Digital Graffiti 2014 Recap

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alys-shoppe-modelsLast weekend I had the opportunity to attend Digital Graffiti 2014 due to my role as the Digital Services Manager for EC magazine. EC had signed on as a sponsor for the event and we were hosting the pre-show tent party. The tent had drinks, music, cupcakes, free magazines, and was host to a magazine-style photo shoot that staff photographer Matt Burke shot. The shoot also included two professional models supplied to us by the Alys Shoppe.

My role at the event was to cover the event live for EC’s social media. I had a list of contracted posts that I needed to do during the evening. I was also supposed to capture footage from the event to use in a recap video that could be used to drive traffic to our site and possibly be used for promotional purposes in the future.

Considering the limitations of the evening, I think the video turned out alright.

You can check out the entire recap of the event at: Digital Graffiti Recap on EmeraldCoastMagazine.com

Tallahassee Magazine, March/April Jazz Videos

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Tallahassee Magazine recently did a story about the jazz scene in the city. One facet of the story was about local jazz musician, Scotty Barnhart.

Most of the time, when I’m shooting videos for the magazine, I’m using an iPad. It’s not the best option out there if you’re looking to get into video production, but for what we’re doing, it does the trick. It’s a great tool that allows me to do a whole bunch of things when I’m out and about. For this photo shoot, the action was taking place in Scotty Barnhart’s office on the FSU campus. One of his students was also there for a teaching session. When the two began talking about doing a duet, I knew it would be awesome for the video to have two different camera angles, but only having one iPad was going to make that tricky. Then I had the thought to also use my personal iPhone, and have a two-camera set up with both devices. They played the song again after this take and I was able to grab a two-shot that I also used in the final video. So with a little bit of cheating, this winds up looking like a three-person camera crew came in to shoot this. I’ve got to applaud Apple on their image stabilization, too. I can’t have been terribly steady on my own when shooting this.

Video was also shot by Tristan Kroening at the B Sharp Jazz Club and I turned that footage into an additional support video for the story.

Tallahassee Magazine, March/April Cosplay Video

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tm-ma-14-coverTallahassee Magazine recently did a story about local cosplayers. This story was written by one of the “Geek Girls” who appeared as a guest in episode 3 of Nerd Lunch: The Web Series and talked about her own experiences with cosplay as well as those of the other “Geek Girl” from Nerd Lunch 3.

Of course, the story dictated there be some photography taken of these cosplayers in their outfits. Scott Holstein took the photos and he was also the photog on Nerd Lunch: The Web Series. So a little reunion of sorts came out of this photo shoot since I decided a “behind-the-scenes” video needed to be done.

I think the results turned out pretty good and really helped show off the outfits and work as a great piece of additional content for the publication’s website.