Yaum's Photo Diary

Did interview 3 of the week with mom today. I changed up the lighting and some of the mic stuff. Overall I think these things have been a g...

Over the last while I have been buying several portable used 1080p recorders. Been able to get these cool little units on the cheap, $25-$3...

Spent the morning playing on Premiere Pro CS6. This program can be frustrating at times when your brand new to it as I am but gosh is it fu...

Picked up some necessary filters for the Canon lens. Got me 2-77mm UV filters and a Polaroid variable ND (Neutral Density) filter along wit...

“It’s all hard. It’s hard making art. It never gets easier, I think I’m the kind of guy who figures it out as he goes along.”

Gosh I spent more money yet again. Hope I did the right thing but I found this deal online today, could not resist it. The fellow selling i...

To do this film all ME, MYSELF and I. I will need to become a mini expert at countless tasks. I counted the people involved in the 'S...

I found out one thing I hate about editing, syncing audio to the video. My audio and video files are recorded separately (for quality reaso...

Had another good email exchange with my friend Lorne, here it is. We discussed the important doc film "Shoah" and some other stuf...

With all the rejections I get for the families dump photographs it is nice to get a positive note now and again. Today I received such a no...

Worked learning film making last night. Did maybe 1 hour or so of talking head interviews with mom. Had her hooked up to 2 mics (Shotgun an...

Perseverance has finally paid off. I now have the picture profile Technicolor CINESTYLE added to both my Canon 5D Mark 2 and Mark 3. Adding...

I do not really own a good monopod (have one ancient cheap one) so I bought a nice one today. I got a "Sirui P-424S monopod from China...

Had my wild and wacky photo thought of the day just a few minutes ago. If I do an extended 6 month trip to Asia what about taking my 8x10 M...

Watching a good documentary on people trafficking in Cambodia. The film is an eye opener, it is less gimmick and more humanity. I want to t...

I have been thinking of my computer and its capabilities lately. With a possible 6 month trip on the horizon and with such an important pro...

Last night I learned of a cheap used 1080p camera on eBay called the Kodak Zi8. It seems like a very simple tool to operate and costs only ...

I bought a adapter ring allowing C mount lens to be used with the micro four thirds Black Magic Pocket Camera mount. Today I bought the fir...

I might face some rain in Thai when I am there. Got these cheapo emergency bag set ups for that situation. Might use it with the DSLR or th...

Happy New Year World!! Tonight I am at work here in Canada, in my security guardhouse watching the Montreal Canadians and Pittsburgh Pengui...

Bought a  hand held "Stabilizer Camera Motion Steadicam" (quite a name) tonight. This unit is one of those cheapo things coming ...

"What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, but loses his soul?"

What if I not only included my b/w photos in the movie but also shot the movie in color and then converted it to B/W in post! The entire fi...

Right now the 6 month trip looks like a real possibility. With the optimism I feel I thought I would make up my first projected gear list f...

I had a documentary film idea driving to work today. What if I follow the life of one family in the dump? I know of a large family group th...

I decided to upgrade my HP EliteBook laptop. I bought 16GB of RAM, 2 x 8GB sticks, the cost was $96 USD including shipping. I also bought a...

I thought my spending was over for this movie project but as per usual I found something else to buy. I decided to get me a Black Magic Poc...

I am trying for a 6 month LEAVE from work to make the documentary dump film. Am not sure what will happen as of yet, mulitple people have t...

I got my HP EliteBook computer today! With a ton of great software in it. The system is in near mint condition, it looks like it will be a ...

Dreamt of dad again last night. I do not remember much of the dream. I do remember one part thou, in that section I told dad that I would d...

I learned more about this amazing man yesterday, Father Maximilian Maria Kolbe. A man of honor and integrity who committed the ultimate se...

Found this quote in the Spike Lee documentary "4 Little Girls". This documentary tells the stofy of 4 young children killed in Bi...

“We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the firs...

"Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint you can at it."

[in 1991, on his position during the Vietnam Nam war]   "I was wrong! My God, I was wrong."

“The first requisite of civilization is that of justice.”

“In photography there is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality.”

Even thou the dump family and dump children photographs have been rejected at 10+ galleries/museums, I need to keep trying to get the work...