Multimedia

There have been a lot of incredible speakers at the 2010 NPPA Convergence in Charleston South Carolina. But the lessons continue after hours. I shot a quick video of Edit Foundry‘s Shawn Montano as he dove into a quick lesson on how to shoot Tony Overman (in a bikini) for a sequence while eating...
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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 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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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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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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Just got a hold of a new iPhone app that provides basic video editing options. I used some clips I shot of the boys shortly after getting the 3gs and discovered I could not splice clips together; until now. Thank you ReelDirector. This clip is just over one minute long and took the iPhone...
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So the power went out today at yakimaherald.com when the old Boise Cascade mill went up in smoke. Whenever you drive through Yakima on Interstate 82, you notice what looks to be a large lumber mill, when actually it’s over-glorified lumber storage that has been warned about the danger of keeping so many logs...
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