Bloodmoon
Tonight, there was a rare "blood moon" in the sky, so I decided to grab my camera and stay up late to catch it. I had to run inside a couple of times to check on a video render I had running, but I still...
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15
April
Author: douglaskoke
NAMLO International
Last night, I had the great pleasure of shooting video and taking candid photos at a fundraising event for NAMLO International, a charitable advocacy group that works to end poverty and gender inequality in Nepal, and Nicaragua. If you have a chance, I highly recommend...
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30
March
BTS | Photohispana Fashion Shoot
I had an AWESOME time yesterday, filming behind-the-scenes footage for a fashion shoot at Denver’s beautiful Parkside Mansion for PhotoHispana. The video you see above is a *very* quick edit of a few segments I shot with a technique that's sometimes called "shoot-move-shoot", with is much...
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24
March
Gear Update | Canon C100
I’m very happy to announce that I’ve added a new production camera to the collection for film and video projects! Earlier this week, I pulled the trigger on a new Canon C-100. It arrived in the mail today, and I couldn’t help myself; I had to...
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27
February
New Client | McGough Legal
I’m thrilled to add McGough Legal as a new branding and web-design client! Robert McGough is a skilled attorney and counselor who recently left a successful career litigating for larger firms to start his own practice. In that effort, he’s hired me to develop the branding,...
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14
November
Manufacturing Marvels
Yesterday, I was hired to shoot video for “Manufacturing Marvels”, a recurring news segment on Fox Business Channel that features production facilities and technology companies across the country. I was assigned to cover the Schlage hardware manufacturing plant just outside Colorado Springs. It was pretty...
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15
October
Get To Dah Choppah!
Experimenting a bit with the Element 3D plugin for After Effects — putting together some proof-of-concept clips for a short film project I have in mind. In the first pass of the video below, I was trying to emulate shaky, handheld, war photographer footage. The second...
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20
May
Location Scouting
I hit the road on Sunday, and again on Monday, looking for locations to a few photo sessions, as well as some personal work I’d like to pursue this summer. For what I had/have in mind, I wanted to find a few abandoned farmsteads, and a...
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14
May
Location Scouting | Boulder
Took a short trip this afternoon to scout locations for a couple of upcoming photo shoots. Think I found at least one winner! Really excited to head back tomorrow with my model! ...
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06
May
City Lights
Cabin Fever set in this weekend, so I hopped in the car and snapped a couple of quick photos on Lookout Mountain, near Golden, Colorado. Along with my trusty Canon 5D Mark III, I brought a very nice Zeiss 50mm f/2 Makro-Planar lens I had...
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16
February