Erik Swanson

My passion for art and visual story telling started when I was kid mimicking the illustrations of Frank Frazetta and Boris Vallejo. Since then, I strive to constantly expand my artistry and technical savvy in an effort to deliver new solutions to creative problems in both client work, as well as my own art.

Tips for directing non actors

Tips for Directing Non Actors

Directing non actors can be a big part of video production. Knowing how to get a natural performance out of real people is an important part of making compelling videos.

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What is a LUT

A Look Up Table, or LUT as they are commonly called, is a set of mathematic instructions that transform the colors of an image from one numerical value to another.  You can think of LUTs like an instagram filter – when you apply a filter the colors of your image are changed in predefined ways.

stars in the night sky

How to Photograph stars in the night sky

There are two main types of star photos. One captures the stars as pinpoints in the sky and the other captures them as streaks across the sky due to the earth’s rotation. Typically the “pinpoint” photos are a single photo, while the streaks are several photos stacked on top of each other in Photoshop.

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