From the Edge With Peter Lik” premieres this Thursday 8/7c on The Weather Channel. And what better way to start things off than by taking on a volcano – and other challenges – on the Big Island of Hawai’i? Check out this clip for a taste of what you’ll experience on Friday night when the world finally gets to see… For more information, please check out Peter’s blog at: www.peterlickexposed.com
Legendary filmmaker, Godfrey Reggio, gets up close and personal with the Kessler Cineslider in New Orleans. Kessler shooter Tom Lowe recently served as 2nd Unit Director and 2nd Unit DP for the Louisiana portion of director Godfrey Reggio’s latest effort, “The Holy See.” It’s been about 10 years since Reggio’s last film, “Naqoyqatsi.” According to Tom, Godfrey is trying to, once again, reinvent the non-narrative film using new, innovative film making techniques. Godfrey Reggio and world-renowned composer
We were honored to find out that Need Creative has named Kessler the winner of the winter 2010-11 Triad Award. Here’s more from Need Creative: When I first encountered Kessler products, I was skeptical. I saw all the lavish praise being heaped on them from the likes of Philip Bloom, Ryan Connolly, Vincent Laforet and so on that I thought there was some kind of sponsorship going on and nothing else. One day, I was trying to use my cheap
Kessler will be enabling the ordering for the next batch of the Philip Bloom Pocket Dolly this coming Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011. To make things easier for everyone, we will have 2 releases: Release #1 (40 units) – Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011 @ 11:00AM EST Release #2 (40 units) – Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011 @ 9:00PM EST The ADD TO CART button will be enabled at the release time. If the button isn’t active, that means they’re all gone.
We heard from Sebastian Wiegärtner about a new Masterclass to be taught by himself, Philip Bloom and Nino Leitner. The class is scheduled for June 9th-12th, in Majorca, Spain. Cost for the class is EUR 999 (or £870) for early bookers until March 16th, 2011. After that, the regular price will be EUR 1.199 (£1.050). The special introductory price is limited to 10 participants only – first come, first serve. For more information, go to the website at www.film-masterclass.com  
Kessler is partnering with Zacuto at NAB 2011 and we have free passes for you. Simply go to the NAB website and use the code: LV0816 and list Zacuto as the referring company. Once there, be sure to swing by the Zacuto – Kessler Booth #
Contest Closed The entries are all in — let the judging begin in the Challenge sm short film contest. Here are some of the details: What a long list of discover entries. A big thanks to Kessler Crane and Planet5D for their support of our short film contest. It is amazing to see so many people embracing the challenge and such a diverse set of entries. We have some tough competition here and some great prizes up for grabs. As
On March 31, The Weather Channel will debut its new series “From the Edge” which features Peter Lik as he travels to some of the most beutiful and remote locations in search of perfect imagery. This is from Peter’s blog: Each week, viewers will see Peter visit a different location around the United States and its territories in search of landscape photos like they’ve never seen before. He’ll take on the elements, visit near-inaccessible places, and risk life and limb,
For those of you who have been wishing to get a full service class on how to get the best from your HDSLR camera, you’re in luck! Philip Bloom, filmmaker and DSLR trailblazer, is touring through 12 cities in the US on the Canon Filmmakers Live tour, sponsored in part by Kessler, with hands on workshops on how to get the best from not just DSLRs but also support gear and film production as a whole. The start of the
A Closer Look It’s always nice to have coverage by publications related to your industry, however, it’s a huge compliment to have publications outside of the industry cover your products simply because they are both innovative and well made. So we were delighted when the magazine Design World reached out to us to do a story about our products. If you’re not familiar with it, Design World is written by engineers who focus on news related to new and innovative
We just got this great video from Micha Schmidt, a shooter in Germany that had the awesome opportunity to attend the T-RECS event held at the Technical Museum in Dresden, Germany. The Dresden’s Technical Museum holds the history of film and media production within its halls, in addition to interactive exhibits that provide a more hands on experience. Check out the Kessler Crane interactive exhibit
For A Chance To Win a Kessler Crane Philip Bloom Pocket Dolly or 1 of 10 Rode Video Mic Pros! Philip Bloom is offering a chance to help the survivors of the Christ Church quake in New Zealand and win a Bloom signature series Pocket Dolly too. After the huge success is the last 10 Rode Video Mic Pro giveaway where you guys collectively raised over $25,000 for the Queensland Flood Appeal it makes sense to do another one this
We are very proud to be a part of Still Motion’s latest short film contest themed “Discover”. According to the Still Motion team, this is in recognition of discovering KesslerU. What this means to you: A chance to win a Kessler Cineslider a $1200 value! Deadline for entries is 1PM March 7, 2011. You can find all the rules for the contest here: http://stillmotionblog.com/short-contest-film-rules/ Here is an excerpt from Still Motion’s blog about the contest: stillmotion cares about education.
Aftermath of the shootings – covering the Arizona shootings for the Guardian Dan Chung sent us this piece where he describes the challenges of covering the Tuscon Tragedy. How do you cover the aftermath of an event as terrible as the Arizona shootings? In my time I’ve covered a lot of disasters and tragedies, but it really doesn’t make it any easier when the next one comes along. I had been covering the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas for
Philip Bloom and DSLR go together like peanut butter and jelly. Eric Kessler, owner of Kessler Crane, has just released the Philip Bloom Signature Series Pocket Dolly.
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