Category: Career

As a DP at the dawn of electronic cinematography, I was fortunate to work with a company in New Hampshire called VideoTroupe.  Now known as “The Troupe”, it was founded by a talented engineer, Fred Conners Sr..  Patient with this young upstart, he schooled him in the business of production, and helped him to discover… Continue reading Depth of Modulation and the Dawn of Electronic Cinematography

I once made a personal pact to each year learn an additional decimal place of Pi. I stalled out at the 7th decimal place. Why? why not; resolution at seven places far exceeds any granularity I might need. My electronics professor once stated that Pi, for all intents and purposes, is 3. What he really said is… Continue reading Pi Is 3: Painless Cinematography and More

Boston University, College of Communication, 2004. Gordon Willis drops in on my cinematography class, my students unaware of his pending visit. We were in the second half of the semester, when each student chose a scene to recreate.  Just so happened it was the eve one lucky student was recreating a scene from The Godfather,… Continue reading Legendary Cinematographer Of ‘Godfather’ Trilogy Dies At 82

More than too many times, upon talking with potential producers or directors in search of a cinematographer, the first conversation invariably focuses on what gear I have. What gear have I…(cue the sound of the tone arm scratching across vinyl….)? Well…I come with a full set of relevant experience and expertise.   Accessories include sensibility, maturity,… Continue reading What’s In Your Kit