Award Sounds Music, Photography and Consultancy

In response to a question on www.dpreview.com's forum, I made a quick video of the speed of the Panasonic DMC-FX150.

You can download the video here.

Sorry about some of the subtitling speeds, this was a rush job to answer the question. You can always pause it to read the words.

Further information:

Initial images from Panasonic DMC FX 150

Images at f/2.8, also from DMC FX-150

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When I posted yesterday, I hadn't had chance to try the Panasonic DMC-FX150 out at f/2.8. I've uploaded some now.

Panasonic DMC FX-150, using tripod and 2 second timer  read more »

As of the 10th October, the Photoshelter will discontinue stock photo licensing.

That's a shame. Out of the agencies I've been using, that's the one with the best user interface. Well, it was the best in my opinion for photographers anyway. I've used a number of other site/agencies and I much preferred the submission route to Photoshelter than any others.

I've just purchased a Panasonic DMC-FX150. There aren't that many in-depth reviews around yet, I'd still like to see a detailed study at www.dpreview.com or similar.

To keep you going, I've uploaded some images from the camera so we can assess image quality.
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Episode 2 of Venn has been released.
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I've been looking for a nice small electronics project so I took some time out to build a new guitar fx pedal. I've never really seen the point of a fuzz pedal, always seemed to deteriorate the signal too much for my liking. I do like boost pedals, especially nice clean ones that push the preamp just to the point where it starts to distort the signal nicely.

Triboost  read more »

Celtx

The New Haven project uses Celtx for screenwriting. I was all set help out in some other areas of production, when I received a warning from the project-lead. Essentially, although Celtx allows for multi-user collaboration, it doesn't facilitate it at all. In fact, it gets in the way.  read more »

I've been on the look-out for a Sci-Fi movie series a to get involved with. I wanted a side-project and after coming across a few old books I read and a few movies, I decided on the Space Opera theme. Lots of scope for over-the-top thematic music, a bit of rock and some atmosphere.

New Haven

I picked the New Haven project (previously known as Ticonderoga) as it fitted everything I was looking for out of a side-project. This had to fit alongside the normal jobs and projects.  read more »

Compressors are regularly used to tame errant dynamics or to increase the perceived volume of a track. As well as squashing the audio, the compressor can be used to bring out some elements more than others.

Letting the attack through  read more »

Another Showreel - this time for sci-fi projects

A short collection of mp3s forming the basis of several sci-fi themes.

Status

Just a short note. These tracks are currently unfinished. If a client decides they're the right style for their project, then they'll move up the list and become a much higher priority. Until then, I'll move them along in line with other priorities.  read more »