Daniel D. Teoli Jr.

Well I am. And good reminder! But good to have the right words when talking to people. I am old film photog (still photos) from the 70's. Evetime I hear 'film' it throws me back to the early days.

Nice summation! (Hoovering...have not heard that in some time.)

I'd say go the direct route. Train in cinematography. But if you already have an in as a gaffer well you got a foot in the door, go from there. I don't work in the biz. I do underground and experimental work. So there are no rules...only question is...is it legal.

I needed some names to use for honor acknowledgments for donations of my films. I came up with this group to honor. By the time I get to the end that should cover my donations. My fav is Gordon 'Low Light' Willis. 1. Emmanuel Lubezki Cinematographer | Children of Men Lubezki began his career in Mexican film and television productions in the late 1980s. His first international production was the 1993 independent film Twenty Bucks (1993), which followed the journey of a single twenty-dollar bill. Lubezki is a frequent collaborator with fellow Mexican filmmaker ... 2. Roger Deakins Cinematographer | Skyfall Roger Deakins is an English cinematographer best known for his work on the films of the Coen brothers, Sam Mendes, and Denis Villeneuve. He is a member of both the American and British Society of Cinematographers. Deakins' first feature film in America as cinematographer was Mountains of the Moon (... 3. László Kovács Cinematographer | Easy Rider László Kovács was born on May 14, 1933 in Cece, Hungary. He is known for his work on Easy Rider (1969), Five Easy Pieces (1970), Ghostbuster (1984) and Copycat (1995). He won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the ASC in 2002. He was married to Audrey. He died on July 22, 2007 in Beverly Hills, ... 4. Sven Nykvist Cinematographer | The Unbearable Lightness of Being Sven Nykvist was considered by many in the industry to be one of the world's greatest cinematographers. During his long career that spanned almost half a century, Nyvist perfected the art of cinematography to its most simple attributes, and he helped give the films he had worked on the simplest and... 5. Harris Savides Cinematographer | Elephant Harris Savides was born on September 28, 1957 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for Elephant (2003), Zodiac (2007) and American Gangster (2007). He was married to Medine Chenet. He died on October 9, 2012 in Manhattan, New York City. 6. Ellen Kuras Cinematographer | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Ellen Kuras was born on July 10, 1959 in New Jersey, USA. She is known for her work on Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), The Betrayal - Nerakhoon (2008) and P.O.V. (1988). 7. Edward Lachman Cinematographer | Carol Edward Lachman was born on March 31, 1948 in Morristown, New Jersey, USA. He is known for his work on Carol (2015), Far from Heaven (2002) and Ken Park (2002). 8. Matthew Libatique Cinematographer | Black Swan Matthew Libatique is an American cinematographer. He is best known for his work with director Darren Aronofsky on the films Pi (1998), Requiem for a Dream (2000), The Fountain (2006), Black Swan (2010), Noah (2014) and Mother! (2017). He also shot Bradley Cooper's directorial debut film, A Star Is ... 9. Robert Richardson Cinematographer | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 Robert Richardson an American cinematographer. He is best known for work with Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese, and Oliver Stone. He has won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography three times, for his work on JFK (1991), The Aviator (2004), and Hugo (2011). He is one of three living persons who... 10. Tak Fujimoto Cinematographer | The Silence of the Lambs Tak Fujimoto was born on July 12, 1939 in San Diego, California, USA as Takashi Fujimoto. He is known for his work on The Silence of the Lambs (1991), The Sixth Sense (1999) and Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977). 11. Janusz Kaminski Cinematographer | Schindler's List Janusz Kaminski is a Polish cinematographer and film director. He has established a partnership with Steven Spielberg, working as a cinematographer on his movies since 1993. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Schindler's List (1993) and Saving Private Ryan (1998). His ... 12. Anthony Dod Mantle Cinematographer | Slumdog Millionaire Anthony Dod Mantle was born on April 14, 1955 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. He is known for his work on Slumdog Millionaire (2008), 127 Hours (2010) and Antichrist (2009). 