Here are a coupe of ways we use the Marshall. Sometimes I mount on the camera, in this case Robert clamped it onto the slider mount and I am using it to judge the speed of the tracking motion. I often use a Zacuto finder, but find with these sort of situations the Marshall works better for view while shooting. In the other image it is mounted next to the camera so that I can direct and also look at the image crop. Note the color strip on the side of then monitor. The Marshall does this really excellent false color exposure thing that is fantastic for judging exposure. It will also do a sharp line focus add screen, however I find that focus is better achieved with a Zacuto and 5x or 10x on the camera. If we are in studio, we always then take some footage, transcode to ProRes, and open up it up FC on the nice calibrated Eizo to see exactly what it looks like.
About
David Harry Stewart is a photographer and director. He comes from a small town in western New York. He started taking pictures at the age of 8, first with a plastic Kodak 126, then a Polaroid Swinger. He did his first national ad campaign at age 23, then moved on to Paris to work for fashion magazines. Returning to New York he has a successful and award winning career, working for magazines like Interview, GQ, Harper’s Bazaar, Esquire, New York Magazine, Time and The New York Times Magazine. Agency work includes Saatchi, Deutsch, BBDO, Leo Burnett, and Ogilivy, for clients such as American Express, Nike, Coke, Corona and Bank of America. Awards include Communication Arts, The Art Directors Club, Photo District News, The Living Photograph Motion Awards, and American Photography. He splits his time between Los Angeles and New York.
