It’s been 3 weeks of grappling with pixel aspect ratios, letterboxing, 9+ hour renders, codecs, 3:2 pulldown, Xvid, Lagarith – who said making videos is fun? Some lessons learnt, so far:
1. Sony Vegas – bad audio/video sync, no crashing;
2. Adobe Premiere Pro – good sync, crashes a lot;
3. Dirty greenscreens are harder to key out.
Sigh.
Continue ReadingI’m really impressed by how simple-looking gadgets can have such a massive impact on the look of footage. Take the sun-shade reflectors I keep talking about. Now I have the photos to prove that they work. Methinks the look below would have been impossible without the reflectors, or artificial light.
Continue ReadingBased in Nairobi, Jim Chuchu began taking photographs by accident in 2007. He has since had the opportunity to create stylized advertising photography, portraiture and experimental video for clients such as Virgin Atlantic, Zain, and Coca-Cola and for artists like Just A Band and Sauti Sol.
