BLOG.PRESTONPRO.COM » Archive for July 2009
Breaking a Sweat
Two years ago, Adam and I made a short Battlestar Galactica fan film to enter into a contest at the SciFi Channel. I don’t know if they ever announced a winner. Our short is about Cylon scientists discussing their future in light of a recent technological breakthrough. Adam and I each play two people and are able interact with each other with the help of some visual effects. My favorite part is when Adam hands … Read entire article »
Filed under: Creative Shorts
50mm
I just bought a fancy new lens on ebay last week. It’s a Pentax 50mm f/2 and I got it for under $40 total. I’m really loving it for it’s extremely shallow depth of field. I’ve been shooting with it exclusively all week. It’s been tough to get used to because of the way new digital SLR’s meter light with it. I’ve been having a great time shooting with it and now I’m trying to … Read entire article »
Filed under: Photography
More Gunfire for The Book of Zombie
As we’ve gotten closer to finishing the final edit of The Book of Zombie, we decided that we need a close-up of an old double barrel shotgun firing. Yesterday, Adam and I set out to create the shot without using any bullets or blanks. The gun was rigged with a small amount of black powder in one of the barrels. We set it off with model rocket igniters wired to a custom-made battery pack. We … Read entire article »
Filed under: The Book of Zombie
Seattle International Beer Festival
The Seattle International Beer Festival was the Fourth of July weekend at the Seattle Center in the shadow of the Space Needle. I managed to go on both the first and third days. Day one was extremely crowded and it was hard to find seating. What a great selection of beers though! Over 150 beers from 15 countries. Here’s what I remember that I tried: New Belgium-Elysian’s The Trip #1, Stone’s Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale, Trade … Read entire article »
Filed under: Photography
Photographing EMP
Last week after enjoying a second day at the Seattle International Beer Festival, (Pictures here) I spent some time doing some photography at the Experience Music Project. It’s probably been photographed in every possible way, so thought that I would try something that I had not seen done yet. I decided to concentrate on shooting extreme close-ups of the bolts that hold the shell together. I’ve posted a thirty-two shot set to Flickr with little … Read entire article »
Filed under: Photography
Archives
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- October 2009
- September 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- January 2009
- September 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
Most commented
Recent Articles
Tag Cloud
50mm adam adrienne andy animation Beer blood bokeh book boothe connor darwin dave dolly Drunken Dragon dry ice erik Evil Dead explosion flickr head jenn leah Linderman Linderman's marcel mormon movie paul pentax K10D Photography puyallup revver rotoscope scott seattle shaky-cam steadicam the book of zombie trailer Uncategorized undead video zed zombie