Bill and Laura will host a two-day seminar at Calgary with The Camera Store August 6-7. Receive hands-on training with the with digital storytelling. They will also be giving presentation on capturing emotion through stills and film on Friday, August 5 from 7 to 9 p.m.
What is imagination?
Join in the worldwide project Imagine More Manifesto, through which Manfrotto hopes to stimulate and share imagination. Participate in the creative conversation by sharing your photos and liking your favorites. The Imagine More Contest is designed to define the first worldwide Imagine More Manifesto and will give creative minds across the globe a chance to walk the red carpet and be recognized at the 2011 Venice Film Festival. The photo contest runs from June 1-15, 2011 and gives more visual social recorders the opportunity to express and share their imagination by uploading their best photos to www.manfrottoimaginemore.com, Facebook and Flickr.
The winner of the photo contest will receive an exclusive trip to Venice for the next Film Festival. During the prestigious cinema event, the Imagine More Manifesto – a short made by Bill Frakes using the winning text contributions (tweets) and photographs from the Imagine More Contest – will be shown for the first time. Violante Placido will be the patroness of the premiere. The Imagine More Manifesto, a worldwide project through which Manfrotto hopes to stimulate and share imagination, is a movement that, from New York, will involve the entire globe through the Internet and social networks.
Start posting your pictures June 1. Learn more at www.ManfrottoImagineMore.com www.facebook.com/Manfrotto.Imagine.More
The Cinevate team captured Bill and Laura on set filming Felony Flats, the latest music video by Anya Marina.
Learn more about the equipment used in the video at Cinevate.com
The first Saturday in May always means the same thing. Louisville and the Kentucky Derby. There is no place on earth I would rather be than at Churchill Downs when they play My Old Kentucky Home. Because it is one of my favorite homes.
It’s weeks like this that make, especially make, mine one of the greatest jobs on earth.
Early mornings on the backside means seeing friends new and old.
For 30 years Dan Dry and Bill Luster have greeted me with smiles and kindness. They’re classy guys and great photographers.
Even though I didn’t work for him, C Thomas Hardin, legendary director of photography at the Courier Journal, had a huge impact on my career because of all of my buddies who did have the good fortune to be influenced daily by him. I treasure those conversations.
This was Laura’s fourth derby, and for me... well, I’ve done a few more. And by that I mean about 30 of them.
Curt Bianchi, who is one of the software geniuses who build Apple’s Aperture was helping us again along with his wife, Sue, and a really good group of younger photographers — Andy Hancock, Sara Tanner, Zach Brake, Mike Weaver, Jeff Lautenberger, Patrick Fallon, Britney McIntosh and Joel Kowsky.
The folks at Churchill are as good as it gets in this business. Darren Rogers has more stuff going on than you can possibly imagine, but he always has time to laugh and help.
Keith Klein and the Dumsdorf family make things go so smoothly the event that could be utter chaos without them.
When Animal Kingdom surged across the finish line a familiar question rippled through the crowd -- is he the one? Are we looking at the next winner of the Triple Crown?
In 2001, I went to Triple Chimneys to photograph the only horse living in this century to have won the three championships, and the only undefeated Triple Crown winner in 1977 - Seattle Slew.
Every Derby has a distinct flavor. Last year's Derby has a different feeling from the year before it.
The Derby always marks the beginning of a busy summer, but spring isn’t ever slow. This year assignments have taken us around the globe, working on projects ranging from music videos to documentaries to commercial assignments.
2011 started the way 2010 ended, on the road for Sports Illustrated. Lots of football and portraits, including a cover of the University of Connecticut’s Women Basketball team.
In between NFL playoffs and the Superbowl, I took two trips to Sweden working with Nikon and Sony Music on a music video for up and coming Swedish musical artist Lisa Miskovsky.
Everyone had a tremendous time in the snow making great use of our Nikon cameras and Manfrotto supports. Laura edited the music video, "Got a Friend." We also built a behind the scenes video.
February found us back in the States for the Superbowl. Laura and I always have fun in Texas and with a huge group of the SI team there it was great time.
In preparation for March Madness, we started shooting a lot of basketball, NBA and NCAA. SI launched apps SI Snapshot and SI Big Ticket, giving us the opportunity to have more images seen.
Febuary and March were basketball heavy, capped by the Women’s Final Four in Indianapolis.
In Nebraska, we taught back to back seminars for the students at University of Nebraska - Lincoln with Apple and for the Nebraska Nature Photographers.
While in Nebraska, we were honored to do a interview with the 13th Poet Laureate of the United States Ted Kooser.
In March, we shot two additional music videos: one of pianist Anya Marina with Cinevate, and one for our friend, master guitarist Neil Zaza with Nikon at South by Southwest.
This is a look at the Behind the Scenes video of the making of “Felony Flats.”
We’re headed off to Nashville to work with Ricky Skaggs, shooting a music video of his song “Mosaic.”
More soon.
Bill is in Las Vegas this week checking out all the exciting new products. He will also be presenting multiple times this week on using DSLR video. If you're at NAB, check out his presentations and some of our newest projects.
He will be at Vitec Live Area with Manfrotto: Monday 1:30-2 p.m. Tuesday 3:30-4 p.m. Wednesday 11-11:30 a.m.
He will also be at the Cinevate booth: Tuesday 1:30 p.m. Wednesday 1:30 p.m.
A few weeks ago, the Manfrotto School of Xcellence put their interview with Bill in your hands, allowing readers to submit their questions. Read the interview here.
NAB 2011 is just around the corner, and Bill will be speaking at the Vitec Live Area. The schedule is coming soon.
The schedule for Bill’s presentations is as follow: Monday 1:30-2 p.m. Tuesday 3:30-4 p.m. Wednesday 11-11:30 a.m.
Learn more at the Manfrotto School of Xcellence.
Bill will be the special guest and presenter for Manfrotto and the Manfrotto School of Xcellence at NAB 2011. He will speak daily about: Rock Solid Storytelling. The people at Manfrotto will be interviewing him later this week and would love to ask him your questions. So feel free to post a comment here with your question.
Check out our latest music video, Got a Friend, that we did in partnership with Nikon and Sony Music.
Bill is joining the Manfrotto School of Xcellence speaker series at the 2011 Photoshop World Conference & Expo in Orlando, Fla. His presentation is Wednesday, March 30 from 5:15-6 p.m. For more information and to learn how you can attend click here.
