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I finally own the so-called “Holy Trinity” of Canon zoom lenses. I acquired my original Canon EOS camera outfit, including the 24-70mm f/2.8 and 70-200 f/2.8 lenses, in 2005. Since then, I have wanted to round out my lens collection with a 16-35mm ultra-wide angle zoom lens. It isn’t useful for model photography, so it […]
When I had first heard about Skyward, it seemed interesting, but I ultimately decided not to read it. Brandon Sanderson is an amazing author who has become one of my favorites, and the description of the story was definitely interesting, but when I found out it was YA fiction, I decided to pass. My recent […]
I am just starting Elantris, which is Brandon Sanderson’s first published novel. I’m not ready to call his characters two-dimensional, but let’s say they are simple. This is a subject that concerns me, because it I find it to be one of the major factors in making or breaking the quality a novel. I have […]
I was young when I first saw Doctor Zhivago. It would be fair to say that I didn’t really understand it. Primarily, I remember a series of visuals, and perhaps the music. I had watched it a few times since. It wasn’t until this year (well, last year now) that I read the book (the […]
I have been watching a fair amount of Netflix television, the sort that comes as a single season of four to eight episodes, once referred to as a miniseries. A lot of them have been smart murder mysteries and/or political thrillers, and a lot of them have come from the UK or Australia. Mindhunter, Secret […]
It is usually the case that “the book was better,” but not in the case of The Devil Wears Prada. Actually, the novel and the film are very similar, and the film is a rather faithful rendition of the book. However, the end was subtly different, resulting in a profoundly better story. The Devil Wears […]
There is more than one kind of strong female character. It would not do justice to them to attempt to categorize them. That said, there is one strong female character I find to be cheap and cliché: female characters who behave like men, especially stereotypically stoic men. I’m not saying such that’s wrong, or that […]
I worked on two films in August on back-to-back weekends. I recorded sound for one and was the AD for the other. The sound gig was frustrating, primarily because of the DP, with whom I’ve worked before, and with whom I was similarly frustrated the first time. He has an attitude that drives me up […]
A popular way to begin writing a story is to start by creating a character. I have read plenty about creating characters, but it has occurred to me that perhaps I should examine a variety of fictional characters I already know, and analyze them on the basis of my book knowledge about character creation. This […]
It seems to me that The Zero Stone would be easily adaptable to film. As such, I might make an attempt to write a film script about it, although it isn’t a novel that fills me with passion. It is a fairly straightforward story. Eet is a creature that would best be handled as CG […]