13. Geoffrey Unsworth Cinematographer | Cabaret Goeffrey Unsworth was one of the great cinematographers of the 20th Century, the winner of two Oscars, five BAFTA awards, and three awards from the British Society of Cinematographers for his work as a director of photography. Born in 1914 in Lancashire, England, Unsworth started in the industry in... 14. Jordan Cronenweth Cinematographer | Blade Runner Jordan Cronenweth was born on February 20, 1935 in Los Angeles, California, USA as Jordan Scott Cronenweth. He is known for his work on Blade Runner (1982), Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) and Altered States (1980). He died on November 29, 1996 in Los Angeles. 15. Haskell Wexler Cinematographer | Medium Cool Two-time Academy Award-winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler was adjudged one of the ten most influential cinematographers in movie history, according to an International Cinematographers Guild survey of its membership. He won his Oscars in both black & white and color, for Who's Afraid of ... 16. Maryse Alberti Cinematographer | The Wrestler Maryse Alberti is a French cinematographer. She is best known for her work in Velvet Goldmine (1998), The Wrestler (2008), Stone (2010), Creed (2015) and the HBO film My Dinner with Hervé (2018). She also work as a cinematographer in The Visit (2015). Alberti work as a cinematographer includes more ... 17. Gordon Willis Cinematographer | Zelig Gordon Willis was an American cinematographer. He's best known for his work on Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather films, as well asWoody Allen's Annie Hall (1977) and Manhattan (1979). His work on the first two Godfather films turned out to be groundbreaking in its use of low-light photography and ... 18. Benoît Debie Cinematographer | Enter the Void Benoît Debie is known for his work on Enter the Void (2009), The Sisters Brothers (2018) and Spring Breakers (2012). 19. Conrad L. Hall Cinematographer | Road to Perdition Born in Tahiti, the son of writer James Norman Hall, author of "Mutiny on the Bounty," Conrad Hall studied filmmaking at USC. He and two classmates formed a production company and sold a project to a local television station. Hall's company branched out into making industrial films and TV ... 20. Christopher Doyle Cinematographer | Paranoid Park Christopher Doyle was born on May 2, 1952 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for Paranoid Park (2007), Hero (2002) and 2046 (2004). 21. Vittorio Storaro Cinematographer | Apocalypse Now Vittorio Storaro, the award-winning cinematographer who won Oscars for "Apocalypse Now (1979)", "Reds (1981)" and "The Last Emperor (1987)". He was born on June 24, 1940 in Rome, where his father was a projectionist at the Lux Film Studio. At the age of 11, he began studying photography at a ... 22. Vilmos Zsigmond Cinematographer | The Black Dahlia Along with László Kovács, a fellow student who fled Hungary in 1956, Zsigmond rose to prominence in the 1970s. He is known for his use of natural light and vivid use of color on features such as The Long Goodbye (1973) and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). 23. Allen Daviau Cinematographer | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Allen Daviau was born on June 14, 1942 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA as John Allen Daviau. He is a cinematographer, known for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Empire of the Sun (1987) and The Color Purple (1985). 24. Dean Cundey Cinematographer | Jurassic Park Dean Cundey reigns supreme as one of the best, most prolific, and talented cinematographers to ever grace celluloid with his often striking and accomplished photography. Cundey was born on March 12th, 1946, in Alhambra, California. One of his hobbies during his elementary school days was building ... 25. Stephen Goldblatt Cinematographer | The Help Stephen Goldblatt was born in 1945 in South Africa. He is known for his work on The Help (2011), Closer (2004) and Angels in America (2003). 26. Darius Khondji Cinematographer | Amour Darius Khondji was born on October 21, 1955 in Tehran, Iran. He is known for his work on Amour (2012), Se7en (1995) and Delicatessen (1991). He is married to Marianne Khondji. They have three children. 27. Jeff Cronenweth Cinematographer | Gone Girl Jeff Cronenweth was born on January 14, 1962 in Los Angeles County, California, USA as Jeffrey Scott Cronenweth. He is known for his work on Gone Girl (2014), The Social Network (2010) and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011). 28. Eduardo Serra Cinematographer | Girl with a Pearl Earring Eduardo Serra was born on October 2, 1943 in Lisbon, Portugal. He is known for his work on Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003), Unbreakable (2000) and Blood Diamond (2006). 29. Russell Boyd Cinematographer | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Russell Boyd was born on April 21, 1944 in Victoria, Australia. He is known for his work on Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) and Gallipoli (1981). 