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The Best Viral Music Video You Never Saw

Corey Melton — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:58:01 +0000

Today, for the first time I watched this fantastic one-take music video for Brooklyn based band, Eytan and the Embassy. On the Vimeo page for ‘Everything Changes’ they tout the video as “18 Costume Changes — 1 Music Video — 0 Edits!” It has been online for 10 months, is a Vimeo Staff pick, but only has 20,000 views. Well I think it deserves more! Check out this video and click through for a BTS video as well. Enjoy! [more]

“Fire Flight” Slow Motion Dancers At 1000fps

Aaron Lindberg — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:03:49 +0000

Fire Flight is a promotional music video featuring the dancers from The Phoenix Dance Theatre in Leeds, England. The project was shot on the Phantom Flex camera at 1,000 frames per second. Director Greg Clarks’ idea was to shoot the dancers at a high frame rate and drop in CGI fire to give them the look of being set alight. The video features the Phoenix dancers, directed by the Uber Agency, produced by Ink Films and VFX & Fire from VTR North. [more]

Beyoncé Bans All Pro Photographers From Her Concerts

Noam Galai — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:09:41 +0000

Last week, exactly 2 months after the Superbowl ‘Unflattering photos’ fiasco, Beyoncé started her ‘Mrs. Carter Show’ world tour. As someone who followed the ‘Unflattering’ story very closely, and as someone who is a big fan of hers, I had no doubt Beyoncé and her publicist will learn from their mistakes on how to deal with bad pictures taken of her, and wont make horrible mistakes again. I was wrong. Beyoncé banned all professional photographers from her shows, hoping this way no unflattering photos will make it to mainstream media. She was wrong. [more]

Music Bed is a Time Saver

Joseph Gamble — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:58:44 +0000

Licensing music for a video or multimedia project can often make or break a final edit. With tight deadlines and the multitasking so common to being a professional photographer, you need to use your time effectively. Enter the Music Bed app, an iOS mobile resource providing access to Music Bed’s library of available music for your next project. [more]

Behind the Scenes: Michael Bublé’s New Music Video, ‘It’s a Beautiful Day’

Rebecca Britt — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 03:16:15 +0000

From sultry ballads to uplifting melodies, Michael Bublé can definitely bust out a few tunes. In his most recent music video ‘It’s a Beautiful Day’, famed music video director, Marc Klasfeld, talks about the long steadicam shots used in the longer sequences of the video. The video was shot using an ARRI Alexa. I always find it interesting to see how they go about filming music videos especially those with larger production values. [more]

Short Film on Seattle Grunge Photographer, Steve Gullick: ‘Punk As F—’ (NSFW)

Rebecca Britt — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 16:38:39 +0000

Steve Gullick, one of rock music’s most prominent photographers of our time takes us into his darkroom and talks about the short time he spent capturing Seattle’s Grunge scene during 1990-1993. Steve shot bands like The Screaming Trees, Soundgarden and Nirvana for Melody Maker and Sounds. [more]

NSFW: Insanely Well Done “Office Escape” Music Video Is A POV Thrill Ride

Mike Wilkinson — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:17:28 +0000

And I thought my Monday mornings in the office were tough! In this music video for the band “Biting Elbows“, the viewer (you) is taken on an adrenaline thrill ride including gunfights, explosions, high speed chases, parkour and more. The entire action is captured with a GoPro style point of view, but it’s thankfully not a big shakefest. The name of the song is vulgar, and there is considerable violence so consider this NSFW for conservative workplaces. [more]

Behind The Scenes: Matt & Kim’s Hilarious, Creative, and NSFW Video For Their New Single, ‘It’s Alright’

Mike Kelley — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 12:00:44 +0000

Not only is this video hilarious, NSFW, cute, and lovable, but we also get an awesome look behind the scenes at the cameras and filmmaking techniques used to create it. Matt & Kim, you’ve knocked it out of the park on this one. Check out the video by clicking to the left, then check out the BTS video inside the post. Oh yeah, the song is super catchy too! [more]

How To Compose An Image For Concert Photography

Lauren Jonas — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:00:11 +0000

Guest writer J. Dennis Thomas is an Austin, Texas based photographer and the author of the Nikon Digital Field Guide series by Wiley Publishing as well as the author of Concert and Live Music Photography, Pro Tips from the Pit and Urban and Rural Decay Photography ,Finding the Beauty in the Blight published by Focal Press. [more]

Lighting a Band in the Mountains

Lauren Jonas — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:56:09 +0000

Guest writer Brandon Cawood is the owner and head photographer at Flash Light Productions. He primarily shoot weddings as well as commercial and product photography. He spent most of his teens and early 20′s playing in bands and touring the country. After he became a photographer, naturally one of his favorite type of shoots is band promos. [more]