http://www.jburas.com Photography & Cinematography Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:06:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been doing production stills for an independent feature film called The Happy Poet.  These are a few of my favorite shots so far. http://www.jburas.com/likemyjob/production-stills/ I've finally created another installment of my video blog.  This one has footage that spans August, September, and October.  I haven't been able to keep up with the project since I broke my little Nikon point-and-shoot camera in late March.  I haven't had a suitable replacement.  Of course I have ... http://www.jburas.com/likemyjob/return-of-the-video-blog/ http://www.jburas.com/film/video-blog/august-september-october/ As usual, The Austin Filmmakers have been meeting every week.  At our last meeting we watched a rough cut of Mr. One-Note, which looks very nice.  I plan to do the color correction once it's edited.  We need to shoot a few more pick-up shots, but nothing difficult. We've been experimenting ... http://www.jburas.com/likemyjob/networking/ One of my photos was featured in Austinist.  This wasn't the first time I've been featured on a Gothamist blog, and it's always an honor.  Thanks Austinist! http://www.jburas.com/likemyjob/austinist-photo-feature/ I sat with the director and editor of Mr. One-Note as the footage was being captured. I was happy with the way the film looks and am confident that we had good coverage. It's dim, but I intentionally shot that way to protect the highlights. I'm more ... http://www.jburas.com/likemyjob/mr-one-note-stills/ Brandon and Cherdon from Humblebee, who also worked on the shoot for "Mr. One-Note," called me last night to come play with their filmmaking gear.  After going through their inventory that spills across their condo, we grabbed a few toys and hit the town.  Armed with our still cameras, a ... http://www.jburas.com/likemyjob/out-in-austi/ We shot "Mr. One-Note" on Friday.  This was the second film to be produced by the Austin Filmmakers Meetup group.  (I was not involved in the first). It was written and directed by Reagan Peterson and produced by Mike Rembis.  It's a short, one-location comedy about two females fighting over ... http://www.jburas.com/likemyjob/mr-one-not/ For lack of any real work to do, I decided to take some free headshots.  They are essential for actors and models for getting jobs.  Headshots are a commodity that everybody wants to have but nobody wants to pay for.  I don't usually like to do headshots for free, but ... http://www.jburas.com/likemyjob/free-headshots/ After working through all the legal and financial paperwork, I've launched Expressionism Visual Media. Expressionism focuses on marketing materials for small businesses. This includes videos and photography. Now all I need is customers... http://www.jburas.com/likemyjob/expressionism-launch/ For the last few months I've progressively become more attached with a certain look that is warm and desaturated. It all started with this shot of my buddy Travis taken in Brooklyn: It was taken very late in the day at the golden hour, where the sunlight was very orange.  The light ... http://www.jburas.com/likemyjob/warmth-desaturation/