30. Rodrigo Prieto Cinematographer | Brokeback Mountain Rodrigo Prieto is a Mexican cinematographer. He is best known for Brokeback Mountain (2005), Babel (2006), Argo (2012), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), and Silence (2016). He also worked with Alejandro González Iñárritu on the acclaimed Amores perros (2000), 21 Grams (2003), and Biutiful (2010). ... 31. Robert Elswit Cinematographer | There Will Be Blood Robert Elswit is an American cinematographer. He is best known for Boogie Nights (1997), Magnolia (1999), Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), There Will Be Blood (2007), Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011), Inherent Vice (2014), and Nightcrawler (2014). Elswit frequently works with director ... 32. Bruno Delbonnel Cinematographer | Un long dimanche de fiançailles Bruno Delbonnel was born in 1957 in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France. He is known for his work on A Very Long Engagement (2004), Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) and Amélie (2001). 33. Michael Ballhaus Cinematographer | Goodfellas Michael Ballhaus was a German cinematographer. He worked on many American films, including Baby It's You (1983), Old Enough (1984), After Hours (1985), The Color of Money (1986), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Goodfellas (1990), Dracula (1992), The Age of Innocence (1993), Gangs of New York ... 34. Jack Cardiff Director | Sons and Lovers Almost universally considered one of the greatest cinematographers of all time, Jack Cardiff was also a notable director. He described his childhood as very happy and his parents as quite loving. They performed in music hall as comedians, so he grew up with the fun that came with their theatrical ... 35. Subrata Mitra Cinematographer | New Delhi Times Subrata Mitra, one of India's leading cinematographers, is most famous for his collaboration with Satyajit Ray. He was a frequent visiting lecturer at the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune, near Bombay. 36. Russell Carpenter Cinematographer | Avatar 2 Russell Carpenter was born on December 9, 1950 in Van Nuys, California, USA as Russell Paul Carpenter. He is known for his work on Avatar 2 (2021), Titanic (1997) and Ant-Man (2015). 37. John Toll Cinematographer | The Last Samurai John Toll is an American cinematographer. His filmography spans a wide variety of genres, including epic period drama, comedy, science fiction, and contemporary drama. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography in both 1994 and 1995 for Legends of the Fall and Braveheart respectively. He has ... 38. Gregg Toland Cinematographer | Citizen Kane Born in Illinois in 1904, the only child of Jennie and Frank Toland, Gregg and his mother moved to California several years after his parents divorced in 1910. Through Jennie's work as a housekeeper for several people in the movie business, Gregg may had gotten a $12-a-week job at age 15 as an ... 39. Néstor Almendros Cinematographer | Days of Heaven One of the highest appraised contemporary cinematographers. He was born in Spain but moved to Cuba by age 18 to join his exiled anti-Franco father. In Havana, he founded a cineclub and wrote film reviews. Then, he went on to study in Rome at the Centro Sperimentale. He directed six shorts in Cuba ... 40. Harold Rosson Cinematographer | The Wizard of Oz Harold G. "Hal" Rosson, a cinematographer known for his subtle and imaginative lighting, was born in Genaseo, New York, on August 24, 1895, although some sources cite his birthday as April 6, 1895, or in 1889. Rosson entered the movie industry in 1908 as an actor at the Vitagraph Studios in Brooklyn... 41. Ernest Haller Cinematographer | Gone with the Wind Distinguished American cinematographer Ernest Haller started in the industry in 1914 as an actor with Biograph after leaving his first job as a bank clerk. Within one year he discovered his true calling: being on the other side of the camera. By 1920, he had become a full director of photography ... 42. Robert D. Yeoman Cinematographer | The Grand Budapest Hotel Robert D. Yeoman was born on March 10, 1951 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA as Robert David Yeoman. He is known for his work on The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Moonrise Kingdom (2012) and Drugstore Cowboy (1989). 43. John Alcott Cinematographer | Barry Lyndon John Alcott, the Oscar-winning cinematographer best known for his collaboration with director Stanley Kubrick, was born in 1931, in Isleworth, England, the son of movie executive Arthur Alcott, who would become the production controller at Gainsborough Studios during the 1940s. Alcott began his film... 44. Michael Chapman Cinematographer | Raging Bull Michael Chapman is an American cinematographer. He is best known for Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980), The Fugitive (1993), and Primal Fear (1996). Chapman began his film career as a camera operator before making the leap to cinematographer. As a cinematographer, he became famous for his two ... 