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Blair Madigan | Learning Gear and Extreme Weather
Category: Arts
Duration: 00:55:23
Publish Date: 2015-11-11 04:49:35
Description: Freelance cinematographer Blair Madigan has traveled the world and back. Growing up in Colorado surrounded by travel and visual artists in his family, it's as if Blair was destined to be a kick-ass, nomadic cinematographer guru, who can pretty much MacGyver zip lock bags into a poncho during Monsoon season. He's traveled on assignment to Haiti, Mexico, Canada, Brazil, The Philippines and France, among other cities and provinces. Based in Los Angeles, Blair lives close to the beach and fits the Cali skater/surfer mold with his long blonde hair and welcoming personality. During my visit to LA, we met at his home to chat about his travels and how he got started in all of this. As someone who doesn't have many friends like this back home, I was geeking out to all the chargers and batteries and cool gear that he had. From a remote iPad app to control his Canon 5D Mark III, to a Small HD we used to monitor video, it was neat learning from Blair. It was a great conversation about what he learned in school, how he landed his first gig and what resources he uses to learn about new equipment. The night couldn't have ended better as we sat down with his girlfriend Amy, and ate some turkey chili. Show Notes Brooks Institute of Photography NoFilmSchool.com Original Productions Projects Ice Road Truckers Ax Men Swamp People Red Bull Get In Touch Website BlairMadigan.com Instagram @bmads @blair.madigan.visuals Vimeo Blair Madigan Quotes You only learn so much in film school. When you get out in there world you realize the stuff you learned film school got you the basics but didn’t really get you the exact experience you need to know certain things. It ‘s all about telling the story. You’re only as good as your team Behind the Scenes @blair.madigan.visuals Blairs Video's Blair's Career Timeline March 1996 First Camera Was given a 35mm film camera for birthday and started taking photos June 1999 First Video Camera I bought a sony handy cam with my allowance money and started making skate videos with friends August 2001 Filmed High School Sports Started filming High School Sports and making highlight films and selling DVDs at the end of the season. May 2004 Graduated High School Graduated from Legacy High School in Broomfield, CO September 2004 Enrolled at Brooks Institute Started film School at Brooks Institute in Ventura, CA June 2005 First Motion Picture Shot on motion picture film for the first time in film school. September 2007 Graduated College Graduated film School at Brooks Institute in Ventura, CA October 2007 Trouble Finding Work Struggled to find work because of the writer strike going on in Hollywood. June 2008 Found Work Worked at on online video magazine called Whitcanvas January 2010 First Travel Show Shot my first Travel show as a cinematographer. January 2010 Started Buying Gear I bought a Canon 5D mark 2 and from there started buying gear to bring on to shoots with me. September 2010 Travel To Shoot in Alaska First Show in Alaska.  Flying Wild Alaska January 2011 Cold As Ice  First trip to the coldest part in Alaska on Ice Road Truckers July 2012 Ax Men Worked on the Show Axmen in the remote areas of Oregon. April 2014 Tiny Hamster eating Tiny Burritos  Filmed Tiny Hamster eating Tiny Burritos which became a huge viral hit. March 2014 Redbull Travelled to Haiti to shoot a documentary for Redbull tv.
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