Dane Pedersen

WANDRD PRVKE 21L In-Depth Review

An in-depth look at the WANDRD PRVKE 21L camera backpack.

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Bobby Lauritson

5 Questions to Ask Before Paying for a New Video

The world is telling you that your business NEEDS to be producing video. While they might be right, we think there are important questions to ask before spending money on such an endeavor.

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Dane Pedersen

Your Camera is Stupid

Our in-house photographer reminds us that our cameras are tools, not something that can do the thinking for us.

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Dane Pedersen

Sarah Nelson's Earth Day Vision

A special Earth Day local spotlight detailing the artwork of St. Paul visual artist, Sarah Nelson. 

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Dane Pedersen

Don't Tether in Lightroom When Capture One Exists

For as long as we've edited photographic imagery, we've settled in programs like Aperture (RIP) and Lightroom. For the most part, the power they've provided has been more than sufficient. However, there's been a few projects we've worked on recently that required a tethering solution. Lightroom has the capability to tether, but every time we tried it was riddled with disconnections, was VERY slow to transfer, and all around a frustrating experience. 

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Dane Pedersen

Project Workflow in Final Cut Pro X

Over the years, we've done a lot of digging for the best way do our post-shoot video work as a team. As we detailed in another post, we've elected to use FCPX for a number of reasons. Here's a relatively detailed look at what our process looks like from shoot to archive.

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Dane Pedersen

5 Reasons We Still Use FCPX Over Premiere

Aside from AVID, we've used all non-linear editors pretty intensively, and have landed our metaphorical plane in the FCPX airfield. We really love it for our needs, maybe you would too. Let me make our case.

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Dane Pedersen

Ben Smith Didn't Just Show Up and Win

Using found footage of his days training in the garage, his first Crossfit Games, and when he steps to the 1st place podium, we knit a video together that we're proud of, and think did Ben some justice for all of his hard work.

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Dane Pedersen

Chasing the Horizon with Heath Focht

See and hear the vision of HFC from it's founder, Heath Folcht. It's special.

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Dane Pedersen

Art House North's Busy Year

After capturing event footage for the entire year of 2018, we were finally at a point to piece something fun together for our friends at Art House North.

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Dane Pedersen

Mariners Spring Training

Video teaser of MLB spring training in Phoenix AZ.

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Dane Pedersen

Sara Groves' Traveler

Sara and Ruby Groves sing some sweetness to the instrumentation of Aaron Fabrini and John Mark Nelson.

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