filmmaking

Episode 0068: Interview with Brian Hedenberg, Photographer and Inventor

by Dave Warner on March 1, 2026

LensFlare 35 is a photography podcast brought to you by Dave Warner. This week, Dave interviews Brian Hedenberg. Born and raised in Bedford, Texas, Brian is an award winning filmmaker, photographer, and musician. By the age of 23, he had already produced a sold out compilation CD of major artists, started a fashion line, produced runway shows, learned to fly a single engine plane, became scuba certified, was a ranch hand, a bouncer at an Irish pub, an executive administrative assistant to the vice presidents of Exxon and HP, co-wrote a novel with Peter Anthony called “Behind the Smile”, wrote his first screenplay reviewed by Columbia Pictures, and toured most of the United States with his band.

Brian now lives in NYC, where he works as a professional photographer and executive producer for Archway Pictures. In 2010 he launched a new company, Massiera, LLC. Masiera creates ideas and concepts that stray from the norm without the astronomical price tag. The first of those is the IPS or Inflatable Photo Studio.

In this episode, Brian talks about being a photographer, musician, and filmmaker, the strangest film he’s made, his DVD series for models and his inventions for photographers. We created a multi-media show of his images with an explanation of each one with the full podcast interview (above) and our typical show player and download, which is below.

Show Sponsors: ExpoImaging, Inc., onOne Software. Also, podcast network commercials from Rosh Sillars New Media Photographer, Jim Goldstein EXIF and beyond and Martin Bailey Photography.

TPodcast on iTuneso listen to the full podcast interview, click on the player’s forward arrow below. You can also play the Podcast in a pop up window, download it OR subscribe to it via iTunes. You can download a List of Questions (PDF format) that I ask in the interview.

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Episode 0067 - Interview with Dirk Fletcher, Commercial Photographer and Educator

by Dave Warner on February 15, 2026

LensFlare 35 is a photography podcast brought to you by Dave Warner. This week, Dave interviews Dirk Fletcher. Dirk’s personal work centers on transportation, industry and things that are “big and cool.” He’s personally concerned with the archivability of a family’s personal history. As society has shifted from film cameras to cell phones to record birthdays, holidays and other family events, the days of finding a dusty box of history in grandma’s attic are numbered. Seven years ago, Dirk was hired by the Harrington College of Design to build the first new program offering in the school’s 75 year history – blending commercial photography with digital video.

In this episode, Dirk talks about what’s in grandma’s attic, why you should shoot film AND digital, his book “Lighting for Dummies“, how he ended up teaching, video, his kids and much more. We created a multi-media show of his images with an explanation of each one with the full podcast interview (above) and our typical show player and download, which is below.

Show Sponsors: ExpoImaging, Inc., onOne Software. Also, podcast network commercials from Rosh Sillars New Media Photographer, Jim Goldstein EXIF and beyond and Martin Bailey Photography.

TPodcast on iTuneso listen to the full podcast interview, click on the player’s forward arrow below. You can also play the Podcast in a pop up window, download it OR subscribe to it via iTunes. You can download a List of Questions (PDF format) that I ask in the interview.

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Making your first HD DSLR Video – Part II – Must-have equipment

by Dave Warner on December 29, 2025

In the first part of this series, I covered some places that you could learn some of the fundamentals that you’ll need to shoot video. Now, we’re on to the equipment. The assumption I’m using is that you have a camera body that shoots video and a lens - that’s it. Now, what do you REALLY have to have to improve that basic platform, and what is the BASIC equipment you need to buy. Not the fanciest, most expensive equipment, but what do you REALLY need? The next thing I’m going to consider is - what can you buy that will have a dual purpose - another words, can you use it for stills AND video?

First, everyone ALWAYS starts with a tripod. Let’s face it, you can spend every bit of money you have on one and not get anything else. One clear thing you don’t want to do, is buy a $79 one at Best Buy. It will not cut it for stills OR video. There seems to be two main differences between a stills and video tripod. First, is the weight. If you look on B&H and just search for tripods, you can spend the better part of a day reading about all of them. I was lucky…I had invested in a nice Manfrotto tripod with a ball head many years ago. One of the great things about investing in a GOOD tripod and head up front is that you’ll really never have to replace it. However, in my case, I was very fortunate because that ball head could be replaced with a fluid head for shooting video. [click to continue…]

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Christmas Must Have Gear for Shooting Video with DSLR’s (2010)

by Dave Warner on December 21, 2025

Yup - that's me, helping to plant grapes at Arrington Vineyards in Nashville.

Last Christmas, I wrote a piece about some of the gear I wanted or thought I needed for Christmas when it came to shooting video with an HD DSLR camera. I had the folks at Zacuto tell me that they STILL get referral traffic from this post, so I thought I’d update it for you last minute Christmas shoppers and at the same time, tell you how well I did on each item during the last year. Of course, I’m in the middle of writing my series of posts on how I’m FINALLY making my first video, so you’ll get more detail about some of these items in those posts. So, here’s the (updated) 2010 list:

The Gear

OK, so I wasn’t able to find ONE place that told me just what I’d have to have in order to shoot video with these new DSLR’s. How about just a simple list, with the gear, where to get it and the price! How about some kind of order to what you should get first (my opinion, so you MAY not agree) and what about software? What the heck do you need? I figured this would be a good thing to do in case anyone (or my wife) was looking to buy something for me for Christmas. Well, here’s my list: [click to continue…]

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Episode 0066: Interview with filmmaker Daryn DeLuco

by Dave Warner on December 7, 2025

Dave Warner and Daryn DeLuco chat at Eats Pottery on Spruce Lake in the Adirondacks of upstate New York.LensFlare 35 is a photography podcast brought to you by By Dave Warner. This week we’re going to talk to filmmaker Daryn DeLuco.

By an unbelievable chance encounter, we ran into each other in the little town of Dolgeville, just about six miles from where I typically record this podcast. There was a group just sitting around talking at this local bed and breakfast called Stoney Creek Inn and Sweets – the key thing being their sweets – great all natural pastries! I ended up injecting myself into the conversation they were having, found out Daryn was a DOP with a 5D Mark II and well, there we were the next day, recording this podcast face-to-face and filming it at the same time!

In this episode, Daryn talks about how he got into filmmaking, his connection to my neck of the woods, how the HD DSLR has affected his ability to make films, how they have affected the industry as a whole, the best path a stills photographer could take to begin using this capability and much more. We pulled a sample of Daryn’s work that he directed from YouTube, which you can play below.

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Podcast on iTunesTo listen to the full podcast interview, click on the player’s forward arrow below. You can also play the Podcast in a pop up window, download it OR subscribe to it via iTunes. You can download a List of Questions (PDF format) that I ask in the interview.

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Making your first HD DSLR Video - Part I - Training

November 30, 2025

One of the things you have to consider when attempting to create your first HD DSLR video is knowledge. What do you need to know and where can I find that knowledge? Well, to summarize why I’m even asking, let me give you the premise for this series. It’s been more than two years now [...]

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LensFlareLive 005: Our Panel Discusses HD DSLR’s, Convergence, Fusion, Video and Film

February 24, 2026

LensFlareLive is a show created and brought to you by Dave Warner. In this week’s episode, panelists Kevin Shahinian, Steve Weiss and David Ziser discuss HD DSLR’s, convergence, fusion, video and film. In addition, they answer questions that came in via email, Twitter and from the live listening audience. Kevin Shahinian is an award-winning filmmaker, [...]

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