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HHH’s Macworld / iWorld 2014 Coverage
Hi all! I’ve been at Macworld since Thursday, shooting product demos and gathering information about new apps & accessories for mobile media makers. This video is a quick introduction to HHH’s coverage, and my general impressions of this year’s expo. I’ll be posting new videos throughout the week. Hope you dig ’em!

Is FiLMiC Pro Still the Most Powerful Video Camera App? Spoiler: Yes
While every iThing comes with Apple’s own camera app, you should take a moment and explore the incredible, feature-rich alternatives waiting for you in the App Store. At last count, there were over one trillion of them. Sure, I just fabricated that statistic because I didn’t feel like doing research, but my point is this: There are a LOT of

I’m Speaking at Macworld / iWorld this Thursday!
Going to Macworld this week? Me too! I’m thrilled and honored to announce that I’ve been asked to participate in a discussion panel at this week’s Macworld / iWorld Expo in San Francisco! I’ll be sitting with some absurdly talented people, discussing mobile photography and videography workflows. The panel is being held on the Macworld “Main Stage” (which sure sounds

HHH Debuts in Eye Chart Magazine Today!
Today was a big day for me and Hand Held Hollywood! Eye Chart Magazine, a killer daily digital publication written and edited by legendary tech reporter Ken Ray (of Mac OS Ken fame), launched its first weekly column from a guest contributor… ME! My “i, Filmmaker” column made its debut in today’s issue of Eye Chart and will continue to

WEDNESDAY SHOWCASE: LeAnn Rimes music video shot on iPhone
Naturally, when music video director Ian Padgham was enlisted to shoot a memorable video for megastar LeAnn Rimes, he chose the very best video camera for the job – an iPhone. Wait. What? Yup! The new stop-motion music video for Gasoline and Matches was shot entirely on an iPhone 5S. Did Padgham use a top-notch camera app like FiLMiC Pro? Nope.

WEDNESDAY SHOWCASE: Philip Bloom shows off 120fps on iPhone 5S
When the iPhone 5S hit the streets, YouTube continued to be flooded with the same crappy videos as always… but now, many of them were in slow motion. Crotch hits in slow motion. Dog licks in slow motion. Water pouring in slow motion. Enough! In this week’s Showcase, Philip Bloom uses his iPhone 5S to capture Tallinn, Estonia in glorious 120fps.