Yep, photography lost its innocence many years ago. Pro wannabe middle school kids are abusing their title (“John Smith Photography” — Oh my god, get over yourself!), spending a fortune on equipment they don’t need, and overcharging people for garbage. Auto everything and Photoshop their photos to death.

What’s up with you and children? What are your top 5 saddest movies? I haven’t came across many. The Book Thief has a sad ending, but not as soul-sucking sad as this movie.

Dark tone as a figurative. The filmmakers took it literally. The last three Harry Potter movies are too damn dark to see shit. I had to turn up the brightness on my TV to actually see those scenes.

The texture on the wand does the magic. 😏

Believe it or not, a friend of mine who is a skateboarding videographer got offered to shoot a movie. The agents didn’t bother asking about his experience or education background. Let alone a portfolio. Grab a pro-looking camera like an old VX2100 and stand in a crowded location and wait.

Well, he starts off with real sounding rods before moving to the Elder Wand.

My boyfriend’s finest homemade tamales. My twin sons inhaled their dinner and chewed on the corn husks.

I’m old fashioned. I shoot with film and make darkroom prints like a real photographer. Fuck digital photography. Everybody with a digital camera is a pro.

A major SoCal photography and cinematography institute shut its doors a couple of years ago. Hollywood is pretty much picking up inexperienced cinematographers off the street to shoot movies. They use HDR, 3D, CGI, underexposed/overexposed footages, wide angle lenses to eliminate the need to focus, and God knows what…

I’m sorry. Would you prefer a smaller spider?

Yeah, movies shouldn’t be split into two parts. Most people, myself included, don’t mind watching a 4-hour movie. The only problem is consistency. It’s hard to keep up with a long ass movie at a theater. People have to get up to use the bathroom or buy more food and drinks and miss important parts. Long ass movies…

The time to go electric was over 115 years ago. It was the right path the whole time.

Natural lighting = sunlight or moonlight. Artificial lighting = lights on movie sets. It’s not hard to shoot in natural lighting. You just need to use a shit ton of reflectors to add details in the shadows. Seriously, you don’t have to HDR-ize a scene shot in broad daylight. Use reflectors or leave it.

Larry is Larry the Tomato. That green dude is Bob the Cucumber.

Cool, but what are you doing online? Take it out for a spin.

HDR is dead art. Just look at the movie poster. Everyone looks so dead.

You want a Harry Potter story? Here.

Pretty much my reaction when Mockingjay trailer showed up on my TV.

I can’t stand the overuse of high dynamic range in movies. What the fuck is wrong with natural and artificial lighting?

I wanna hire this guy.