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Memory Bank : Brigitte Dale Photos

by Erica Hampton April 12, 2011
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This weeks Memory Bank is one of the many Bui Brothers shoots with Brigette Dale. How can you not love her! She’s beautiful, funny, smart and super fun! Check out her blogto see what she’s been up to and keep up with her latest projects. I also follow her on twitter, @brigittedale, because her tweets [...]

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Upcomming SXSW panel : Cinematic Production with DSLRs

by Erica Hampton March 14, 2011
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UPDATE!!! You can download the talk here: The Bui Brothers DSLR cheatsheet and Cinematic Production workflow Lan and Vu’s SXSW panel is tomorrow, Tuesday March 15, at SXSW. This workshop will go over a complete workflow for DSLR shooters. If you’re here come by and check it out and leave with the knowledge and tools [...]

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L.A. SMUG FEB 2011 Meeting – How to get started shooting video with your DSLR

by Erica Hampton February 5, 2011
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Photo by DMS Video Productions Lan and Vu just got back from the 4 day IN[Focus] event in New Orleans. There was lots of fun going on, awesome workshops and lots of jumbalaya to be eaten. If you missed the In[Focus] fun don’t worry, on February 11 Lan and Vu will be speaking at the [...]

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Same Day Edit Wedding Video – Laura and Sasha

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I was asked to shoot a wedding fusion video for Laura and Sasha this past weekend. It was a really beautiful wedding, Laura and Sasha were so fun to work with. Jesi Haack wedding planners made the day go perfectly and Mark Brooke from Mark Brooke Photographers took the awesome still photographs you’ll see in [...]

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Polaroid GL30 at CES 2011 – New Polaroid Grey Label

by Erica Hampton January 14, 2011
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The biggest reveal at CES, at least if you’re measuring in crowd size, had to be the Polaroid Grey Label reveal. I waited patiently for 2 hours plus an extra 45 minutes, standing in the same spot as the crowd grew and pushed in. I was excited and still am to see the new Polaroid. [...]

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Camtrol Stabilizers at CES 2011

by Erica Hampton January 14, 2011
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We caught up with Camtrol at CES 2011. Camtrol makes some amazing camera stabilizers for not only large DSLR cameras but smaller cameras and camcorders as well. There are two rigs, the Prime and the Grand. There are also accessories for each that can customize for an iPhone or other comparable pieces. The Camtrol rigs [...]

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Satarii Star auto following camera mount at CES 2011

by Erica Hampton January 14, 2011
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The Satarii Star is a camera mounting device for iPhones or other such small devices that automatically tracks and follows your movements. This means you can video or photograph yourself without assistance, no more awkwardly asking for assistance from strangers or waiting for friends to help out. It’s small, portable and can mount an iPhone [...]

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Fuji Finepix W3 3D consumer camera at CES 2011

by Erica Hampton January 14, 2011
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There was no shortage of new 3D gadgets at CES 2011, but one of the most exciting is the Fuji Finepix W3 3D camera. This little camera has 2 lenses and 2 sensors that can be used independently, which essentially means you can shoot 2 different exposures and focal lengths simultaneously. The LCD displays your [...]

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Drew Gardner Zebra Photo – Epic Fashion BTS video

by Lan Bui December 2, 2010
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What an amazing experience… a photo shoot with an awesome model, a fantastic trip to UK and now one of the best videos we have ever made!

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Post Teradek HD-SLR OC Skatepark Meetup

by Erica Hampton November 12, 2010
Teradek DSLR Meetup

If you were following us twitter then I’m sure you heard about last nights big DSLR Teradek meet-up at the Volcom skate park in Costa Mesa. Thanks to everyone who made it out! The turnout was amazing and we had such a great time checking out some great new gear from Camtrol and Marshall Electronics [...]

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Teaser for Drew Gardners Epic Fashion zebra photo shoot

by Lan Bui November 8, 2010
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I’m not going to say much about this video… just that Drew Gardner had Vu and I shoot a promo for his photo shoot in the UK. We had a great time and can’t wait to release the full video, which will be happening soon. Well… I’ll also say… I’ve had a chance to see [...]

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Maurissa Tancharoen photos – Maurissa Tancharoen Photo Shoot

by Lan Bui November 4, 2010
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Music by: Jed Whedon and the Willing (Buy the album, it is really good!) A few months ago we did a photo shoot of the the lovely Maurissa Tancharoen. Maurissa is a mega talented television writer, singer, actress and lyricist. You may know her from Emmy award winning Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog where she was [...]

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Rodney Charters photos – Portraits of Rodney Charters

by Erica Hampton November 1, 2010
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Original Music: Paul Dateh Make Up: Jamie Blair Lan and Vu met cinematographer/director Rodney Charters about 1 year ago and have since become good friends. Rodney recently needed some new head shots and promo video for the launch of his new website. It took a mere 3 months before their schedules were able to coincide [...]

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The Streamy Awards 2010

by Lan Bui April 20, 2010
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There has been so much talk about the Streamy Awards 2010 this year. Our experience of the awards show was magically unique because we were hidden away with one goal… to document the event with photographs. This is our version of motion portraits for the award winners and presenters. We knew nothing outside of our [...]

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Kabloom Studios Photographer’s Promo

by Vu Bui April 21, 2009

Khara Plicanic of Kabloom Studios contacted us about shooting a promo video for her some time last summer, starting the conversation… of course… via Twitter DM. Remember when you had to actually pick up a phone or even drive down to their shop to hire someone for something? Anyhow… she is super cool and fun [...]

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Gabriel Ryan Photographers 2008 Teaser 2

by Vu Bui November 17, 2008

This is the second teaser for Gabriel and Carlie’s new video suite, set to release within the next few weeks in conjunction with their new website. This video was shot in Hawaii, and is our second example of 3D text living in a motion video world. For those of you who watch TV, you can [...]

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The Boudoir Divas Workshop Promo

by Vu Bui November 13, 2008

The Boudoir Divas, Kimberlee West and Marissa Boucher, are an amazing photography duo based in San Diego who teach boudoir photography to both aspiring and experienced photographers. Lan and I met with them a few months back and we instantly connected with their vision to educate and work with other photographers. They will be offering [...]

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Gabriel Ryan Photographers 2008 Teaser 1

by Vu Bui November 10, 2008

When Gabriel and Carlie told us they wanted to make the promo video to end all promo videos, we were totally excited. Their work is fantastic and we love working with people we can really connect with and work creatively together. This is a little preview of things to come. Very soon. Sign up here [...]

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Shoot The Sh!t with Jessica Claire – New York City!!!

by Lan Bui November 9, 2008

We, Lan Bui and Vu Bui (The Bui Brothers), were hired to fly out to New York City to shoot another episode of Shoot The Sh!t with Jessica Claire. This is a comedic series of videos we made for The [ b ] School Blog that has been very popular. Jessica Claire is so awesome [...]

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THE BOUDOIR DIVAS VEGAS PROMO

by Lan Bui September 19, 2008

A few weeks ago Vu and I had the pleasure of shooting some amazing things for Kimberlee West and Marissa Boucher… known together to the world as The Boudoir Divas. We can’t tell you much about what we were shooting, but here is a short promo video we put together for them with some of the extra footage [...]

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