45. James Wong Howe Cinematographer | Hud Master cinematographer James Wong Howe, whose career stretched from silent pictures through the mid-'70s, was born Wong Tung Jim in Canton (now Guangzhou), China, on August 28, 1899, the son of Wong How. His father emigrated to America the year James was born, settling in Pasco, Washington, where ... 46. John Seale Cinematographer | Mad Max: Fury Road John Seale was born on October 5, 1942 in Warwick, Queensland, Australia as John Clement Seale. He is known for his work on Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), The English Patient (1996) and Witness (1985). He has been married to Louise Seale since September 23, 1967. They have two children. 47. Lance Acord Cinematographer | Lost in Translation Lance Acord was born on September 9, 1964 in Fresno, California, USA. He is a cinematographer and producer, known for Lost in Translation (2003), Where the Wild Things Are (2009) and Marie Antoinette (2006). He is married to Rima. They have two children. 48. Newton Thomas Sigel Cinematographer | Drive Newton Thomas Sigel was born in 1955. He is known for his work on Drive (2011), Three Kings (1999) and The Usual Suspects (1995). He is married to Lisa Chang. 49. Yorick Le Saux Cinematographer | Only Lovers Left Alive Graduated from La Fémis (6th promotion, cinematography department) 50. Peter Suschitzky Cinematographer | Dead Ringers Peter Suschitzky was born on July 25, 1941 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He is known for his work on Dead Ringers (1988), Eastern Promises (2007) and Naked Lunch (1991). 51. Malik Hassan Sayeed Camera_department | Eyes Wide Shut Malik Hassan Sayeed was born in 1969 in New York, USA. He is known for his work on Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Just Married (2003) and He Got Game (1998). 52. Dean Semler Cinematographer | Apocalypto Dean Semler was born in 1943 in Renmark, South Australia, Australia as Dean William Semler. He is known for his work on Apocalypto (2006), Dances with Wolves (1990) and The Road Warrior (1981). He is married to Annie Semler. 53. Takao Saitô Cinematographer | Ran Takao Saitô was born on March 5, 1929 in Kyoto, Japan. He is known for his work on Ran (1985), Kagemusha (1980) and Yojimbo (1961). He died on December 6, 2014 in Zama, Kanagawa, Japan. 54. Wally Pfister Cinematographer | Inception Wally Pfister is an American cinematographer and film director, who is best known for his work with Christopher Nolan. He is also known for his work on director F. Gary Gray's The Italian Job (2003) and Bennett Miller's Moneyball (2011). He made his directorial debut with the film Transcendence (... 55. Amir Mokri Cinematographer | Man of Steel Amir Mokri was born on June 11, 1956 in Iran as Amir M. Mokri. He is known for his work on Man of Steel (2013), Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) and Lord of War (2005). He is married to Winnie Mokri. 56. John A. Alonzo Cinematographer | Chinatown John A. Alonzo was born on June 12, 1934 in Dallas, Texas, USA. He was a cinematographer and actor, known for Chinatown (1974), The Magnificent Seven (1960) and Star Trek Generations (1994). He was married to Jan Murray and Suzanne L. Heltzel. He died on March 13, 2001 in Beverly Hills, California,... 57. Tonino Delli Colli Cinematographer | Der Name der Rose Tonino Delli Colli was born on November 20, 1922 in Rome, Lazio, Italy as Antonio Delli Colli. He is known for his work on The Name of the Rose (1986), Life Is Beautiful (1997) and Once Upon a Time in America (1984). He was married to Alexandra Delli Colli. He died on August 16, 2005 in Rome. 58. Luca Bigazzi Cinematographer | La grande bellezza Luca Bigazzi was born in 1958 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. He is known for his work on The Great Beauty (2013), Youth (2015) and This Must Be the Place (2011). 59. Michel Houssiau Camera_department | Les rendez-vous d'Anna 60. John Mathieson Cinematographer | Gladiator John Mathieson came up through the traditional camera ranks. Before his start as a cinematographer in feature films he shot many music videos, documentaries and TV commercials. He also worked in cutting rooms and has always considered himself as a film maker, interested in all areas of the process,... 61. Vadim Yusov Cinematographer | Solyaris Vadim Yusov was born on April 20, 1929 in Klavdino, Leningrad Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR as Vadim Ivanovich Yusov. He is known for his work on Solaris (1972), The Black Monk (1988) and Pasport (1990). He was married to Inna Zelentsova. He died on August 23, 2013 in Moscow, Russia. 62. Hoyte Van Hoytema Cinematographer | Dunkirk Hoyte Van Hoytema was born in Horgen, Switzerland. Van Hoytema is a Dutch-Swedish director of photography known for his work on The Fighter (2010), Her (2013), Interstellar (2014), and Dunkirk (2017). Van Hoytema always wanted to be a filmmaker, therefore he wished to attend a film school in The ... https://www.imdb.com/list/ls071378210/

