Enter The Dojo
Filming On Site
Programs used include Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro, and Davinci Resolve.
Breaking Wind
4K Footage
Melting Point
Portrait of Metalworking
Programs used include Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, and Davinci Resolve.
Dance: Burlesque
Anamorphic Footage
Toguchi Furniture
Handcrafter: Attention To Detail
Programs used include Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, and Davinci Resolve.
Understanding Drift
An Immersive Training Video
To accomplish this, kinetic-typography (animated type triggered by audio cues) and engaging, simple graphics were used to help crystalize solutions to common problems in aerial survey; drift.
Programs used include Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro, Illustrator and Photoshop.
Playing With Anamorphic Lenses
Commonwealth Choir
“Pacers”
To fully capture the experience, five cameras were peppered throughout the radio station. The programs used to create this piece were Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro, and Photoshop.
Bumper Ad
Animation Triggered By Audio
Adobe After Effects and Photoshop were used to create this short ad bumper, along with Plexus 2 (a plugin available at AE scripts.com), in order to achieve the geometry.
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The History
James Powers spent his childhood creating and drawing flip-books. His old tools — sharpie markers, index cards and rubber bands — were later traded in for cameras, tripods and laptops. He still has shoeboxes busting at the seems with old flipbooks. If you ask nicely, he may show you some of his earlier work.
Interview: Preferred Camera Gear?
When they see a smaller DSLR camera, most automatically assume you’re a photographer and or that your choice of gear isn’t professional. It’s hilarious when guests at weddings say things like, “I guess the bride didn’t hire a videographer?”, when in fact they did; the shooter just chose to record on a video enabled DSLR camera.
The funniest part is most DSLR Camera’s today overpower larger dedicated video cameras, since DSLR’s offer larger sensors, better low-light quality and are easier to travel with. To answer the question, depending on the length you need to record for, DSLR cameras are the go-to choice.
James Powers
ACCOUNTABLE
Up for travel; James is no stranger to flying around the country and while averaging roughly 148 shoots per year, he has to be.
Should a project require travel, James has embraced picking the right piece of equipment for the job. By efficiently packing the right gear for the job, James can efficiently mobilize his creative operation to provide significant coverage for your project. But at the end of the day James Powers meets your demands and more importantly, he does what he says he is going to do.
Exceeds Project Demands
James Powers gives you the full business.
Desert Timelapse
Time-lapse photography is a tricky beast that demands patience. This quick time lapse was taken in the middle of an Arizona desert. The moon was half-full, making it difficult to see the Milky Way, however; it is partially visible.
Dallas Airport
This time lapse was taken from a hotel window overlooking the Dallas Fortworth Airport.
Raw Slider
After building an automated slider (a piece of equipment that moves the camera laterally along a rail), it was only natural to give it a test. This was shot in RAW format and allowed for a lot of latitude in post for color grading.
Alaska Timelapse
Taken at Beluga Point, Alaska, this video shows off Alaska’s scenery and fast moving weather.
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