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School of Creative Arts Promo Video

Benjamin van Houts — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 08:30:41 +0000

One Flu. Two afternoon of shooting for the interviews, about a week of intermittent B-roll. 28gb of raw Canon 5 mark 2 video. 8gb of Sony EX2 footage (only used for sound), that equates to 150gb of Apple ProRes footage after conversion (that includes unused footage).

I learnt a lot about the 5d for video, custom white balance is a must and auto ISO is not a wise idea. I really liked using it and would love to more with a better rig for focusing and stability.

A big thanks to Lexi, Vegard, Gareth, Emma, Luke Taylor, Lee, Kristof and any one else who let me videotape them. The Canon 5d is an amazing camera for film and I can’t wait to do more.

COUGHING FITS OF JOY

Benjamin van Houts — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 03:42:22 +0000

After three long days of battling the flu (witch still now lingers in my body) I have finally completed grading the first assignments. Come the end of the ordeal I think I was starting to see things thanks to the high temperatures of my illness. Hopefully no one was rewarded a mark that was too harsh or too embellishing of what they should have gotten.

The first Photograph shows all the assignments the day I got them. The next image was taken hours before finishing marking. The box on the left is the ones I’ve got left to do mark. The last photo is of my replacement motherboard.

ALL WORK & NO PLAY…

Benjamin van Houts — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 12:47:30 +0000

At the start of last week I start my new job tutoring out at the university. I tutor first year students enrolled in Pt1110 Introduction to Digital Imaging. The subject is open to all students at the university not just photography students. This means there are people of varying degrees of skill. So far they all seem keen and baring some token “trouble makers” they all seem great and eager to learn.

Also I started work at my second new job this weekend. So far two days a week I work as a lab operator at one of the local Camera stores here in town. I’m in training and while every thing is straight forward it’s just a matter of getting into the swing of things. If the uni don’t offer me more work come the end of the semester then it’s to become my primary means of work.