First Multimedia Project.

So I have just created my first ever multimedia project. Ok, so it's not my first persay, but it's my first full one. Despite all my time around cinematographers I found out (all over again) the hard way that even the simplest of seven minute projects can be a lot of work.

Yes I made a lot of rookie mistakes, many of which you'll probably pick up within the first minute of video. However, you've got to start somewhere...right? Also when there are only two of us trying to follow a guy around on a farm, you learn how to compensate and move quickly.

Maybe I'll hire a film crew next time to carry around my mike :)

Besides all that, this project was a lot of fun. I didn't know that much about Biodynamic farming before this. Mike Long was a good guy to explain in detail how it all worked and we had the fun task of trying to work it all out in the news room later. So check out the story we did as a compliment on www.westernfrontonline.net.

Biodynamic Farming from Cassandra Gallagher on Vimeo.

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The Senate

For once my subjects were living this time...

I have a friend doing a music video for a local Seattle band: The Senate. This has been a good way for me to practice my production shots (And even better because they bring that lighting equipment that I lack).





This was a good shoot to test my persistence however. Again it was a fairly dark shoot, and I was lacking a tripod...again. I had to shoot several shots I liked 20, 30, or more times to get it bracketed just right...to eliminate blurriness and all that jazz.

However, with a little determination and mostly a lot of luck we mustered through!







The shoot was a lot of fun. But it wasn't all work and no play....



Check out the rest of the pics here

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More Undead

Last quarter a couple of my friends gave me another opportunity to shoot the undead. My second one in a row...not that I'm complaining. It gave me a chance to play with some new Photoshop techniques.



The concept behind this one was all those old-tyme horror movies. You know Frankenstein, Dracula, all those fun guys. I took pictures for their Senior performance as Theatre majors. The piece was conceived, written and put together by the cast. The title: Frankenstein Unstitched.



This was a hard one to shoot. Being a student, my equipment is rather make-shift and my lighting equipment is even more lacking. Like I said though, I'm not complaining. It gave me a chance to try some new things. So how did I compensate for that rough lighting? Monopod to steady my shots, and a hot shoe light wrapped with a coffee filter to diffuse the light. It wasn't much but it helped.



I had the added benefit of being able to Photoshop the heck out of them. We were going for an old movie feel so I played with contrast, noise and color to acheive that. (And of course a lens vignette here and there).

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