All-Time: ‘How I Captured This Freeze Frame of a Frozen A-Frame’
A culmination of my passions: surf, snow, writing, and photography. A massive blizzard barreled up the East Coast in January 2022, dumping over a foot and a half of snow along New Jersey’s sleepy shore towns, and offering the rare opportunity to capture the coastline coated in snow. Arriving before sunrise, I managed to photograph New Jersey’s perfect waves in an otherworldly beauty. Read my writeup about this day for The Inertia’s All-Time series which focuses on standout photographs of “all-time“ surf conditions.
Color Grading for Film
The process of color grading and color correcting imagery and video has always fascinated me. Much like shifting an image to black and white can drastically change the atmosphere of the picture, slight adjustments of tone in a video can impact the final product’s feel in ways a viewer may not consciously consider. In this article, I break down the nitty-gritty details of video codec selection, best practices for color correction, and the color grading process to ensure that your next video looks and feels the way you want it to.
With the plethora of cameras available, from consumer to state of the art, choosing the correct frame rate for your application has never been more paramount. This article explores the history of filmmaking, how frame rates have progressed from film to digital, and the different uses for each frame rate standard.