Blog Entries

2408 Converse St Studio Now Open

spook@boltproductions.com — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:00:00 +0100

With over a year of planning and construction, we are proud to announce that our new studio for rental is now open. This studio has over 40 feet of south facing windows. The hallmark of this studio is its wall of natural light. It features a full kitchen, wifi, stereo, 14 foot ceilings, dressing room, outdoor deck, production desk and make-up area. The main shooting area is over 2500 square ft. Take a look at the online gallery for more images

Canon HD-DSLR Presentation Notes

spook@boltproductions.com — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 06:00:00 +0100

Thanks to everyone who came out to our Video Production Day last week. We had a great turnout. As mentioned we are posting the video and audio power point notes in PDF form. Please use the following links to down load. Please be patient as they are rather large files. We will leave the links active until the end of the month.

Thanks

Spook

VIDEO NOTES

AUDIO NOTES

Jason Janik ASMP Review

spook@boltproductions.com — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 06:00:00 +0100

We had a great turnout for our ASMP event at the studio last night. For a great review of the action last night and to see some of the photos check out Jason's blog entry

http://janikphotography.blogspot.com/2010/06/profoto-asmp-event-was-blast.html

Events for June

spook@boltproductions.com — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 06:00:00 +0100

We have two great events coming up for the month of July. First we have the ASMP Profoto Live Studio Shoot on June 16th, 2010. The second event is our joint presentation, Canon HD-DSLR Video Production Day, with ProGear's Doug Sperling and Canon Pro Market Specialist Ed Meyers and Jerry Ward. These promise to be great events and the best part.....they are free. Registration is required for the Canon Video Day and seating is limited. Call me if you have questions.

Spook

Canon HD-DSLR Video Production Day

doug@progearrental.com — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:01:54 +0100

Canon HD-DSLR Video Production Day

Date: Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

Location: Bolt Productions, 1346 Chemical Street, Dallas, 75207

P 214-234-8423 F 214-234-8430

Free Admission although Registration Is Required

Download and then email the completed registration form to: spook@boltproductions.com

Seating is limited.

Now that you have your Canon 5D Mark2 and have been shooting some video clips it's time to start editing them together. You could use Apple's new iMovie 09 which handles the 5D Quicktime files very good, or opt to use Apple's pro solution, Final Cut Pro. If you have tried using FCP, you may have noticed that your 5D M2 files [...]

2009 Sinar Bron Imaging Regional Photo Competition

spook@boltproductions.com — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 06:00:00 +0100

2009 Sinar Bron Imaging Regional Photo Competition

We are pleased to announce the regional schedules for the Sinar Bron Imaging 2009 educational photo competitions. This competition will award prizes for exceptional photographic work created by current students of accredited photo institutions. Click here for details, and please share thi [...]

ASMP Event Video

chris_r@boltproductions.com — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 06:00:00 +0100

For all of those that made it out or for all of you that missed it. Here is a short 2 minute video of the day at Bolt Productions:

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For those that were unable to attend on Freb 28th, here is brief of what went down.

ASMP Dallas presented a Free Roundtable Forum on Professional Business Practices covering the following topics:
Cost of Doing Business
The Business Model
&nbs [...]

New Technique Discovered for building folder structure!

elliott@boltproductions.com — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 07:00:00 +0100

For those of us (photographers, techs, and other post production professionals) who have been looking for an easy and effective way of duplicating a folder template, here is a cheap and easy way. Lets say you have everything nice and organized around your raw images and would like for your jpegs or tiffs to match that structure but don't want to waste 10 minutes at the end of every shooting session to copy and paste your names.

Using Adobe's free DNG Converter, [...]

24" iMac now VESA mount compatible!

brian@boltproductions.com — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:00:00 +0100

Apple has released a new VESA adapter that allows the new 24" iMac and LED Cinema Display to be mounted to an articulated arm or bracket.

http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB902ZM/A?mco=MzE2OTkyOA

This is the first time an iMac has had this feature, and if you ask me, it's about time! Good move, Apple!! We've been mounting Cinema Displays to various arms, stands, and other devices for a couple of years here and the flexibility you gain is invaluable.& [...]

New PocketWizards Anounced

chris_r@boltproductions.com — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:00:00 +0100

PocketWizard anounced two new exciting products Watch a Video that explains how they work.

MiniTT1 Canon

The New Shape of Wireless Freedom. Built on the new ControlTL platform, the dedicated MiniTTI Transmitter with E-TTL II capability is the perfect on-camera PocketWizard solution for any Canon digital camera.

FlexTT5 Canon

The Most Versatile Pocket [...]

PDN Announces the 2009 30 Emerging Photographer

chris_r@boltproductions.com — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:00:00 +0100

Photo District News Magazine has just released their list of 30 New & Emerging Photographers to Watch. Check out the gallery of photographer here.

Apple Upgrades Mac Pro

chris_r@boltproductions.com — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:00:00 +0100

We haven't seen radical new upgrades on the Apple Mac Pro Tower in a while so it's nice to see some new upgrades. If you been putting off upgrading your tower, now is probably the time to take a serious look at pulling the trigger on some new hardware.

The Mac Pro has been updated with faster processors and a high-performance graphics card pre-installed. Apple a [...]

Bolt Intern turns Feature Photographer!

brian@boltproductions.com — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:00:00 +0100

Ashton Ray Hansen, formerly a Bolt Productions Intern and Dallas assistant, is the feature photographer in the March, 2009 issue of Fashion Models Magazine of Denver, CO.

Check out his interview and recent work at: http://www.fashionmodelsmagazine.com/

ASMP Business Seminar

spook@boltproductions.com — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 06:00:00 +0100

We had a great turnout on Saturday for the ASMP Business Practices Seminar. The presenters offered up great information about their personal careers and how they practice the business of photograhy. Todd Joyce gave a great presentation on bidding and estimating photo assignments. We look forward to more cool events in the future with ASMP!

The ASMP Dallas Board