One of the reasons I keep blogging is it seems to lead A Life’s Work down roads it might not otherwise go down. Case in point: Jeff Stein, AIA In the summer of 2012 I had the idea of conducting … Continued
Over the years (yes, I can write that and mean it!), this blog has had some wonderful guest posts. Here’s a list of them. My Pursuit of Science Took an Ugly Turn by William Swearson (words) Bonsai and A Life’s Work … Continued
Previously, on A Life’s Work blog In a previous post I wrote about the process of editing a clip from the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project Program section of A Life’s Work. Since I’ve been working on the subsequent section of … Continued
Before I get to the clip, some background. My first meeting with Bob Darden of the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project was in Chicago, August 2009. During our sit down interviews it became clear very quickly that I would have … Continued
Here’s a recent email exchange I had with Andy Bowley, one of the fine, fine cinematographers who worked on A Life’s Work. How we arrived at this point in our back and forth doesn’t matter. What matters is the content … Continued
This weekend is SETIcon, and A Life’s Work’s little tribute to SETI continues with this clip of Jill Tarter. Here she speaks about Frank Drake (included in the clip below), who conducted the first SETI experiment in 1960. Drake , Philip … Continued
[This post originally appeared on October 16, 2009. The clip in this post is one of my favorite sections of the work in progress. The post is also a fave because of the comments it generated. I love the virtual … Continued
We all need some kind of reassurance from time to time. One of the things I need it for is my skill as a cinematographer. So on my corkboard is a print out of an email from Andy Bowley, a … Continued
I am always awed by how cinematographers see so much more than I do. We can be looking at exactly the same thing, the same angle, the same frame, and they’ll register all sorts of details, big and small, on … Continued