James Dixson

Instead of trying to map this out on a whiteboard I put together this video for a client explaining why we’re shooting everything in 4k. https://vimeo.com/228726880   Here’s the script I wrote The shift from HD, to 4K, or UHD, has several advantages that we felt would be easier to demonstrate in a short video. 4k capture will dramatically improve post production. More on that in a moment… Let’s…

Another Fun Photo Shoot

Another fun photoshoot with the MeetUp group Studio Creative at St. Louis Photo Authority. Here are a few of my favorites.

Learning Something New & Honing Your Craft

I recently joined the MeatUp group Studio Creative and went to their Model Shoot last night to see what it was all about. When I got there I met a few fellow photographers and we milled around taking about camera gear and photography for a bit. Before the shoot started I was handed a Pocket Wizard and told which studio setup correspond to each channel and the appropriate Fstop for the strobes.…

Audio vs Image Quality in Video Production

As filmmakers we’re always excited about new gear. Typically, we spend our money on the latest and greatest cameras and lenses to get cinematic footage. In our relentless search for image quality we often overlook the importance of sound in our films. Here’s a quick ramble explaining why audio quality may play a more important role than image quality for your next video production project. It can…

Campfires and Story Telling

I was writing a proposal that included a romanticized section on story telling and I wanted to illustrate how humans have used stories to share information around the campfire. I found a study published August, 2014 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that reinforced my point. I ended up omitting it from the proposal and chose to write about it here. Researchers…

Mini Documentary Production for Goebel & Co Furniture

I’m in the process of shooting a mini documentary for Goebel & Co Furniture and their production of the Barolo Table. Here are some stills from turning the table spindle in Charleston, South Carolina with Ashley Harwood.

The Lovely Imperfections of Film and Old Cameras

I got some film back from the lab…

Corporate Video: Who, What, Where, When & Why

Corporate Video? You probably Googled it and ended up here because the wikipedia definition mentioned DVDs and seemed dated. Here’s the who, what, where, when and why. Who Corporate Video is an umbrella term that describes a videos produced by a company for a specific audience. The audience can be external: potential clients, existing clients, or potential employees. Corporate videos can also be…