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First Foray into HDR Photography
On Thursday, I packed up my camera and a couple lenses, got on my motorbike, and headed downtown with the intention of shooting the Year’s Greatest Street Photography Series. Well, I also had to try on...
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HDR Photography Follow-Up
As promised, here are a few more shots from my early adventures in HDR photography. I am gradually getting the hang of this method and building a few little strategies here and there, both in the...
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Making video look like film (with examples!)
Scroll to the bottom for the sample video. This is not a new concept, and it’s certainly one that has been discussed extensively around the Internet. But making digital video look like film is still...
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New Micro-Doc: SSIS and the Cardboard Challenge, Part 1
First, if you haven’t seen “Caine’s Arcade”, please check it out now. It’s a great story about a 9 year-old boy who had almost more creativity than he could handle, and access to a ton of cardboard...
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New Micro-Doc: SSIS and the Cardboard Challenge, Part 2
This is my follow-up to a previous blog post I wrote, just after starting on this project. Background: Caine Monroy is a little boy who lives in Los Angeles whose dad owns an auto parts store. While...
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Organizing Your Horribly Disfigured Final Cut Pro X Project
One of the strengths of Final Cut Pro X is its comprehensive organization system. From tagging and grouping clips, to reconnecting offline media, it’s a pretty impressive setup. When I took the FCPX...
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Law Firms and Website Design
King, Campbell & Poretz Read my latest eNewsletter, where I showcase a few law firms that have worked with Gypsy Creative on new websites: Here’s the link. Click here to read past issues.
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Haiyan: Some thoughts on how to help
Typhoon Haiyan Damage in the Philippines This is not a typical Gypsy eNewsletter. But here in Vietnam, we are watching the crisis of Haiyan unfold right in our back yard, so it’s necessary. Wherever...
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Kicking off 2014 with a New Award!
Great news! The latest video from Saigon South International School and Gypsy Creative Communications, are among the winners of the 2013 Global Cardboard Challenge Video Contest! I just got word of...
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360° VR Photography
Introduction to VR Somewhere between still photography and video lies what I believe to be an under-appreciated and under-utilized presentation format: 360° Virtual Reality (VR) Photography. (Yes, they...
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Affordable, Professional Time-Lapse Photography
What Is It? Time-lapse photography is effectively the opposite of slow-motion filmmaking. By shooting multiple frames of a scene at intervals and then stitching them together into a film/video, the...
View ArticleA Day in the Life of ISM
I had to share this video from the ISM Blog, because it gives you an idea of life and work around here—both with Gypsy Creative and ISM. It’s not always easy, but it’s always fun! ISM Video Blog #1...
View ArticleNew Underwater Video: Perhentian Islands, Malaysia
The conditions were not ideal, but I admit that I am pretty spoiled. Below are a few shots I got from Big Perhentian Island, off the eastern coast of Malaysia, just a couple weeks ago. Some stormy...
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Review of Hyperlapse, by Instagram, Part 1
Hyperlapse I love time lapse photography. I’ve been doing more and more of it as I explore creative ways of taking advantage of my DSLR on client projects—beyond traditional stills and video. So in...
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New EARCOS Video from ISM
Just wanted to pop in for a minute to show you guys the new promotional video that I produced for EARCOS, through my education division, ISM: This piece was done using a combination of Photoshop,...
View Article“You Can’t Sell Sameness”
-Coca-Cola marketing executive Sergio Zyman I have run across this Sergio Zyman quote several times throughout my career in design, production, and marketing, and it rings as true today as ever. Who is...
View ArticleProject Based Learning in Kindergarten
Yesterday, I had the inside scoop on a certain party going on in a certain Kindergarten class, so I stopped by to take some shots. Ms. Charlotte’s class put together the coolest project-based unit...
View Article360° Zip Line Video from Chiang Mai, Thailand!
If you know me well, then you know that flying over the rainforest canopy, 300 ft. above the ground, tethered to a single cable 2,400 ft. in length is not exactly my cup of tea. So you will have to...
View Article“You Can’t Sell Sameness, Part 2”
You Still Can’t Sell Sameness This is a quick update to my previous blog post about the importance of differentiation in our marketing efforts. There are many things that all international schools have...
View ArticleI’m Featured on Desktop Documentaries!
Earlier this year I heard from Faith Fuller, the Publisher and Editor-in-Chief at Desktop-Documentaries.com. Desktop Documentaries is a rgreat website that covers everything you need to know about...
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