Chinatown Day 1

This week I am shooting around Chinatown so if you see a stunningly good looking dude holding a camera...I am the awkward short guy shooting behind him. This first stuff is all shot using my 80-200mm zoom lens. Stability with this camera is really rough. So I am tricking out my rig to stabilize it a bit.

Chinatown 1 from Nick Castaneda on Vimeo.



Chinatown 2 from Nick Castaneda on Vimeo.

Bedford Ave and Leftovers

So time to clean out the clip closet since from now on I am going to try to choose a Theme and shoot around that idea. But this week I was still trying to become comfortable with the camera.

Up first is a shot I took on Lexington Ave near 28th St. The focus pulling still leaves a great deal to be desired.

Indian Restuarant Taxi from Nick Castaneda on Vimeo.

Next up I have two shots I took from the Bagelsmith on Bedford Ave in Hipstercentral Williamsburg Brooklyn.

Bedford Ave. #1 from Nick Castaneda on Vimeo.


Bedford Ave. #2 from Nick Castaneda on Vimeo.

Laundry and Dinosaurs

This morning we shot an interesting project for the History Channel Called Predator X. The Paleontologist Dr. Jorn Hurum that discovered the animal was in the studio with a fossil of the back of the skull.

Here is the actual clip on AM Northwest Live in Portland.

http://www.katu.com/amnw/segments/41854962.html

Last night I was shooting a local laundromat. I felt a bit like a stalker but I came back with some really pretty stuff. It took me a week but I think I have finally figured out how to lock in the exposure so not flicker this time.

Laundry Night from Street from Nick Castaneda on Vimeo.

John Rich and Prime Lenses

So we spent this morning with country music star John Rich. Apparently he is in a group called Big & Rich I don’t listen to country music so I had no clue who this guy was. That being said he was pretty darn funny and relatively well informed.

Attached is a link to the actual shot on CNN.com. When comparing the actual CNN clip and the HD still you totally get an interesting before and after.

Also last night I was shooting around town with the D90 and some prime lenses. Nice Rack!!!

50th St Church from Nick Castaneda on Vimeo.

Grand Central and Jerry Oconnell

So I have two shoots to post today. This morning I shot something for LIFETIME with Jerry Oconnell of Sliders and Stand By Me fame. He was super nice and we had a lot of fun.



I also have a random shot I took for some B-Roll outside Grand Central. I used my zoom lense on this 80-200mm Nikor. The camera needs a more substantial tripod when shooting with the big lens.


Grand Central from Nick Castaneda on Vimeo.

Greek

So today we shot some promos and stuff for the ABC Family show Greek with Jesse McCartney. Easy standard setup. I know this kind of breaks the rules of a video shot a day but technical this is a shot...as always no photoshop just lights.

Taxi Guy

All right this is kind of half ass because this was actually discarded from another day but because I was actually shooting something today...I didn't have time to shoot anything new. This was shot with the D90 and a 80-200mm lens. When using the D90 as a video camera the center of gravity is a little weird so its going to take a while to get use to stabilizing the camera when zooming.

Taxi Guy from Nick Castaneda on Vimeo.