Walter Schoenknecht

Particularly ironic is the notion that this most crucial part of the digital content chain--storage--is left to the one remaining mechanical device in a modern computer, the hard drive.

You may think you're in control of your DVD authoring, but you're not.

"What exactly do you mean by 'engineer?'"

The assistant cameraman on a tapeless HD shoot is responsible for trafficking the memory cards, keeping them organized, safely dumping them and re-loading the camera.

Historically, most humans have seemed as instinctively afraid of the limelight as they are of snakes—from the great and mighty CEO down to the most reclusive retail clerk.

I used to worry that I couldn't be in two places at once; now I find that I can't even be in one place at once.

And so I sit, for the thousandth time in my life, facing a mountain of production music discs, and mumbling under my breath. Hateful task.

Nobody likes off-the-shelf. And shooters are no exception.

Problematic content of all kinds was severely restricted for dozens of very valid technical reasons—until the advent of solid-state imagers and automatic camera circuitry.

There are several forces at work which have bolstered the rise of the microstock houses. Simple economics are the most obvious.

In our area, there's a popular extra-credit assignment from elementary and high school English teachers: Get out your blue pencil and proofread the daily newspaper.

At our house, the kids seem to want the picture to touch all four corners of the 16:9 screen at all times, regardless of whether the content's formatted that way or not. And it makes me crazy.

The last several years have seen a revolution in color-correction techniques, one in which the electron team—us video folks—have merged paths with the photon team—the film guys.

There's something inherently appealing about being the first on your block with an ingenious new gadget.

It was nice to meet you at the Middle School Back-To-School Night last week.