Qualifications and Experience Matter

My love of audio recording and 35mm film cameras goes back to the early ’70s. This experience, combined with any training that might apply, gives me an advantage in producing a very nice finished audio and or video product.

I dabbled in photography on and off through the 70’s to 90’s but didn’t really get into it until the digital age. I tried actually developing film back in the late 70’s but didn’t have the patience for it and I just couldn’t get past having to wait two weeks, at a minimum, to have pictures developed. Same applied for 8mm cameras that I borrowed once in a while. The one hour developers made it a little more interesting for photography but still not enough. My first digital had 2 mega pixels and I thought that was amazing.

With digital, I could take the camera back home and see the pictures on the computer ‘right away’. They didn’t have screens on the cameras back then unless you spent big money. These days the equipment and processing software is amazing. There is a large learning curve for many applications but the end product is incredible.

I’ve also always loved audio recording and that too goes back to the early ’70s. Cutting tape to edit and working with a half track reel to reels, bouncing tracks as I went. With todays software and non-destructive editing, I’m in heaven. It gives the opportunity to try various editing approaches while still maintaining the integrity and the original version of each track.

Past & Current Film Equipment:

Past:

Yashica 35mm, old hand-me-down that was VERY well used before I ever got it, Several other beater 35mm’s and A brand new Minolta X700 35mm for BIG money at the time.

Several beater digtials ranging from a no name 2mpx to a samsung 8mpx, Canon 170 digital, Sony A300 Digital.

Current:

My Sony NEX 5N (currently 2 of them) and my first exposure to good quality digital video and photography and still my go to gear. My love was reborn.

Past & Current Audio Equipment

Past:

A ‘High end’ 8track console recorder, Various open reel tape recorders, Various cassette recorders/ Fostex 4 track cassette recorder.

Current:

A Tascam 788 8 channel digital recorder; several Mackie Mix 8 boards; various dynamic/lavalier/condenser microphones and stands. Zoom H1, H2, H2N, H4 & H4N digital audio recorders with both on-board and options for external microphones, and of coarse: THE COMPUTER!

Life moves on.