Dave Wells scoured the NAB Show 2017 floor for this year’s products of distinction.  He settled on Leica M3 lenses, Sigma primes and zooms, Zeiss CP 3’s, and more.  But on his way he just had to stop by Red Rock Canyon! Watch the ...Read More

For my ‘Faces Behind the Camera’ photography series, I caught up with one of my favorite South Florida crew Phil Hoelcher on location at his new home in Umatilla, Florida where he continues training others in his lifelong passion for the dog sport of ...Read More

There’s a recent trend in the film and television industry — crews are getting smaller, the deadlines are getting tighter and the jobs are being rewarded later than ever making for shorter preproduction schedules.   Overall time constraints as well as budgets are becoming ...Read More

The Film and TV Gear Convention Had the great fortune to travel to Canada for the annual Sim Digital’s Annual Technology Showcase.  I quickly learned that Toronto is a production epicenter for film and TV gear. Toronto is an international city with many different integrated ...Read More

Our good friend, colleague, and First AD Gary Sales stopped by Moving Picture Rental with a cool new product called LifePower that’s perfect for people working in film. LifePower is a terrific new technology that can power any 110 volt device using a battery — ...Read More

SmallHD‘s innovative HDR line of monitors come in 17, 24, and 32 sizes and are daylight view-able.  Since SmallHD constructs their monitors in billet aluminum they are virtually indestructible.  Watch this video for some great crash and smash examples! SmallHD knows that setting up ...Read More

Watch this video “How not to screw up when you crew up” for some great insight on crewing jobs and on becoming the crew on job from industry veterans including Dave Wells of Moving Picture Rental and Crew, Production HUB’s Greg Vass, Doug Birnbaum ...Read More