The Spirit The Book

If there's one author whose work fills more of my shelves than Frank Miller, it's Mark Cotta Vaz. He's been writing for Cinefex since I've been reading it, and is responsible for such must-haves as Industrial Light & Magic: Into the Digital Realm, The Art of The Incredibles, and The Invisible Art: The Legends of Movie Matte Painting.

He takes the time to understand the unique aspects of a film's production, and The Spirit: The Movie Visual Companion is no exception. I feel privileged to have our work represented so faithfully and thoughtfully. If you want a window into both my day job and the creative mind of Frank Miller, along with some actual information on the filmmaking process and tons of gorgeous pictures, this is the book for you—although you may want to unwrap it Christmas morning after seeing the movie!

Creating The Spirit's Central City

Or see it bigger here.

I'm on TWiP

I was the guest on This Week in Photography podcast #42, where we geeked out about camera sensors and complained about the megapixel arms race.

If you're new to ProLost via TWiP, you can check out previous posts tagged with Photography. You might be particularly interested in my Lightroom 2 speed session, where I compacted six minutes of photo editing with the public beta (including lots of local adjustments) into a time-lapse screen capture.

I take tons of pictures for work, but mostly for the sheer pleasure of it. My flickr feed is here, and I update it often. Lately I've been posting older images that are suddenly of interest thanks to Lightroom 2.0's local adjustments.

My cameras include the Canon 5D with f/1.4 50mm and kit zoom and the venerable Panasonic LX2.

What happens in Vegas...

...will eventually show up on the internet. Apparently.

The dudes over at FreshDV have posted their follow-up interview with the panel members from the Redrock-sponsored Super Session. If you don't subscribe to their podcast, you should.

That means that everything I did at NAB this year that's of any interest at all has been posted on the web. Yep, that should about do it. All done.