David Tausik has worked in Hollywood for over 20 years as a director, producer and writer. He started his career working under Roger Corman. He is now preparing a feature he wrote and will be directing, to be set in Cuba. 1. You started quite young, and I am guessing that your first crews were [...]
Archive | July, 2010
5 Questions For: A New Series of Exclusive Interviews
I am very pleased to announce that tomorrow will begin a new series of short interviews that I hope will be a regular feature here. These will be industry people that are of interest to me, and hopefully to you. The series will be begin with David Tausik, Hollywood features director/writer and producer. David is [...]
David LaChapelle on Michael Jackson
The responsibilities of the photographer in a celebrity/magazine relationship is always a bit tricky. David LaChapelle makes these fascinating observations in Nowness, on the occasion of his upcoming Shafrazi show: What was the process like? Were you on set krumping or moonwalking? You know, I’m really not going to talk about the Michael Jackson pictures, [...]
Faye and Dharma in PDN Faces contest
Two of my favorite canines get their mention in PDN Faces contest this month. Thank you to PDN, and to the amazing people at the Missouri Humane Society. Related Posts:The ReelMaking a Lifestyle Documentary Film: Best Coast The Sun Was So HighHer Name is BetsyMovie stars, art buyers and the importance of dancing5 Questions for [...]
Our newest team member at DHS
Introducing Dan Chapman, AKA Dante. Dan is the newest member of the team here at DHS. Dan is working as a camera operator on all our motion projects, and helping out with post/media management. He comes to us from Orlando,Fl and Full Sail University. We love working with Dan, and we really love having a [...]
The future of publishing, where do we stand?
The future, or even the present of publishing, magazines and books, is changing, and rapidly. This is obvious. Where we are going, if you are a content maker, should be of great interest. It is to me. There are two very interesting and related items I have come across recently. The first is Rob’s excellent [...]
Pop Photo Interview
Here is a link to my interview in Pop Photo this month I am incredably excited to be part of this and deeply humbled that they chose me to be interviewed. What I really hope is that from this more people will be making movies. So many people are intimidated by the process, and it [...]
Silent Movie Love affair
Today we are working on the edit of the video for The Skateboard Diaries. The process is, we take a bunch of sub clips and dump them randomly into a FC time line so that we can start to get an idea of what they will feel like. Right away I am thinking about what [...]
Three un-secrets to learning Final Cut
In the most recent issue of Pop Photo, I am interviewed about how to make DSLR movies. One of the things that people have been asking me is how did I learn Final Cut? Truth be told, I found FC to be rather daunting when I first opened it. So what did I do? I [...]
The Great Card Reader Speed Race
I hate waiting, how about you? I want the fastest way possible to get my stuff into my machine so I can look at it. We have a few different card readers laying around the studio and decided to have card reader speed race. The basics: 4.25 gig video files, Mac Intel tower capturing into [...]
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.
