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Press Release Highlights

• Launches in AUGUST
• NO 333 Exemption anymore!
• NO PILOTS LICENSE!
• Take a Aeronautical test.
• Get a TSA background check.
• You then get a UAV Pilot License to fly Commercially!

Under the final rule, the person actually flying a drone must be at least 16 years old and have a remote pilot certificate with a small UAS rating, or be directly supervised by someone with such a certificate. To qualify for a remote pilot certificate, an individual must either pass an initial aeronautical knowledge test at an FAA-approved knowledge testing center or have an existing non-student Part 61 pilot certificate. If qualifying under the latter provision, a pilot must have completed a flight review in the previous 24 months and must take a UAS online training course provided by the FAA. The TSA will conduct a security background check of all remote pilot applications prior to issuance of a certificate.

Things are changing

This is great news. This will help professionals actually be able to do things by the book. Its about time we have a way to do our job legally. Seems like you need to have someone with you thats certified.

Read the full Press Release

Renting a Grip and Electric Van in Fresno is a great experience. I can provide any video production with cstands, rags, combos, beefy babys, HMI lighing, Kino Flo lighting, LED BI-Color battery lights and tungsten fixtures. Also Rent Flags, apple boxes, other grip gear and much more. My van has evolved, and as most people know. I tinker with it, a ton. Most grips and gaffers I work with all the time get mad at me because I keep changing it on them. But hey, I say if its better, get over yourself. There are not a ton of grip trucks here in Fresno, so to be the most organized is only putting them up to 3 other people’s rigs. But efficiency is something I’m passionate about. I hate wasted time. Always room for improvement. Something else I’m learning, no matter how much you label you gear, people refuse to read labels.

The way I am trying to design the Van is this, things you use 100% of the time, should be the easiest to get to and put away. The quicker you can load/unload the easier its on me to get setup and get the shot.

Side load, or Slider Door.

My father and I built shelves to maximize storage, protect my Kino flo Tegras and make it easy to get to my 4×4 gel frames, 4×4 flags, and 2×3 flags.

Backup Camera, Yes Please!

 And here is a picture of beer for good faith.

Disclaimer: This Blog is from a Cinematographer not a writer, There will be small descriptions and too many pictures.

One of the most fast paced Fresno video productions ive been on to date. We only had the Carr brother for a limited time. We had to shoot 3 commercials in one day, so we shot two cameras and did ton of pre-production. We had a ton of fun, We also had to build a set for one of the commercials. Fresno can be hard to find people who know how to build sets, but he had Tim from ReViveIndustries build our set. Tim did a fantastic job. Tim and I assembled the last few pieces and I painted and floated the walls. We built a speed rail grid, Ian (My gaffer) came in the day before and we pre-lit the set. Here are some photos.

Disclaimer: This Blog is from a Cinematographer not a writer, There will be small descriptions and too many pictures.

Disclaimer: This Blog is from a Cinematographer not a writer, There will be small descriptions and too many pictures.

So, I started a diet and now I need to replace beer and its glory. Since all Alcohol is sugary and bad for you, I decided to use a hazer on my next shoot. Still hasn’t helped those cravings. (yeah I know my jokes are bad)

Anyway Best results were just leaving in on in the other room. Just constantly pumping. And when we did sound we kicked it off for the takes. But kept a very constant atmosphere. We used a HZ500 Haze Machine.  I’m new to hazers, I’ve used fog machines and had similar experience. The Hazer made it easy. The only time it looked like smoke is when people turned the fans on. Also on really big rooms. It can take up to 20-30 mins to fill with the “other room” trick. It seems to fill more evenly just at a slow pace. We set up the Hazer first then began to light. Seemed to work out for us.

The photo above is a cheap fog machine from Party City, look at the next few photos to see a difference in the way it looks. Pretty neat.

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Can I just say wow? a Gaffer by the name of Skott Khuu out of Irvine, Ca (who worked on the Flooring Liquidators Commercials I did) told me that ultra floppies are amazing, and YES THEY ARE. I took his word and I bought two from Modern Studios and now I have an instant 8×8 ultra bounce. Very quick to set up and easy to move. I love it. b

Side note, some guys call them ultra flops. Also, you can use speed rail to make the bottoms not so damn floppy.
Stupid wind.

Disclaimer: This Blog is from a Cinematographer not a writer, There will be small descriptions and too many pictures (except for this post).

So, I find it aggravating that you can never find very specific DIY build of film equipment that I want to make so I can save money on not buying the real thing. I know? Why isnt someone out there ready to answer all my questions.

So I built this with wood scraps from my dads wood shop and a baby pin. My cost, 4 Dollars, for the 5/8 baby pin. Made a wood frame and used a ton of glue on the back of the mirror on the plywood, so now if someone breaks it, hopefully it will not spill everywhere and make a mess. I used Gaff tape on the bevel because it was making weird light casts. Now I can harness the power of the sun. Who needs an HMI anyway? right?

Also, Mirror boar worked great with the hazer too! (I know double photo post)

This shot (above photo) is shooting light into the room that we hazed (Below photo)

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Byron and I wanted to shoot some testimonials and b-roll slightly different for this Mini Documentary Series we shot for the City of Ontario in Los Angels County (not Canada, I know DARN right?). So we came up with this very interesting centered up style. We have another shoot coming up, maybe more photos will come!

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This was a shoot for EECU’s new Eco Loan commercial. They had some great rates for solar contracts. So we decided to help them tell the world, or at least the Central Valley.

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Um, this was pretty simple, all we did was shoot on a green screen, use about 2575watts of HMI power for a key, shoot 60fps @ 4K, I made an aluminum plate to make both cameras sit perfectly aligned, and made a cool video. The pity is that I don’t have a copy of it to post.

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SYNlawn is a synthetic lawn company with a Branch in Fresno that was a client JP Marketing, a Fresno biased marketing company. Had some fun shooting such a campy commercial. I hope I can post the final soon, but here is some BTS photos. We “planted” Flowers at my parents house to “ruin” a flower bed. Shot came out great!

Disclaimer: This Blog is from a Cinematographer not a writer, There will be small descriptions and too many pictures.