flashpoint LED to use, and was very pleased with it. The NP-F batteries I'm using are a bit sketchy. They only seem to work so long as the light is set at half brightness or lower. That's what you get with generic third party electronics, I guess.

Jeff interviews one of the young fencers.

 The Flashpoint 300 with it's tungsten filter created a warm highlight. The house lights were used as key lighting for all of the interviews.

The X70 was set to custom picture profile with cinematone1 gamma, elevated black gamma, and custom color correction to enhance skin tones. These settings and more are available thanks to the X70 user group on Facebook.

The LED that is stationed camera right produces a nice catch light in the subject's eyes.

June 1 - June 8, 2015: Crunch Time!

Tipping point! I saw this coming, and now it's here. My hard drives are full, my gear cases are crammed and I'm shooting nearly every day. It's a dream come true.

Friday June 5:

Early morning NLP shoot in Ipswich, MA. Two camera DSLR setup to capture an interview with a Betterlesson Master Teacher.

Later that day, I swooped back into Boston to shoot an interview for the Wexler Oral History Project. This shoot was the maiden flight of the new Sony PXW-X70. 

Saturday June 6th: 

Cambridge River Arts Festival during the day. I'd already taken the X70 out on practice runs, but this was the first in broad daylight. Things I learned to appreciate about this camera: built in ND filters and 1 stop of negative gain.

Saturday night over in Allston, I shot a live performance for my friend's band, Calvinball. Another voyage with the X70, and a real lesson in the XAVC-L workflow in Davinci Resolve. 

Meanwhile, I've been editing last month's shoot with photographer Eric Frazer. I'm putting together a highlight video of a fashion shoot at his studio.

Ida Maze documentary screening at Vilna Shul

Shooting on a Canon C100 at the Vilna Shul in Boston for a friend's documentary screening.
More info here: http://www.vilnashul.org/events/event/the_den_mothe
and here: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/oral-history/home

Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America

I have had the good fortune of knowing Larry Hott and Diane Garey of Hott Productions. They were an incredible boon to my fledgling career (and ego) when I started looking for work after college. I worked part time in their home office/studio, mostly doing assistant editing work for Diane as she and Larry finished the last leg of this PBS documentary they had been producing. Their shared passion for history and biographies was and is inspiring. Whether I was cutting b-roll for Diane or assembling scripts for Larry, the time was well spent. The spring and summer I spent with them was a period of growth for me, and I appreciate the chance they gave me to learn in their tutelage. 

"Rising Voices/ Hótȟaŋiŋpi"

"Rising Voices/ Hótȟaŋiŋpi"

Produced by Hott Productions

Assistant Editing by Adrian Atwood