New MediaStorm Project Coming Soon: Rite of Passage by Maggie Steber

MediaStorm is collaborating with photographer Maggie Steber on a Kickstarter campaign to produce and distribute her new project Rite of Passage, a short documentary about her mother's struggle with dementia. Visit the Kickstarter campaign now. The Project Maggie Steber was an only child. Madje Steber was a single parent. They were all the family they had and it wasn't easy. Madje was divorced by the time Maggie was just six months old. Strong and independent, Madje raised her daughter in Austin, Texas. She had a keen awareness about what others might be thinking at a time when being a young single mother was often viewed as a scarlet letter. Their tiny house had strict rules and a formality that rubbed Maggie the wrong way, especially during her teenage years. Their relationship was strained with arguments and threats to move out. At the age of twenty-one, Maggie finally did. "I had to leave,"…

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Prints Available for Kickstarter $1000 Pledge

The following 10 images are the images that you may choose from for your $1000 pledge to the Rites of Passage Kickstarter campaign. Your image will be printed at 11x14 and signed by Maggie Steber. Five of the photos are from the Madge series and five are from the Haiti series. Madge Series Madge 1 Madge 2 Madge 3 Madge 4 Madge 5 Haiti Series Haiti1 Haiti 2 Haiti 3 Haiti 4 Haiti 5 Go to the Kickstarter Campaign now.

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Worth Watching # 71: 4,748 Self-Portraits and Counting

Commitment. Collaboration. Purpose. Inspiration. Fun. Devastating. Realization. Get out there and live. - Brian Storm Jeff Harris: 4,748 Self-Portraits and Counting In an effort to record the year of his life leading up to the millennium, Jeff Harris began a project in which he used his trusty Olympic Stylus 35mm film camera (he’s since gone through six) to take a self-portrait each day and then posted the results on his website. The project, which began long before the widespread popularity of blogging, Facebook and Flickr, allowed viewers to follow one photographer along on his adventures. “I didn’t want 365 images of me sitting on the couch each day,” says Harris. “There could have been that tendency, especially during the cold dark winter months to stay inside all the time, but this project inspired me to get out there and seek out interesting things.” This year, Harris embarks on year fourteen of what…

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Worth Watching #70: Silver & Light

"Simply epic" --Brian Storm SILVER & LIGHT from Ian Ruhter on Vimeo. This project was created with the same spirit that america was founded on. Our intentions are to connect everyone in america through the lens of this camera and social networking sites. We can't do this without you. We want to tell your story and show your city or town through photographs of you, and people you know. As we travel around america looking for people and places to shoot you will be able to keep track of where we are going and help us decide where we go next. Join us in our journey by liking our facebook to get yourself photographed by us. An extra special thanks to Brandon Rein, Scotty Hoffman and Trevor Atwater. See other videos that we think are Worth Watching.

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MediaStorm Guide to Final Cut Pro 7 Autosave Vault

Final Cut Pro’s Autosave Vault is your insurance policy against crashes, lost work and just about any other mishap. In short, it will save your bacon. The vault works by saving an entire copy of your Final Cut Pro project file at a regular, user-determined interval. This post will explain how to set up your Autosave Vault, copy items from a backup to your working project as well as replace your FCP file with a backup file. Setting Up the Autosave Vault From the Final Cut Pro menu choose System Settings (Shift-Q). Click the Autosave Vault: Set... button. Select a directory to save your backup files. It’s important to set your backups to a different drive than your actual assets. That way, if your media drive dies you still have access to these files. Next, from the Final Cut Pro menu choose User Preferences (Option-Q). On the General tab, check the Autosave…

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