Dear clients, It is with a heavy heart that I’m announcing today that I’m leaving the wedding videography (and bar mitzvah) business for the foreseeable future, because of health reasons. Thank you for putting your trust in me over the years to make your wedding videos. I have had the best clients, without a single …
So it turns out that Macbooks can slowly electrocute you. Those pretty Aluminium unibody machines have a pretty serious fault in certain cases. This can also cause problems with peripherals, since the various plugs come into contact with the body of the machine. So to make this quick, the problem is that if you don’t use the …
Some people don’t like to put their prices out there for everyone to see, but at Moosefuel Media our goal is to provide a great service at a reasonable cost. So here it is, our 2015 pricing calculator: http://moosefuel.org/requestimate/ It makes it easy to see about what your service will cost. Of course, any special …
Two mental tools really motivate me in my work. The first is a strong philosophy of wedding videography (see the last point) and a good system that I believe in. I find that I have to believe strongly in these things to do a good job. It’s not a religion, but if it were, some of my points …
When I visited my family out West, I showed my sister and my brother in law my fast, spiffy used Macbook Pro I7 which I picked up for a very reasonable price. It’s a 2010 model, but with a few upgrades it is a quick, responsive editing and on-the-go machine, even though it’s a few …
Importing and Editing XAVC-S from the Sony A7s on the iPad from Noah Leon on Vimeo. I was amazed to find that with the right settings, my iPad air can easily import and cut the Sony XAVC-S footage from my Sony A7s. It’s easy to set up, too. I can see this being really useful …
As a low-budget cinematographer who is also a family man and has to make a buck, I’m always conscious of how I am spending my company money. A little research can almost always save money, sometimes hundreds of dollars. This is why I’ve decided not to renew my 100GB dropbox account. As much as I …
I sat down with the girls from the Four Chaplains Chapel and Memorial Foundation in Philadelphia at a conference this spring for the North America Maritime Ministry Association. The interview led to this short video on the foundation and the chapel.
Shanne Vernissage from Noah Leon on Vimeo. A vernissage shot by Moosefuel Media (moosefuel.org) this spring at Galerie 203 in Montreal. Vernissage à la Galerie 203 Shanne Stevens www.inksidegallery.com It was a pleasure to work for Shanne at Galerie 203 in Montreal to create this promo-video of her vernissage. Shanne is a local artist and …
It was a privilege to travel to the United States with the North American Maritime Ministry Association to put together this video for National Maritime Day. The video had to be edited the same day, which was a challenge as I had to change locations three times while editing. However, despite all odds, it came …
The shipping industry is amazing–bigger than Microsoft, more invisible than the CIA. In April I had the chance to travel to Stamford, Connecticut for the North American Maritime Ministry Association to do a series of interview videos and conference recordings. It was a challenging schedule, and each night I would take the footage I had recorded …
I sometimes have the pleasure of working with other videographers on projects. Usually I am quite pleased with the results, However, nobody’s perfect, and some people, especially when starting out with DSLR event videography, could use some pointers. Most of the problems I have with footage are pretty straightforward, here are a few tips that …
I love my 27″ iMac for editing, don’t get me wrong, but since my daughter came along, and my sister-in-law and her family moved in, I’ve sometimes had to re-locate my office from home to the local Starbucks, Tim Hortons, or even the quiet café frequented by seniors in my local shopping centre. For a …
I was first introduced to using iOS devices as microphones with Blue Microphones’ Mikey. It was a great device, till Apple dropped support for it with the iPhone 4. I used it on a stand as a second audio recorder on a corporate shoot, and the sound quality was amazing. Nowdays, I’m primarily a wedding …
A client recently asked me to licence a reasonably popular song for a promo video of his. I instantly agreed, as I always do when clients ask me to do things I have no idea how to do, and set out to find out how to licence said song. In my google-ing, I came across …