DENNY PRODUCTIONS

I have been looking for a new set of lights that will cover a variety of different shooting situations and also provide portability when traveling by plane which I seem to be doing a lot lately. Features I needed in a lighting kit are: to be bright, compact, 5600k, able to attache soft boxes and cool to touch when powered down.  Also when doing interviews in small rooms or confined spaces tungsten lighting produces massive amounts of heat so I wanted another solution to this problem.  I own a Rifa kit with tungsten globes and they always seem to be breaking, blowing on me, the replacement cost of these globes are very expensive if  this happens… Read More

I was lucky to have a shoot up in the Kimberley region at a place called Kununurra.  The shoot was over four days on the Ord River with Graham Cahill (presenter) and a local fishing legend and owner of Ultimate Adventures in the area, Hairy Dog.  The purpose of the shoot was for Graham to catch the elusive barramundi and for me to capture the catch for an upcoming show. Having never been to Kununurra, I was surprised how green the landscape laid out over the rocky mountain tops that surround the town and was unaware that rice and other crops are harvested due to massive amounts of water  in the region and I mean massive.  I always had in… Read More

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This is the TVC I shot and edited for the Bundanoon is Brigadoon festival in the Southern highlands in NSW.   I shot this with my Sony EX1  in 720p/50p and down converted to SD 25p for TV.  All the graphics were compiled in Photoshop, edited with Motion and then brought into FCP.  Love using Motion I have to say.  If it is in your system as it should be with Final Cut Studio, give it a go, you will be surprised at how easy it is to use and it's great features.     This will air on Prime TV in the first two weeks of April and run 98 spots. Sorry about the low resolution, it seems Youtube has killed the compression on this standard definition… Read More

This time I have been shooting from Werribee in Victoria and ended up in South Australia my old stomping ground. The schedule was over ten days with around 1300 klms to travel and shooting three interviews per day with travel between towns on most days.  This is a good weight loss program shooting with a schedule like this. I was so lucky to be at the Mary Mackillop Interpretive Centre shooting an interview when her announcement was made.  To be there and to see how Mary lived, worked and inspired others is truly inspirational. I used my old sony F350 shooting in Standard definition to 23 gig disc's as the production required this in SD and… Read More

Here is part two of the Bundanoon is Brigadoon shot on my old trusty Sony EX1 @ 720p and edited on Final Cut on my Mac Book Pro. I did some grading with Magic Bullet Looks and the 3 color wheel in FCP. When I was shooting the sun was in and out of the clouds every few seconds and made this very hard to expose but this happens when shooting outside. I'm thinking of getting the new PMW 350 when it hits Sydney.