Film Photography

    Realism: The Role Photography Plays in CGI on the Big Screen
    May 15, 2014 Maaz Khan

    A reader brought up an interesting question last Saturday on my weekly cinematography post, this one over Eduardo Serra and his work in Harry Potter…

    Photographer Splices Movie Stills Into Real Life Using His iPhone
    May 12, 2014 Maaz Khan

    This is a cool idea I wish I could have come up with myself. Photographer Francois Dourlen has a signature move where he shoots with…

    Photographer finds Developed Kodak Super XX Roll of an Unknown Man’s Life Post-WW2
    Apr 28, 2014 Maaz Khan

    If you read my last post, I was emphasizing heavily on how important photography is to our time today; it’s become a way for us…

    DIYP Reviews The Lomokino Analog Movie Maker
    Apr 22, 2014 Itay (ET) Galim

    What da!? Here is the short answer (AKA straight to the point) The LomoKino is a 35mm truly analogue movie camera. Using a normal 35mm…

    Blade Runner: The Cinematography of Jordan Cronenweth
    Apr 17, 2014 Maaz Khan

    Last Friday, I did my second entry in a weekly feature I started on the work of cinematographers. That entry covered Jeff Cronenweth, who is…

    Restoring and Digitizing Old Photos Using a Smartphone
    Apr 16, 2014 Maaz Khan

    I was going through some old photos of my family overseas. My dad’s kept them in a hard brown briefcase since before I was born,…

    Thursday’s Lens Rain: Nikon, Lomography, and Lensbaby
    Apr 10, 2014 Maaz Khan

    So if you were getting tired of the 4K parade that’s been so prevalent at the NAB show this week, here’s a post that’ll be…

    OLDSCHOOL: Hacking DX Film Annotations
    Apr 10, 2014 Udi Tirosh

    Back in the days, when we were still capturing images on sheets of plastic, ISO (also known as ASA) was not a button on the…

    AJA Enters the Competition with its 4K UHD Cion
    Apr 9, 2014 Maaz Khan

    AJA is one of the most respected names in the video production business, and their presence at the NAB Show was bound to bring about…

    The Cinematography of Roger Deakins
    Apr 4, 2014 Maaz Khan

    A cinematographer is also known as a director of photography. They’re the guys that make the movies we watch look how they look. It’s their…