Filmmaking Challenge: Use only a prime lens to shoot your next project
Limiting yourself to a manual prime lens can ultimately improve your composition and focusing skills, and maybe even lead to more creative results.
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‘Hamilton’ Review: Founding of country was much more difficult than you were taught
Stark Insider Broadway Review by Jeanne Powell: Hamilton at the SHN Orpheum Theatre San Francisco. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s remarkable Broadway stage musical Hamilton celebrating America’s founding…
And It Hurts: Looking to ‘Beyond the Black Rainbow’, ‘Drive’ and ‘Lost Highway’ for filmmaking inspiration
For the upcoming Stark Insider YouTube promo trailer I decided to look for inspiration and do something a little different. In this case I had…
David Lynch’s ‘Blue Velvet’ to get lost footage treatment by Criterion
51-minutes of Blue Velvet "lifts" were found somewhere in Seattle and recovered.
Stark Insider Presents: Short film ‘Azul’ shot in Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico
“I believe in my mask—The man I made up is me I believe in my dance—And my destiny”. Sam Shepard might not have been the…
Amazon acquires Eero, doubles down on smart home (and data collection?)
Eero indicates its data collection policy will remain the same, but with a new owner perhaps anything is possible. In what was a surprise move…
Incoming: New SI short film shot on location in Loreto, Baja, Mexico
Incoming! Incoming! Incoming! Every now and then Loni Stark and I like to change up the regular Stark Insider programming and post one of our…
Canon EOS RP full-frame mirrorless camera is lighter, smaller, and — best of all — cheaper
In the camera world 2018 will be remembered as the year that both Canon and Nikon finally entered the full-frame mirrorless market. Canon with a…
Trendspotting: Smart speaker sales top 66 million units, Amazon Echo leads with 70% market share
This past holiday season the smart speaker was the hot seller. No surprise then that the market continues to grow at a rapid pace. According…
Look no further than Google’s Pixel, Pixel XL for screaming Android deals
Though I primarily now use an iPhone (7 Plus, that still runs fine in 2019), I enjoy scouting for occasional deals on old Android phones.…