Or does it not matter if film or digital was used for making it? I ask for my own interest. When I solicit institutions to place my films should I be calling them videos and not films if they are all digital camerawork? But nowadays most film is digitized for online or digital projection. So should there be any name differentiation between the two methods? 100% digital cinematographers are called filmmakers, so I'd say calling a video a film is OK. Thanks

Thanks. I like DVD's. They are a step closer to film than a HDD can offer. (Not in film look, but with archival ability.)

I made a 6+ hour film ('Offshoots') that was too big to deal with. I decided to speed it up to greatly reduce playtime and was looking for the sweet spot. Here is a test film ('Time Studies') I made to see the range of playback speeds that I could use. 'Time Studies' covers regular speed up to 1000% faster in increments of 100%. The test sample I used was pulled from 'Disciples of Androgyne' which is part 6 of 'Genderqueer'...a 65min film I made on the gender busting revolution. ( I will distribute 'Genderqueer' in a fast speed option as well as normal speed.) These films are made under the auspices of 'fair use' for non-commercial, educational, editorial and historical purposes.

Thanks Tyler, all I have is Windows. Anything you can recommend for Blu-ray burning software for a PC? If auto play is going to be a hassle, it is not that big a deal. I thought it would be a nice touch to add instead of the viewer having to push buttons to play. I got a Blu-ray burner now just need some software.

I mean to play automatically when inserted in a DVD player.

Shoot it and lets see. That is the best way. We are not poets, at least with words. We need visuals.

OK, all I have is a regular DVD burner. Guess the software is for regular DVD's as well. Any info on how to make auto play DVD's?

I am using Movavi software. It makes DVD's that are playable in a TV but not as auto play. When I input 1280x720 it gives me a max DVD option of 720x480. What software do I need that makes auto play DVDs and makes them higher res? Thanks

Thanks for the info Dan.

https://www.videomaker.com/article/c13/17840-let-there-be-white-white-balance-and-color-temperature-explained Photo: website

This is clip from 'Genderqueer ' - a 60 min social documentary experimental film I made from Instagram on the gender busting revolution. The film has 6 sections: 'Drag Queens' 'Transvestites, Crossdressers & Femboys' 'Transition' (MTF) 'Transmen' (FTM) 'Lesbians' 'Disciples of Androgyne' Back in the day I didn’t know any better, so I lumped drag queens, transvestites and transgender devotees all into one pile. I think every gender bender, whatever their end goal is, started out as a cross dresser to get a taste of being a woman. As I did some homework on the subject I could see that a 'T gal' is very different from your garden variety transvestite / drag queen / cross dresser. A true T gal has put in a lot of time, money and energy transitioning in various degrees from male to female. She grows plump breasts and womanly nipples from taking HRT and sometimes supplements them with breast implants. She loses muscles, develops hips and soft, hairless skin. Her voice may change and some have painful surgery for cosmetic reasons and to remove the penis and replace it with a vagina. Gender bending all starts with a little pill nowadays. Or for 'female to male' it is injections. Here is a list of areas the transwoman works on: Self-esteem / Self-acceptance Coming out Social adaption Hair removal Voice training Socialization as female Hormone therapy Hair removal Wardrobe replacement Future employment prospects Sex Reassignment Surgery Legal / Name change / Gender marker change Whereas, the only work the transvestite / drag queen / cross dresser does is to put on some women’s clothes, false breasts, hip pads and makeup. For female to male it is the opposite of what the transwoman does in some cases. Now, I'm no expert on all this, but this is my take on the gender benders of 2019.

