Journalism

Streamclip is fast becoming the Swiss army knife of video tools for video shooters working with the new Canon video DSLR’s (7D, 5D mk2, 1D mk4).  Especially those limited to using Final Cut Express as their editing tool. Most newspapers cannot afford having Final Cut Pro on every workstation, let alone one, so FCE...
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Scott Sandsberry and I made it into Ilwaco Wash. to do a story on opening day of halibut fishing. Gotta get up at 3 to start work. Ta ta.
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I’ve been catching up a bit on strobist.blogspot.com and the more I read the more I wish I could duplicate the great techniques for fun around family and maybe non-editorial work. What I like about the strobist talk is use of light, not just the gear head stuff but how to use light well,...
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I will add more photos of folks when I get them. I’m just waiting for video to encode right now.  Enjoy a few familiar cameras. . . .
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(more photos on the jump) Well it’s been state basketball craziness around Yakima for two weeks and we have one left.  I suppose I should get around to posting some of these random shots of non-game stuff and of game stuff sooner than later right?!? Here’s a couple photos of photographers working the games,...
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Testing out a new app that supposedly gives the iPhone streaming video capability.  Lets see how it works? Free video chat by Ustream
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I know its been awhile since I made a post, but this day could not be cut down to facebook size… so here’s the day: Today was a day about as varied as any I have had at the YH-R.  Thankfully it involved most of my day inside because it was coooooold today.  My...
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What do you get when you upload video from your iPhone 3GS to youtube or through email? A low-resolution piece of junk online… At one point that wasn’t so bad, however when the ReelDirector app came out, allowing for simple iPhone video editing, I wanted to actually shoot, edit and upload decent little videos...
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For everyone looking for a bit of help with multimedia, shooting video and a good read on audio recording ethics, here are a few documents that I like to provide to folks with questions. Learning at conferences or workshops are great opportunities, but oftentimes that concentrated learning fades away if it’s not practiced.  So...
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Saturday was exhausting but worth every moment of driving between Portland and Eugene – twice. The SPJ Oregon conference was fun to speak at and I hope those who went came away pleased. SPJ is lucky to have Tamara Kent and the good folks at the U of O getting this put together. I...
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