After relentlessly searching the internet trying to find one of these rarities, an Iscorama 36 Anamorphic lens finally came in the mail. I opened up the box just about three hours ago, and here is some test footage for you guys.

These lenses where originally made for 35mm still photography, but failed to find a place in the market. Now with the new wave of DSLR cinematography, these lenses have been rediscovered.

I’m very excited that I found one and will be shooting a few upcoming projects on it.

If you are wondering how it works, simply research anamorphic lenses, but in short, it optically squeezes more image across onto the image. In camera, it looks squished. When you unsqeeze it in editing, it gives you a wider image than with normal lenses. It also creates some really cool light flares (watch the new StarTrek).

I got the chance to film at Grace Fellowship Church’s awesome Christmas Eve extravaganza. Aaron Keyes among other talented worship leaders–including a rather large children’s choir–where in attendance. Had a really great time. I think around 8,000 other people did too.

I recently passed through HD production class at Full Sail. This is the 30 minute TV Japanese-style variety show that was a result. I created all the graphics for it. I was also one of the camera operators during the production.

The graphics were made in Cinema4D and composited with the text in After Effects.

Sorry for the jittery frames. The computer that saved it was glitching out.

Please pardon our dust. We are completely changing up the website design these days. So… it’s a bit sloppy. Leave a comment if you like the new layout.

Ballyhoo performed at the Social last Saturday night. Had a great time shooting them. Great music too. Check’em out.