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Vimeo Video School – DSLR camera stabilization

by Lan Bui February 29, 2012
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Here is the second in the series of videos we were asked to do with Vimeo and Nikon!!! Lots of cool Zacuto stuff in it…

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Vimeo Video School – Beginner DSLR video tutorial

by Vu Bui February 14, 2012
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When Lan and I were contacted by Vimeo and Nikon to help with a short video tutorial series for beginner DSLR users, we thought the project sounded like a fun little time. Little did we know what they had in store. Vimeo has been producing their Video School videos for a little over a year [...]

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Teaser – Vimeo Video School: Do more with your DSLR

by Lan Bui February 8, 2012
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YAY!!! Finally we get to show a bit of what we did with Vimeo that Nikon sponsored!!! At the end of last year Nikon and Vimeo asked Vu and I to come to NYC and do some educational content for the Vimeo Video School… Well the first video coming is “Do more with your DSLR” [...]

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Closing thoughts on the Canon C300 – Late night chatter with Rodney Charters, Drew Gardner and Lan Bui part 3

by Lan Bui January 16, 2012
Closing thoughts on the Canon C300

Here we go, the last part of our chat… our closing thoughts on the C300 from New Year’s eve. Stay around for the Billingsgate video and a whole lot more about the Canon C300…

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Canon C300 – the ultimate low light test with Rodney Charters, Drew Gardner and Lan Bui

by Lan Bui January 3, 2012
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This video is what i will consider the ultimate low light test for the Canon C300. Rodney Charters, Drew Gardner and Lan Bui (me) spent New Year’s

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Canon C300 Day 2 – Discussing shooting with the C300, Canon DSLR vs C300?

by Lan Bui December 27, 2011
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Today I finally got the camera outside the house and shot some test shots with it. Here is Drew and I talking about the camera a little bit more and we talk about the Canon C300 vs DSLRs… is the Canon C300 just a glorified souped up DSLR? Is it worth all the fuss? Footage [...]

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Canon C300 Day 1 – Brief Physical Review

by Lan Bui December 24, 2011
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Drew Gardner and I have just received a Canon C300. This video is us discussing our first reactions to the camera. We review the size and weight of the Canon C300, the build quality, the buttons, the Canon C300 ‘foot’, battery compartment, audio inputs, LCD, handle, and review other Canon C300 parts too. It is [...]

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How to shoot stable iphone video – Zacuto Zgrip iPhone pro, cinema kit and JR

by Lan Bui January 14, 2011
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It is always a struggle to shoot with the iPhone and get stable video. There are some options out there but none of them seem to really get the job done right or they are always missing some features. If you have ever shot video with your iPhone, iPhone 3g, iPhone 3gs, iPod Touch or [...]

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Drew Gardner’s brown bag video series

by Lan Bui December 17, 2010
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Drew Gardner’s Brown Bag Video Series The above trailer is an introduction to Drew Gardners behind the photo series that has been named by Strobist blog “Drew Gardner’s Brown Bag Video Series”. Vu and I had the great opportunity to do all of the production work for this video series. We were hired by Drew [...]

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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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PhotoCine Expo 2010 | The Bui Brothers on Making Money with Viral Videos

by Erica Hampton November 16, 2010
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It’s been a little bit since Lan and Vu spoke at the PhotoCine Expo 2010. There was a great turnout and over the past several weeks there have been several requests for the presentation. We would like to take this chance to share it with you. If you click here you can download the presentation [...]

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SXSW 2010 DSLR Gear Presentation

by Lan Bui April 24, 2010
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At SXSW Interactive Vu and I gave a presentation about what DSLR gear we use and recommend using. We were very happy when Kent Nichols asked us to participate in the DSLR 3 part workshop SXSWi 2010. We were

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How to – Canon T2i with EOS Movie Plugin-E1 Final Cut Pro

by Lan Bui March 21, 2010
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Ads A few days ago Canon released the EOS Movie Plugin-E1 for Final Cut Pro (download it here). It is very exciting for all of us using the Canon DSLRs and Final Cut Pro. We (Vu and I) mostly use the Canon 5D mark II and Canon 7D for our videos…

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Sarah Atwood Photos

by Lan Bui May 18, 2009

Vu and I had been waiting for just about a year to do photos for Sarah Atwood. I think the wait was well worth it, everything came out awesome. . . . If you would like to see a few more proper headshots of Sarah take a look at Los Angeles headshots of Sarah Atwood [...]

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TWITTER PART 2 – AND ITUNES GIVEAWAY

by Lan Bui August 21, 2008

This is a super short post to follow up the last one, it announces our iTunes gift card winner, Katie Beverly… and also gives a final thought (for now) on Twitter.   Here’s Katie, follow her on Twitter!   We could have done another long tutorial, but the offerings out there are changing so fast that [...]

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TWITTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS – PART 1

by Lan Bui May 7, 2008

UPDATE: The TRACK feature is currently disabled by Twitter. We hope they bring it back soon!!! (scroll down for iTunes gift card giveaway info) This long (11 minutes) video was made for our photographer friends who are just now getting into Twitter. It’s the longest video we’ve ever made… and is only part 1 of [...]

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