
Many people have referred to the winter storm that hit the U.S. just a week ago as “Snowmaggedon” / “Snowpocalypse” etc… The local news stations mentioned that it will be a storm that will be talked about for years to come… the Winter Blizzard of 2011… My backyard reached 9″ (in Kansas City), and being [...]
Feb 07, 2011 | Categories: Blog, General | Tags: 2011, Beer, Boulevard Brewery, brando5, Brandon, Brandon Cummins, canon 5d mark ii, February, intervalometer, Kansas City, Manfrotto, MultiMax, Pocket Wizard, Rye on Rye, Smokestack series, Snowfall, Snowlapse, Snowmaggedon, Snowpocalypse, timelapse, Unfiltered Wheat | 1 Comment »

If you’re curious what’s taking up most of my time now-a-days… just follow along here: http://www.tmntv.com Here’s some other stuff: This video of the local group Diverse, was recently featured on Common’s blog… yeah… THE Common. Pretty exciting stuff: Diverse – Common – Time Travelin’ (FULL) from Brandon Cummins on Vimeo. Here’s some jazzy goodness… [...]
Nov 10, 2010 | Categories: Blog, Concert Photography, General, Media Related | Tags: canon 5d mark ii, Common, Diverse, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Kansas City, Nathan Lang, The Musician Network, TMNtv, Tribute | Leave A Comment »

So I’ve definitely come to the conclusion that I don’t post NEARLY often enough. That being said… Here’s a bunch of stuff I’ve done / worked on over the last couple months. July: Tales of the Cocktail (with Lush Life Productions), Here are the short, “Preview” versions, edited amazingly by Britt King & Lush Life. [...]
Sep 03, 2010 | Categories: Blog, General, Media Related | Tags: 2010, Benedictine, Bombay Sapphire, canon 5d mark ii, Common, Diverse, Greater Kansas City Bartending Competition, Grey Goose, Iconoclast, Le Barman Universel, Live Music, Lush Life Productions, Mark Lowrey, Pig & Punch, Radiohead, Tales of the Cocktail | Leave A Comment »

Ok… so it’s a terribly deceptive headline… Just a quick update of what’s going on / on my plate right now… – Documented the 2nd Mark Lowrey presents a Tribute to Radiohead (you can find my older stuff from v1 on my YouTube Channel). Videos to come (teaser below) – On the Board for this [...]
Jul 12, 2010 | Categories: Blog, Media Related | Tags: Bartending Competition, Black and White, canon 5d mark ii, GKCBC, Kansas City, Live Music, Mark Lowrey, Paul the Movie, Radiohead | Leave A Comment »

So I’ve got an intern for the summer… Very interesting chap named Brandon as well… Introducing… Mr. Brandon Levi Brown. Brandon’s a local graphic design student, but also wanting to branch out and learn more about photography, videography, and web work as well. It further helped that we knew each other from a previous [...]
Jul 07, 2010 | Categories: Blog, Media Related | Tags: 24p, 30p, Aperture, canon 5d mark ii, Comparison, Frame Rate, ISO, Shutter Angle, Shutter Speed, Tests | 6 Comments »

Now… I don’t always shoot concerts. A little known fact is that I am formerly a bartender… and I was a pretty serious one at that. I grew up in the restaurant industry, and pretty much bartended my way through college, as the bar manager for 4 Olives Wine Bar. Since moving to KC, I [...]
Apr 01, 2010 | Categories: Blog, Media Related | Tags: Bartending, Beau Williams, BRGR Kitchen + Bar, canon 5d mark ii, cinematography, Jason Valentine, Kansas City, Kansas City Bartenders' Alliance, KCBA, Manifesto, Mixology, Ryan Maybee, Traveling Cocktail Club, Video | Leave A Comment »

There are some shows you shoot out of appreciation for the music… others for a connection with the artist… this show was a combination of the two. Sam Billen and I have known each other since high school. We both played in bands, and at times even shared the stage with one another. I am [...]
Mar 30, 2010 | Categories: Blog, Concert Photography | Tags: canon 5d mark ii, Concert, Kansas City, Live Music, photography, RecordBar, Sam Billen, White Balance | Leave A Comment »

Shooting under low light can present a whole number of challenges, both for photo and video work. In fact the ability to shoot under these conditions was one of the main determining factors for my choosing the Canon 5d Mark II as my camera. At the time I picked it up, it was showing some [...]
Feb 18, 2010 | Categories: Blog, Concert Photography, FeatRoll | Tags: canon 5d mark ii, film speed, Generationals, Guitarist Magazine, High ISO, ISO, Jay Rock 5, Low Light, Noise Reduction, Post processing, Russian Circles, Settings, The Dead Girls, THIEVES | 3 Comments »

Well… If you can’t tell by the headline… This is gonna be one mass o’ Zacuto-love headed your way. Starting with this: It’s official. I now have my own Zacuto hat. For those of you not familiar, Zacuto is a custom camera gear company, and have really helped push the HD-DSLR Video movement. Some [...]
Feb 12, 2010 | Categories: Blog, FeatRoll, Media Related | Tags: canon 5d mark ii, Critics, Digital Labrador, Film, FilmFellas, Gear, JayRock5, Media, production, Video, Z-Finder, zacuto | Leave A Comment »

So I thought it appropriate to take a moment out, and detail some of the gear I currently own, what I’d really like to snag (because I OBVIOUSLY don’t have enough… ), and what 2010 has been so far, and what it might have in store for me! Onward! The Gear: First off, I’m now [...]
Jan 31, 2010 | Categories: Blog, Concert Photography, FeatRoll | Tags: 2010, ambitions, audio, canon 5d mark ii, cinematography, goals, hurlbut visuals, learning, philip bloom, photography, plans, shane hurlbut, sip2drink, timelapse, vincent laforet, zacuto | 9 Comments »