Stephen Dirkes

  • Stephen Dirkes has written 6 posts for ScribeMedia.Org: The Business, Technology and Culture of Digital Media
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Shooting with Zylight Z90

Recently worked on set with photographer, Tal Shpantzer, shooting in a wide variety of environments, on a Canon 5d with 2 Zylight Z90 led lights.

Zylights were used shooting a scale model paper NYC city block. Size and temperature were important on the scale model paper set. The lights were mounted on both a small […]

Bogen Manfrotto Tripod Showcase

The Manfrotto 503HDV, 535K kit contains the 503HDV Manfrotto 503 Series Pro Fluid Head, the Manfrotto MPRO 535 Carbon Fiber 2-Stage Video Tripod, the Manfrotto 520BALL and the MBAG100P.

The Making of Bjork’s 3D Wanderlust

Video: Curious as to exactly how they shot Bjork’s new 3-D music video for “Wanderlust”, I spoke with Damijan Saccio, co-founder of UVPhactory the post production company for the project. From the initial creative brief from director’s “Encyclopedia Pictura” to production in Long Island City at Matthew Barney’s studio and the the challenges of 3-D post, Damijan walks us through the the production process step-by-step.

Ohm VJ Controller from Livid Instruments

Video: VJ gear guru Jay Smith, from Livid Instruments, came down to Scribemedia to show us his babies, Livid Instruments vj controller “Ohm” with “Union” VJ software.

Lo-Rez = Good for Me


China’s Synthetic Times

Zhang Ga discusses “Synthetic Times,” the largest New Media exhibition ever mounted in China.