1. My first Yahoo! Burger Friday with Topherchris at the Park Ave. office.
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    My first Yahoo! Burger Friday with Topherchris at the Park Ave. office.

    May 19, 2013
  2. Dear Jesus, please look after this rig.
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    Dear Jesus, please look after this rig.

    May 18, 2013

  3. People are taking solid BTS pictures today!

    May 17, 2013
  4. Not shooting a rap video.

    Not shooting a rap video.

    May 17, 2013
  5. This place looks like Ukuleles sound. (at Logan, UT)
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    This place looks like Ukuleles sound. (at Logan, UT)

    May 16, 2013
  6. bkwod: I was on the road from Friday to Monday and traveling again from Thursday to Sunday, so I haven’t been able to make it to training. Fortunately, today made up for it. WOD - Mini Murph: 1000m Run, followed by 15 rounds of Cindy: 5 pull-ups (75 total) 10 push-ups (150 total) 15 squats (225 total) And then one more 1000m run. I did the whole workout with no modifications in 33:07. That 1K at the end was the slowest 1K of my life. Push-ups were my biggest issue, but I was able to power through by switching from regular push-ups to knuckle push-ups. I will be hurting on my flight tomorrow. This is how I kicked off my 10,000th day alive.
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    bkwod:

    I was on the road from Friday to Monday and traveling again from Thursday to Sunday, so I haven’t been able to make it to training. Fortunately, today made up for it.

    WOD - Mini Murph:

    1000m Run, followed by 15 rounds of Cindy:

    • 5 pull-ups (75 total)
    • 10 push-ups (150 total)
    • 15 squats (225 total)

    And then one more 1000m run.

    I did the whole workout with no modifications in 33:07. That 1K at the end was the slowest 1K of my life. Push-ups were my biggest issue, but I was able to power through by switching from regular push-ups to knuckle push-ups. I will be hurting on my flight tomorrow.

    This is how I kicked off my 10,000th day alive.

    May 15, 2013

  7. The guy at the end is my favorite.

    May 14, 2013

  8. seanmobrien:

    Phantom Miro Camera

    Yesterday I was invited to the YouTube Studio space to take a crash course on the Phantom Miro for this weekend. I was able to grab this clip from the people at Vision Research to show. We shot this at 1500fps with the new 24-70mm L.

    This workshop was really fun. The Vision Research people still aren’t very aquatinted with moviemaking type folks, so we were able to give them a lot of feedback based on the fact that we’re not research scientists. Key points that they took home:

    -We really like Macs, and “just use parallels” is not a good solution
    -The touchscreen on the $130 Nintendo DS is way better than the touchscreen on the $30,000 Phantom Miro
    -A three-position switch that goes between “off”, “on (using battery or AC)” and “on (crashes if AC is unplugged)” should probably only be a two position switch.

    The camera itself is a lot of fun, but I’m really glad we took the time to get a hands-on course with it. It’s absolutely not the kind of thing where you can take it home from a rental house and feel confident with it after watching a couple YouTube videos.

    As far as the post workflow goes, it’s officially Windows only (again, see that first point) but DaVinci can handle the footage on any system. I’m glad Sean got to bring home a file and make sure we could do something with it.

    (via up-schist-creek)

    May 12, 2013
  9. In The Middle, collecting inspiration for the business.
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    In The Middle, collecting inspiration for the business.

    May 10, 2013
  10. I don’t think gifs worked in 2007, so I never posted this guy.

    I don’t think gifs worked in 2007, so I never posted this guy.

    May 9, 2013
  11. My blog is six years old today, and it has seen some shit.My favorite post from May 2007 is the shot of a cabin on a cruise ship where my Steadicam is parked in the corner. The camera on top weighs about five times as much as the setups I’ve been posting this past week. If flying that thing around didn’t dissuade me from learning how to become an operator, I don’t know what will. 
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    My blog is six years old today, and it has seen some shit.

    My favorite post from May 2007 is the shot of a cabin on a cruise ship where my Steadicam is parked in the corner. The camera on top weighs about five times as much as the setups I’ve been posting this past week.

    If flying that thing around didn’t dissuade me from learning how to become an operator, I don’t know what will. 

    May 9, 2013

  12. The Seattle Rainmakers recently played their first ever MLU game, and I was on-hand to get 240fps highlights. 

    Ultimate Frisbee is an intense sport, and I did my best to highlight the athleticism and teamwork that happens out there on the field. It’s pretty disappointing when fringe sports like Parkour, Capoeira and Ultimate get lumped into the “I don’t understand this and it has an unfamiliar name, so now it’s a punchline!” mindset. These athletes do some crazy shit, and deserve recognition for it.

    May 8, 2013