Photographers | Cinematographers - The Bui Brothers - Part 3

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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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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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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Dropbox will change the way you deliver files

by Vu Bui January 12, 2011

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Dropbox might change your life. Dramatic enough? It’s true, though. Before Dropbox I had a terrible time trying to deliver large files to clients or back and forth with Lan or Erica without using services that required zipping or that didn’t look professional. Enter Dropbox. It’s a file sharing service that doesn’t look or work [...]

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Square vs GoPayment – squareup.com vs gopayment.com

by Lan Bui January 10, 2011

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415-375-3176 UPDATE 9-21-11: We have gotten MANY phone calls on our cell phones from customers needing support for their Square service. People somehow don’t realize that we are NOT Square, and they are truly desperate to contact them, so it seems they will call any number they think MIGHT get them to Square. Square stopped [...]

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The coolest way to have your Facebook profile photo

by Lan Bui January 9, 2011

Update: There is a way to do it AUTOMATICALLY!!! (Vu just told me) Photojojo did a post here. Here is the Pic Scatter Facebook app to do it automatically. I just got friended on Facebook by Tariq Elmeri and saw his awesome Facebook profile photo layout. I had to know how he made his Facebook [...]

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CES from the tradeshow floor

by Vu Bui January 7, 2011

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It’s day 2 here at CES… and we leave today. Sadly, though I have really enjoyed my time here in ways I’ll discuss below, I have to say I’ve been overwhelmingly underwhelmed. That sounded dumb, but it really accurately describes what I feel right now, sitting on the tradeshow floor.

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Blogging at NBC Universal’s The Hub at CES 2011

by Lan Bui January 7, 2011

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Vu and I got asked to come in to the NBC Universal booth at CES 2011 to blog! Anthony Quintano (@anthonyquintano) saw us at the CES 2011 show and asked us to come back to join in! We also saw that CC Chapman here yesterday too! Next to us right now here in The Hub [...]

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CES 2011 Day 0 – Booking a last minute hotel

by Lan Bui January 5, 2011

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Vu and I got booked for CES 2011 at the last minute. So off to book a hotel… everyone said the cheap hotels were $350+ and that none would even be available… so… here we are. Day 0 at CES 2011 Las Vegas.

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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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Brianne Davis photos – Brianne Davis photo shoot

by Lan Bui December 16, 2010

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A few weeks ago Brianne Davis came over with her makeup artist, Violeta and we had a really great portrait session. This was such a simple photo shoot, but Brianne is so easy to work with and I think we got a great range of images.

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IN[FOCUS] 2011 in New Orleans (and a photo lighting workshop)

by Vu Bui December 15, 2010

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IN[FOCUS] event When Chris Jones of the IN[FOCUS] conference contacted us about speaking at the conference we were coming up on our first New Orleans trip ever. PartnerCon was coming up and we’d be speaking there, and we were pretty excited. Even though we could unfortunately only be in New Orleans for 2 days, it’s [...]

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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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Black Friday Photog Retreat sale

by Lan Bui November 26, 2010

I just sent an email out to our newsletter subscribers because I got such a big response to the last email I sent out… the email I sent basically had my final thoughts on like mindedness. I ended that email talking about a retreat I went to last year… the Photog Retreat. I was a [...]

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Like Minded People?

by Lan Bui November 20, 2010

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The Survey The other day I emailed our newsletter subscribers (sign up here to get in on the conversation) because I was thinking about like minded people and what it means to others… here is a copy of the email: I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately… why do we always get such a [...]

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Official The Beatles on iTunes!!!

by Lan Bui November 16, 2010

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this post contains affiliate links The Beatles, the band that changed everything, now on iTunes! Ok, so I don’t know all the details on why they were never on iTunes but im very glad that The Beatles are now on iTunes!!! I remember searching iTunes for The Beatles a few years ago when I first [...]

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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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