This advertisement ran in many 2005 issues of American Cinematographer magazine, as well as other industry magazines. I had asked Schneider to create a special filter I called the "Dual Grad" where there was a soft edge grad at the top as well as another soft edge grad at the bottom, with a sliver of clear in the middle. Well, not actually the middle, the clear portion is located one third of the distance from the edge, figuring you would rarely want to put your subject, in my case an automobi

Bill Bennett and crew shoot on the ground as Thom Cox shoots from the air. Dodge, Idaho, Summer 2001. Photo: Brad English

Here is a "blast from the past." This is me and my good friend Janice Kirk working on my first student film project, back in 1971 while I was attending Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas. I am holding a Nikon Ftn. We shot both stills and 16mm film for a "multi-media" project where the images were projected on the 5 exterior sides of a rear projection screen covered 8-foot cube, with the audience of 4 or so people seated on the interior carpeted floor.

This advertisement ran in the May 2004 issue of American Cinematographer magazine. It is a still of me shooting my lovely Russian friend Irina Voronina, for a short film I made utilizing the Thompson "Viper" FilmStream camera, as well as 35mm film cameras. In post, we blended the images from the Viper, along with the cross-processed color reversal film, as well as high-speed black and white infrared film. It was interesting using, on the same project, the latest "cutting edge" technology: t