Best Way to Find Yourself? Lose Yourself In Service to Others.
While scouting locations in Mid City, we were lucky enough to meet Dustin LaFont, founder of Front Yard Bikes, a community bike shop that teaches kids to fix and maintain bikes. To say we were amazed by Dustin is an understatement. He took one of life’s most basic activities–riding a bike–and turned it into a program that has […]
Doing Things Differently: The Kemco Homovie
This week at Digital FX we participated in our studio’s first weekly show and tell. Yes, the same kind of show and tell that you do in elementary school! Our owner, being an avid collector in vintage cameras brought an extremely rare item to show: the Kemco Homovie. This camera dates back all the way […]
A Silver Bullet Taking Aim At Film?
Last week, my daughter took an interest in an old 1950s box camera of mine. Eventually, she asked me if I would get some film for it so she could actually take pictures.
Netflix, circa 1912
The concept of movies delivered to the home is nothing new. In fact, the idea is probably a lot older than you think.
Digital FX Photowalk 2010
Earlier this year, the creative team at Digital FX descended upon downtown Baton Rouge. Sometimes you just have to ditch the studio or that dark color grading suite and see the light of day.
Is The 5D Cage A Factor?
The new Contineo 5D MKII powered cage from View Factor Studios seeks to remedy the problems associated with 5D productions.
Hands On With The OPTITEK Optimator
The bottom line is this, when I use the Optimator, our customers are 100% confident that we are providing a perfectly calibrated camera.
What does a 1917 35mm camera & the RED have in common?
Nearly one-hundred years apart from each other, two inventors sought to revolutionize the film industry.
Phantom camera ‘swimmer’
Here’s some footage from a recent Blue Cross campaign we shot with two Red Ones and a Phantom HD camera.
It was only a matter of time….
What else are we going to do while we have the Phantom?
Black is Back
Walter D. Teague’s Bantam Special
The King Kong Camera Room
Sam Dodge has the best movie memorabilia ever locked up inside his King Kong Camera Room.