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Shoot Bon Jovi With David Bergman For Charity

Lee Morris — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:01:02 +0000

A couple years ago Patrick and I were invited to film David Bergman shooting a Bon Jovi concert in New Jersey. The experience was one of the most memorable of my life and if I had to put a price on it I really couldn’t, to me it was priceless. The same opportunity is now available to you. David Bergman is auctioning off the ability to shadow him at a Bon Jovi concert. [more]

The Most Beautiful Set Tom Cruise Has Ever Worked On

Lee Morris — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:54:11 +0000

If you’ve seen any movies in the theater recently you’ve probably seen a preview for the movie Oblivion. A major part of the movie takes place on a science fiction “sky tower” above the clouds. Instead of using green screen the director had a 360 degree set built that allowed the team to project real skyscape video around the glass building. The results not only look incredible but they also gave the actors a more realistic set to work on. [more]

3 Tricks For Your Impossibly Small Film Crew

Lee Morris — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:37:31 +0000

I know many of you out there think that a massive team and a giant budget is necessary to produce a quality video but most of the time that simply is not the case. I was just sent a link to a quick video about filming with an incredibly small film crew and these guys give 3 fantastic tips for the average person trying to get into video production. [more]

Building The Animatronic Dinosaurs For Jurassic Park

Lee Morris — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:22:00 +0000

Jurassic Park is my favorite movie of all time. The story line itself is captivating but the incredible special effects are what really set this film apart. The movie was released 20 years ago in 1993 and the CGI and robotic dinosaurs still look more realistic than the majority of special effects in movies today. Stan Winston has just released 3, never before seen videos of the creation of the robotic dinosaurs from the original Jurassic Park. [more]

Baby Sea Lion Jumps Aboard Kayak During Dive Trip

Lee Morris — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:34:13 +0000

Rick Coleman was scuba diving off the coast of Southern California at night from a personal kayak. As Rick was entering his boat after the dive a sea lion pup jumped aboard. Rick eventually was forced to push the pup back into the water but the pup jumped back on. luckily Rick had a couple of GoPros rolling throughout the whole experience. [more]

Fstoppers.com Is Looking For Guest Bloggers

Lee Morris — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:15:23 +0000

Do you have something worth sharing? If so, you should submit a guest blog post to us. Fstoppers.com is currently reaching about 800,000 individual photographers every month and our community would love to hear your voice. Continue reading to learn what we are looking for and how to submit your articles.
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Five Ways To Never Become Successful

Lee Morris — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:17:12 +0000

I’ve been out of college for just 8 years now and in my mind I am far from being “successful.” I’m not going to pretend that I know what it takes to become successful, obviously I’m still trying to figure that out, but I’ve made enough mistakes to know what not to do. This is my list of the top 5 ways to never become successful. [more]

Skateboarding + Fireworks = Quality BTSV

Lee Morris — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 17:15:24 +0000

Our good friend Dave Lehl is at it again and this time he’s moved out of the snow and into the skate park. To add a bit of flare to the standard skateboarding shot Dave taped sparklers to the bottom of the board and used smoke bombs to set the mood. Check out the full post to a link to the high res finished shots. [more]

How To Light Wedding Posed Pictures In A Church

Lee Morris — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:00:36 +0000

We recently released our 14 hour tutorial on How To Become A Professional Wedding Photographer and as promised, we will be releasing excerpts from it for free over the next year. In this video I show you my go to method of lighting posed pictures in a church at weddings. I’ve tried every method of lighting but I find it easiest to light up the whole sanctuary with my Profoto D1 monolight. [more]

Behind The Scenes Of The 24×360 Project

Lee Morris — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:15:36 +0000

A few weeks ago Eric Pare released the 24×360 project which included 24 cameras taking a long exposure picture of a single subject. It’s difficult to explain but once you see it you will understand. Eric was kind enough to write up an article just for us on how these incredible video clips were made. [more]