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OakStreet

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About Me

I'm not special, I'm not rich, I'm not tall, dark or handsome, but I have acquired some skill and knowledge after decades of trial and error, a.k.a. experience. I started out my professional life as a photographer. I worked as a photojournalist and darkroom tech. I also shot portraits and weddings. Then I went to work in the corporate world as a software developer. After eight years in software engineering, I set out on my own to start my own business (January 1993). Since then, I've been running my own, humble, software/consulting business. I've been slowly morphing the business into a highly technical digital post-production operation, leveraging my deep understanding of digital imaging software algorithms, electronics, and photography/light/lenses, etc.

I've written a chroma-keyer that I packaged and sell as a Quicktime plug-in. I got started writing it because I was determined to find a way to pull a good key from low-chroma DV video. After years of working on the algorithms, I decided that someone else might find it useful.

I enjoy photography, shooting and editing movies on video, compositing video with computer generated graphics, etc. I know my way around Lightwave 3D, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, Sound Track, Photoshop, the GIMP, and a few more software packages. I have recently completed 3 music videos, from which I learned a great deal.

Drop me a line, if you'd like to collaborate. I have tools and talent and I learn fast.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Anyone nearby who would like to be involved in making movies as a form of creative expression.

My Blog

Operation Medicine Cabinet

Between all of my other projects, I finally finished the video for Operation Medicine Cabinet for the White Oak-New Riverkeeper.  Of course, "finished" is relative.  I could work on any production for...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:51:00 GMT

new video camera!

My shiny, new Canon XH A1 arrived today. I've had just enough time to browse the manual and get it setup. I'll have to report later on it's performance.The new studio building is getting closer to c...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:41:00 GMT

the aftermath of shooting 3 music videos

Well, I'm almost finished with 3 music videos, and I've learned a lot about what to do, what not to do, and how to plan for a music video. One this is for sure, you do NOT want to skip the planning p...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:08:00 GMT

Carolina Luv is done, onto the next project ...

You can see the final result of my efforts on the Carolina Luv music video by checking out my video section. There will always be things I want to improve on, but I must get on to editing the "Ride" ...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 20:32:00 GMT

Music video update ...

Well, I just uploaded another draft edit of "Carolina Luv" to my Myspace videos. Man, Myspace really butchers the quality, but I guess there isn't much I can do about that. I've still got a few edit...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 12:35:00 GMT

More music video rambling ...

Yesterday was our 2nd day of shooting on the "Ride" music video.I think this is the last music video I'm going to shoot for my portfolio. It's been an experience, and I've learned a lot about what no...
Posted by on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:14:00 GMT

more about the Carolina Luv music video

We did a video shoot at JWhos on Friday night (3/16). I've mostly been editing since then. I've also been playing with some ideas in Lightwave 3D. I went to JWhos again on Saturday night and shot a...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 18:27:00 GMT

Back to work after a busy weekend

We shot video on Saturday. It was our first shoot of 3, for the Carolina Luv music video (see KuntryBoyz on Myspace) for more details. We had a lot of support from the community. We got some nice ...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 22:22:00 GMT

Shooting today for Carolina Luv music video

Today is our first shoot for the "Carolina Luv" music video. Derek McCallister of KuntryBoyz Ent. is producing it. We'll be shooting outdoors today, and it looks like the weather is going to coopera...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 07:10:00 GMT

Doing it big

On February 18, I shot some photos of Ms. Jixx, one of my favorite models, while she was working on the set of a video shoot. The photos are here, for those who'd like to take a peek.At that shoot, I...
Posted by on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 10:33:00 GMT