f-Stop and Depth of Field Control
A hyperfocal distance scale on a hasselblad 100C/M I have been sailing off and on since I was 9 years old. I got my first boat when I was 13 and have owned one ever since – or at...
Read moreCensorship At The BBC
Do you know how to spell Pravda? BBC World News America used to be the best television news program on in the US. Every night, from 7pm to 8pm we were able to watch a really good news program...
Read moreWhy Rebecca Black Scares The Old Folks Silly
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD2LRROpph0[/youtube] Do you like this? 63 Million Views at last count.. and still growing OK Rebecca Black is not my idea of great music. But that’s what an open and free market is all about – lots of different...
Read moreWould You Like To See the Worst Programming Schedule in the World?
6:00 PM Top Gear – Episode 9 TV-PG James and Richard spend the night as “scootermen,†men who provide the service of driving people home in their own cars after they’ve had too much to drink. They test drive...
Read moreHarry Potter and the Video Revolution
If this isn’t SEO, I don’t know what is… We’re pretty buried at www.nyvs.com with training sessions, ‘how to use Final Cut Pro’, ‘learn how to shoot video’, and now, our critique sessions. But every once in a while...
Read moreKodak, Youtube and the Future of Video
You push the button, we do the rest In 1888, George Eastman received a patent for photographic film on a roll. He had been a bank clerk in his 20s, and became enamored with photography. As soon as he...
Read moreFree Intro Evening at NY Magazine Video Academy
NYÂ Magazine is getting into video…with us We are launching New York Magazine Video Academy, a 2-day and 4-day face-to-face video bootcamp with New York Magazine. To kick it off we are holding a FREEÂ OPENÂ HOUSE with NYÂ Magazine at their offices...
Read moreToday We Launch USA Today Travel Academy
Now you can learn how through the USA TODAY Travel Video Academy – the experience of a lifetime! The hands-on travel video training courses will help you shoot, write, edit and produce award-winning travel videos from all over the...
Read moreCNN Now Has 753,000 Registered iReporters
Here comes everybody… Here’s an astonishing statistic: There are currently 753,000 iReporters registered with CNN. Let me say that one again, this time in bold because it deserves it: There are currently 753,000 iReporters registered with CNN. Buried deep...
Read moreCharlie Brooker & Video Editing
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBwepkVurCI[/youtube] Courtesy of CDNMINT at www.nyvs.com Yesterday we ran a clip from Glen Beck’s new website pointing out how judicious editing had skewed a story about NPR’s funding scandal. In response, cdnmint, an nyvs member posted a link to...
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