Never heard of him (but that means nothing) I read the name a few hours ago here... https://stories.phaseone.com/wonderfully-eccentric-world-of-pol-kurucz/ Now I read it from you. So I ordered one of his DVD's from the library. Also a DVD from this guy... Roy Andersson. Hopefully they are not too boring for my ADD. In any case, just a little gas $$ to pick em up, so not big loss. I can get a vast amount of free DVD's interlibrary loan.

. Thanks. You got to view it in higher res. You can really see the hair. Vimeo 'Auto' is pretty fuzzy. YT is better, but they will take it down and ban me for a few weeks if I put it up. I like the girls with a little blonde peach fuzz. I guess they bleach it or maybe if lucky it is naturally blond. I've been trying to upload the full version to Internet Archive for the last few days. Every time I do it jams and lose the upload. I've got a smidgeon better than dial up internet. It takes 10 + hours to upload 1 gb. I've been doing one on tattooed lesbians. I've had to reshoot it 2-1/2times. Problems with my internet in the midst of shooting or the tablet was slightly off kilter. I got it about 85% done. Hopefully tonight will finish it. I can only shoot at night. No darkroom for shooting. I like it black around the tablet.

Unless I have overlooked something, cotton gloves should be OK, but not for splicing. I don't use gloves myself. If it is important archival material you should not project it much.

'Hairy Women' (Short Version) is part of the 6 hour social documentary of Instagram I made called 'Offshoots' It is a study of my tablet's screen of posts made to Instagram on the subject of women that do not remove body hair. Also a transman or two that want to grow hair. (See the one with the big hairy boobies.) 6 hours is too long for any of my online accounts, so I broke it down into the following short subject films. 'Girls of Instagram' 'Look at #metoo' (aka'Look at Hashtag metoo' on the Internet Archive) 'Look at #metoo' (Short Version) 'Stretch Marks' 'Stretch Marks' (Short Version) 'Acne' 'Acne' (Short Version) 'Jew Majesty' 'Pregnant Girls of Instagram' 'Fat Ass' '#Queer' (aka 'Hashtag Queer' on the Internet Archive) 'Chubblebath' 'Mandy Blanco Dream Girl' (Prelim) 'Mandy Blanco Dream Girl' 'Transition' 'Transmen' 'Transmen' (Short Version) 'Colored Hair' 'Fingernails' 'Tongue Fetish' 'Split Tongue' 'Split Tongue' (Short Version) 'Scarification' 'Scarification' (Short Version) 'Drag Queens' 'Twerking' 'Tattooed Lesbians' 'Justin Day' 'Hairy Women' 'Afra' 'Afra'(Short Version) 'Growing Horns' 'Growing Horns' (Short Version) The hi-res version of the full length 'Hairy Women' will be on the Internet Archive.

You succeeded!

Jesus, you have to have $$ to run with the big boys! Beautiful work!

Hopefully you can send in some finished work with the pocket 4K. I'd like to buy one too. I don't use / have a light meter. Just do test shots with digital and go with that. But it if for doc work, on the fly. In film era, I used a light meter.

I'd disagree, sort of. I see many film devotes, at least in still photography, that do shitty work just to say they shoot film. They don't end up with great technical images. Film does not do everything as good as digital does and vice versa. If the budget allows, the best thing to do is to be true to the subject matter and pick the best medium that does justice to the project whether it be film or digital. We had this same debate on and on in photo forums whether to shoot BW or color. If both are equally good, flip a coin. And if not, pick what serves best.

A great series. Multiple old-time artists give advice on being an artist. See if anything is useful for you. https://www.artsy.net/series/how-to-be-an-artist ...sometimes all you need is one gem to makes things click.

Onsite, offsite, in the field while working, whatever.