Archive | May 5, 2012

Be Some of the First to View Footage From the Canon C500 Projected In 4K – Here’s How

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If you happen to live in or around the Los Angeles California area, and would enjoy the chance to spend some quality time with the recently announced C500, be sure to register for the free screening and hands-on event scheduled for May 10th at the The LA Film School’s 4K Theater. Here’s the details.

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Photographers Rights Watch: Miami PD Confirmed to be Monitoring Photojournalist Prior to Wrongful Arrest

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Back in February, we covered a story regarding American freelance photographer and Pixiq.com column contributor, Carlos Miller’s ongoing wrongful arrest battle and subsequent First Amendment right’s violation by the hands of the Miami-Dade County Police Department during the Occupy protests.

Miller’s fiasco, which has been covered in full detail HERE, stems from the altercation captured in the raw arrest video below, footage that was later confiscated by the Miami-Dade PD, but eventually recovered by Miller and published publicly.

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Combining Time-Lapse with Real Time To Create a Unique Twist on a Skateboard Short

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Usually, most skateboard shorts and team showcases fall under a general visual recipe, choosing to focus almost entirely on the skater and his or her abilities, rather than add elements that may distract the viewer from the video’s purpose. So, it goes without saying that when something along the lines of filmmaker Russell Houghten‘s short entitled Open Horizon (shown above) comes along, it’s refreshing.

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Unstoppable: An Incredibly Motivational Paralympic Ad Shot in One Take – Almost No Computer-Generated Imagery

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Commercial and documentary photographer and filmmaker Mark Zibert, whose stellar body of work includes projects for Nike and Adidas, recently lent his talents to the Canadian Paralympic Committee, creating the incredibly motivational commercial and epic visual experience shown above, shot in one take with almost no computer-aided wizardry.

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