Moco Dykstraflex upgrade
a MoCo retrospective, a look at the upgrades to my motion control camera rig. A look back at the early rig , what inspired it, and how we got to here...
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BTS of RIP 2022
Behind the scenes of RIP 2022, miniature build and shooting setup.
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Goodbye 2022
RIP 2022 - goodbye to all the troubling and frivolous things in 2022 and some we just wish were gone.
BTS coming tomorrow
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Low Boy Dresser Build
Low boy dresser, you know for my wife’s frilly things. This is the companion piece to a previous build which was a high boy dresser.
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The Martians are coming
The Martians are coming…
a use case project for my new moco rig
This is a use case project based on my SciFi Dallas photography project. I recently built a motion control camera rig, and this is one of the first projects I have done with it. Its a real world type “Systems Check “ to see what works and what breaks. Also working out the overall workflow of shooting with a setup like this. It’s a bit different but so far so good.
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End of an era, and Yet the start of another, again!
It seems the economic impact of the Corona Pandemic finally made its presence known where I work. They had to layoff a fair portion of our workforce, after having kept us on through the pandemic, which they didn’t have to. They could have made the cuts a lot earlier, but they didn’t, which is considerate and impressive. While this kind of thing does happen regularly in our industry it is generally not due to a pandemic. Given this development, it is probably time to move on to other things. During the past few years I have had the opportunity to be the director of photography on a number of projects. In that time I have done several commercial and short film projects as well as music video projects. Many of them are listed here on my site under the Film / TV menu. I enjoyed working in this capacity on these projects, and given my past experiences and my penchant for photography I feel like this is the way to go. Below is my current work in progress director of photography reel.
Resume with more details is on this site as well.
More shorts and other work I have been involved in available on my Youtube channel.
I will still be available for on set VFX Supervision/Post Advisory services, as well as Lighting / Compositing and general CG gigs as well. Please feel free to contact me with any questions you might have.
MoCo Build
What a journey, during the Pandemic I decided to DIY a small Motion Control Camera Jib, after having some frustration with what was currently on the market, especially as I have and use a couple of these systems. How hard could it be ?! Well…… hard, but in hindsight it’s actually not that bad overall, it does take some patience and has a pretty steep learning curve. Additionally you can’t be afraid to start over again and again and refine, refine, refine. Below is a BTS of the design and execution of this build.
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Skateboards and stickers...
I recently shot some a promo piece for ATKPLN to use in their social media and marketing efforts, which included a fun stop motion piece that they edited into multiple use cases, but I did want to share the entire piece that I shot. While short it is still a bit too long for some social media uses. The “Sticker characters” originally come from a custom Skateboard Deck that we give out as “client gifts”, which I also shot some stills for.
a few details of the last Skatedecks that we gave out as “Client Gifts”. A new deck and new designs are on the way now….
