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I write about things in the industry that interest and / or annoy me. The thoughts here are my own, and never necessarily represent the thoughts of any past / current / future employers.

Sharing History: Part II

Pursuant to our last conversation, an observation: the rigors of nearly any multi-disciplinary role are such that the brain – a brain, really, the type inclined to excel in a job like this – cannot help but sift through the torrent of information these jobs entail and retain nearly anything that m...

Sharing History, Part I

My touring baptism came about in the mid-aughts, when - I'm sorry - Olds were mostly running things, at least viewed through the chartreuse-tinted glasses of a newb. The world of country music might have been an outlier in this, or perhaps I was just getting picked up by longer-running acts which ha...

The Reality Triangle: Cheap

Part two of three in our series about the so-called Reality Triangle.

Budgets are fickle things. At times, it seems as though budgets expand to fit the gear required, and other times, the client will pick nits like some sort of nit-picker. "A parking pass for your crew members? Are you joking?" An...

You Have Failed Me For the Last Time, Nemescheck

Or, Render Options 2023

Some years ago, as I cast1 around for a rendering workflow that would be at once both inexpensive, and fast and quality (a trilemma that myself and endless others have commented upon) I found myself considering a veteran 3DCC suite: Cinema 4D, and I made the decision at t...