Crimson Dawn Media

12/09/2024

I realized that sometime doing a reshoot is a good thing which is exactly what happened this weekend. We were able to reshoot a major scene that was our last shot back in September after an 11 hour day. We put more thought in to setting up the scene. I had a great chat with the director about my thoughts for the set up and angles. With his input we were to make this work. Also learned a new lesson, do not do a big workout before a shoot!!
Shout out to for lending me back my old lens!!

11/09/2024

Meike s35 cine lens T2.1 prime lens set are all tucked away in their new case.

11/01/2024

I was lucky to be part of a film shoot this last weekend. Our crew was patient and amazing. Our Director/Writer was very willing to hear my ideas about how to do the shots and I feel that we really got some quality shots. I am looking forward to what is next. I enjoy working with independent filmmaker and love the new ideas that we can shoot to share with the world.

09/29/2024

We had a great final shoot yesterday for the film that I have DP’ed for, Into The Spotlight. We had a 14 hour shoot to finish up the film and those last few hours were rough but got it done!

09/12/2024

I was at last night shooting the Big Q***r Comedy Show which part of . It was a great show and guess what, there is another show tonight as well!

09/01/2024

I was shooting a car show yesterday and came across this beauty. I have been doing a lot more photography lately, especially with shooting cars so expect a new Instagram just for those shots. The Porsche 358 is one of my favorite classics.

08/21/2024

We needed a new background photograph for our clients website so I went to Pittsford NY and took my camera with me.

08/11/2024

Great shoot today. I do love working in tight situations where we have enough space for two lights, dealing with the sun light’s inconsistency and tough camera angles. The crew did an amazing job!

08/04/2024

My walk down Park Ave this morning to grad some breakfast with my buddy. I was playing with the macro lens on my iPhone by taking pictures of this very cool fairy world at the bottom of a tree.

07/28/2024

Great time at a car show today!

07/26/2024

This is how my day started. I needed a walk this morning by the water to clear my head, didn’t really work but I did inspire myself to get home and do some editing! I have a shoot tomorrow with a new creator which I am looking forward to working with!

06/17/2024

Crimson Dawn Media had a very busy weekend with two very different shoots. The first was a live stream of the upper-class commencement for The Harley School, and the second was an independent short film in which we were the DP. We gained much experience on both shoots this weekend, especially while shooting the film. This was the first time that I did not have to wear all of the hats, and I could just concentrate on the shot.

06/03/2024

We have had a pretty good day today. Crimson Dawn Media is now a vendor for a video production company out of Long Island. We also started our first collaboration project with .media, hence the photo!! More good things coming soon.

05/21/2024

Matt Mickelson

Today we announced a special price for Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K of US$1,575, a saving of 40%. The extremely limited offer will make it easier than ever for customers to capture cinematic content with deeper colors, higher image detail and wide dynamic range between the brightest highlights and deepest shadows.

The Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K is an extremely high end digital film camera that produces precise skin tones and rich organic colors. The camera features a massive full frame 24 x 36mm 6K sensor with wide dynamic range, a very flexible L-Mount for lenses and a built in optical low pass filter that's custom designed to match the sensor. Customers also get fast CFexpress media and the camera can even use Pocket Cinema Camera accessories. When customers are doing cloud and mobile work, the camera records both deep bit depth Blackmagic RAW and H.264 proxies at the same time. No other camera includes this level of technology, image quality and portability.

The special price for Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K is available immediately from Blackmagic Design resellers worldwide for US$1,575, however stock is extremely limited.

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05/20/2024

We had our first Bar/Bat Mitzvah of the season last weekend, which was good.

We experimented with equipment, using the BlackMagic Pocket Cinema 4K as the primary camera, the Canon R as the Gimbal handheld, and the iPhone 15 Pro Max as a very portable handheld.

It will be interesting to see how all three camera files work together in the final video!

Thank you again to

05/05/2024

FanExpo Philly day was a great success!! We meet a ton of people today and have some great ideas for the future!! 10:30 am at room 121C is the panel for Han Solo Chronicles where a new trailer is being dropped.

05/03/2024

Heading to Philadelphia this weekend for with . Matt will be doing a panel on Sunday morning about his Han Solo Chronicles project which I have gratefully be a part of as a DP!!

05/01/2024

We had a little accident with the DJI Mavic Mini this weekend where the drones autopilot kicked in and it climbed altitude right into a tree. Only damage was to one propeller so time to add a new and then get out flying again.