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DSLR Tips: Shooting Video with a Canon EOS 70D camera

Cameras & Filmmaking

DSLR Video: 5 Tips for shooting video with the Canon EOS 70D/80D camera

BY CLINTON STARK — 09.28.2015

When it comes to shooting video with a compact, relatively affordable DSLR camera they don’t come much better than the Canon EOS 70D. I’ve been shooting professionally…

Impact of Valley Fire on California Wine Industry

Food & Wine

Smoke taint among several Valley Fire concerns for winemakers

BY CLINTON STARK — 09.28.2015

Thin-skinned Pinot Noir grapes are particularly vulnerable to the impact of the Valley Fire.

Dogfight - San Francisco Playhouse

Culture

Nothing’s ugly about ‘Dogfight’

BY ILANA WALDER-BIESANZ — 09.28.2015

“The ugliest girl wins the dough for the guy who brought her.” On their last night before deployment, six Marines make a bet—a dogfight. The…

Culture

Live in the Vineyard: NEEDTOBREATHE in concert (Video)

BY LONI STARK — 09.25.2015

NEEDTOBREATHE swung through Napa earlier this year, leaving behind a wake of inspiration. Those in attendance at the Uptown Theatre witnessed a passionate, upbeat, stirring…

BlackBerry Priv Android-based Smartphone

News

“We have new life,” says BlackBerry CEO

BY CLINTON STARK — 09.25.2015

BlackBerry chief John Chen explains why he's turning to Android operating system for new "Priv" phone.

Sir Ian McKellen to receive MVFF lifetime achievement award

Culture

Sir Ian McKellen to receive MVFF lifetime achievement award

BY CLINTON STARK — 09.24.2015

One of the (many) highlights of this year’s edition of the Mill Valley Film Festival is the presence of a film legend. That, of course,…

Pebble Time Round

News

Pebble Time Round – Lots to like, but not the price

BY CLINTON STARK — 09.23.2015

Charming style should attract the Swatch set. In the ultra-competitive entry level smartwatch market, that $249 starting price seems steep.

Cy Ashley Webb - Theater Critic Stark Insider

Culture

Thanks to Cy Ashley Webb for her 5 amazing years of Stark Insider theater coverage

BY CLINTON STARK — 09.21.2015

400 articles later and she’s going stronger than ever. Earlier this month I realized that Cy Ashley Webb had hit a prolific milestone. And I…

Making of Desire for Beauty - Pragnienie Piekna

Culture

Plastic Surgery as Last Resort: ‘Desire for Beauty’

BY CLINTON STARK — 09.21.2015

It’s a documentary, but it could be a horror film. Desire for Beauty begins with a young, attractive Polish woman getting drawn up by a surgeon…

Apple WatchOS 2 - Nightstand Mode

News

5 things Android Wear can learn from Apple WatchOS

BY CLINTON STARK — 09.21.2015

WatchOS 2 is here, and improves significantly upon the Apple Watch, a wearable that if not necessarily a smash hit, at least gets the idea…