I’m as much of a camera nut as the next filmmaker, and I am ecstatic about the giant leaps that camera technology has been making of late. Like so many others, I’m on the Amazon.com waiting list for two Canon 7D bodies, and they just can’t get here fast enough. But I have been noticing a trend in the independent film community lately. It seems that the most important thing to filmmakers theses days is the latest, greatest...

Adobe Kuler is an indispensable tool for anyone that works with color. No matter what variety of media you work with, if you need to whip up amazing color schemes you should be using this tool. If you work on a Mac, this just got easier. Using the Mondrianum 2 plugin for the Apple OS X system color picker, you have access to Kuler from virtually anywhere in your system. Just change your preferences in any app that doesn’t use the...

I was on a Disney Cruise shooting video for the Make A Wish Foundation in February. This was shot at our stop at Castaway Cay, Bahamas.

This is my video camera all dressed up. It is constantly evolving, but for now it consists of a Canon XH-A1, the Brevis 35 Flip adapter, a Redrock Micro follow focus, speed crank, carbon fiber rod support system, Cavision handgrips, shoulder pad, matte box, French flag, 7″ LCD monitor, and a selection of fast Canon FD...

This would be my wife Sara getting eaten alive by my dog Bogey.

This was shot at a lake in Mt. Dora, FL. The light house is a miniature. I’m not sure how tall it actually is because this is about as close as I got to it. If I had to hazard a guess, I would call it about 20...

It’s comfortable in the hand, and has a nice smooth feel when writing.Sometimes I find it difficult to get out and shoot photos, so I grabbed the camera and shot the first thing I saw. This was shot with my Canon 20D and a 50mm lens @...