My production company, David Albright Media, is the Video Partner for the Seattle Storm WNBA Team. We produce all of their videos, ranging from in-arena entertainment to marketing videos to viral web videos.
Smells Like Money is an oral history documentary that I produced, shot and edited about the controversial pulp mill on Bellingham's waterfront. It won a Silver Telly Award, and an Award of Excellence from the Videographer Awards. It is currently for sale at Village Books in Bellingham.
A blog about videos shot in, set in, or about Seattle.
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Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at 5:21PM My first stab at the ubiquitous iphone app demo video, for AllRecipes.com's Dinner Spinner Pro App. I shot in 1080p and then edited in SD anamorphic, so I was able to zoom in on parts of the frame without losing any quality, helped out a lot in editing.
There's also a 5 minute version, if you just can't get enough Dinner Spinner Pro.
Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 5:55PM I just got a youtube message bringing to my attention the fact that Bellingham is considering partially lifting it's ban on Big Box stores. I think it'd be too bad if they reversed themselves so quickly after creating the ban, but at least it wouldn't be lifted without conditions. I made this video in 2007 when the ban was first put in place, but wanted to re-surface it now that the topic is up for debate again... I was doing videography for the city council meetings on BTV10 at the time so I watched the whole debate unfold in excrutiating detail. Believe it or not I actually found that job really interesting (most of the time) and would jump at the chance to do it again... call me Seattle Channel!
Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 4:14PM Kung Fu Joe, a feature film I co-edited and helped shoot a couple years ago is finally available on DVD! It was directed by Glen Berry, the head of the NW Film School in Bellingham (which I attended). We shot the movie in about 2 weeks back in '08, at various locations around Bellingham. I was assistant camera on the shoot, and then edited it along with Glen.
KFJ is an action comedy that's chock full of references to classic movies. I'll be honest... I don't think I've seen a lot of the movies that it references, but it's funny anyways. So if you're a film buff, or just want to support local filmmaking... check out KUNG FU JOE!
Friday, January 29, 2010 at 4:40PM Shot and edited this video about Gabriel Campanario, AKA Seattle Sketcher for CHS.
Got a great response from the video, but the best part of the whole thing, for me anyways... was that I'm in Gabriel's sketch!
Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 5:26PM Saw Justin (CHS Publisher) post a tweet about this I Love My Bike photo session at around 2pm on Friday. I was down there shooting by 3, back home editing by 5, and had the video published by later that evening. One thing I'm trying to get better at is being able to throw videos like this together quickly, which is necessary for journalism, and also to lower the cost for the many small businesses that are starting to produce video.
It's definitely a bit harder with my EX1 to just run out and start shooting than it was with my Panasonic DVX. Focus and exposure both take a bit longer to get just right than with the DVX. But I've found that with HD, color correcting seems to be much more forgiving. In a couple of shots here I thought the sky was totally blown out, but after color correction I was able to bring back some of the detail and even a bit of color. With the DVX footage, if it looked blown out it was blown out, there was usually no salvaging it.
I also now know to be more careful about the shotgun mic dipping into the shot when using the wide angle lens. duh.