I haven’t really been good about updating since 2020 for some odd reason… In any case, I have a new anthology out on the Watchmen sequels called After Midnight: Watchmen After Watchmen that I edited during the pandemic and designed the cover art for. It released in late 2022 and I’ve gotten some really warm […]

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I hadn’t written an update in a minute because COVID has largely thrown a wrench into my research and practice agenda, but I thought I would share news of a couple publications that I’ve gotten out in the past month. First off, I’m proud to announce that my Videographic adaptation of my chapter from Star […]

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Introduction:  “Just When I Thought I Was Out, They Pull Me Back In!”       The other day, a family member whom I defriended years ago began to unsolicitedly troll my wife’s Facebook page about her politics.  This person, who has met my wife perhaps twice in her life and barely knows her, thought it was […]

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Hey all, Happy July. So I’ve spent the last couple weeks working with the iPhone 11 Pro Max, Filmic Pro, the Moment Anamorphic Lens, and my Zhiyun Smooth 3 gimbal.  The result is a three minute adaptation of a poem I wrote about our dog, Pabst.  You can find it here. Pabst from Drew Morton […]

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So the rest of my counterweights came today and I finally felt comfortable mounting both the external mic and the Moment anamorphic lens on the gimbal.  What did I learn? Well, Filmic Pro allows you to pick between the iPhone 11’s three internal mics – back (which, as I later found out, does mean back […]

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Hey all, Disclosure:  I’ve been laid up with a tweaked ankle for the past two days, so most of my tests are pretty mundane. I think I’ve come to some final decisions on my Moment lens recommendations and I’ve noticed a couple idiosyncrasies with the iPhone 11 Pro Max and the Smooth 4 gimbal. First […]

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Hey all, I got the motherload of packages today – all the goodies to compare and contrast so I can make some decisions.  So I’m going to be quick and dirty about this. Gimbals:  Osmo Mobile 3 vs. Zhiyun Smooth 4 The reviews of these two suggest a tossup when it comes to the iPhone […]

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Hey all, I thought it might be useful to see a side by side of Apple’s Camera app with ProCam’s, so I did a .5x, 1x, 2x, 5x, 10x, and a portrait with the Apple app and a .5x, 1x, 2x, and portrait with the ProCam app (ProCam doesn’t seem to allow for digital zooming […]

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Introduction In March 2020, I left Texas A&M University-Texarkana for my spring break in Los Angeles.  When I left on March 12th, COVID-19 was finally beginning to become “a thing” in the United States.  I had heard about it on the New York Times Daily podcast and had been following the latest developments thanks to my colleague […]

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Introduction to MCOM (with Public Speaking/Podcast Component) Advanced Video Production (Documentary and Videographic Criticism Emphasis) Popular Culture and Mass Communication (American Comic Book History) American Film History

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