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Sunday, April 25, 2010

This is the week! This Saturday, I'll debut my documentary Bois d'Arc Goodbye back in my home county and I am pretty excited.

While we were making the film, producer Don Cash of Texas Parks & Wildlife Television followed Bubba and I to create this segment for the Emmy award winning television show.


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Sunday, April 11, 2010

Red Plains

Here is a short video I produced about a cool little ranch southwest of Childress in Motley County, Texas.




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Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Texas Parks & Wildlife Television Preview

Here's a preview of a piece that Texas Parks & Wildlife television did on Bubba and I on our Bois d'Arc Creek project.

Make sure you check it out on a PBS or public access cable in your area. The entire segment airs between April 18-25.




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Friday, April 02, 2010

Texoma Stripers

I went fishing with my new buddy JD Lyle a couple of weeks ago and we shot this video out on Lake Texoma. In all, JD, Trent Barnes, and Bubba caught fish but me??? Nothin'...





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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

the russellgraves.com Photo Minute

This time, we talk flight photography.




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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Incredible

Now while this video is conceptual, it is just a peek at where technology is headed for the print industry. While I predict magazines and books will be around for a while, these coming tablet readers offer some exciting opportuinites for photographers and wannabe videographers like me.

Take a few minutes to look.


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Sunday, January 17, 2010

Sparkle



Here is a short movie about a little girl and her pig. I hope you enjoy it.





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Sunday, January 10, 2010

russellgraves.com Photo Minute

How to deal with metering on backgrounds with lots of contrast.





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Sunday, December 06, 2009

russellgraves.com Photo Minute

Here's a new russellgraves.com Photo Minute brought to you by Wolf Camera.

Since we now have a title sponsor, be looking for more Photo Minutes in the weeks to come.





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Monday, November 09, 2009

Behind the Scenes

Here a quick vignette of some behind the scenes video my brother Bubba shot on a recent photo shoot.

For you camera nuts, you'll see that lighting was pretty straightforward. I used either a gold reflector or a flash shot through an umbrella (expertly handled by my buddy Tom Drinkwater) combined with natural light for most of the images.

Overall, a fun day with a bunch of great people.


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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Bois d'Arc Creek Documentary Teaser

This is a long time coming but between flooding and camera troubles, I am a few months late in finishing this project but I am starting to make headway.

Here's a teaser about the upcoming documentary.




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Monday, September 07, 2009

Hunt Junkies e3.3

Bubba and I just finished up a weekend of dove shooting with our dad. In this episode, I do a little explaining about why dove hunting is so appealing.


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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Hunt Junkies e3.2 - Devils Country

A long time coming, this latest episode of Hunt Junkies is the first ever fishing episode and takes place in the beautiful Devils River country of Southwest Texas. Adventure, funs, and even an untimely death ;)

Check it out...




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Sunday, May 03, 2009

Hunt Junkies e3.1

A brand new season of Hunt Junkies has Bubba and I in Henrietta, Texas at the Clay County Turkey Fest. Tough weather and tough birds made this a memorable hunt.

Be sure to check out the new title sequence as well as the first ever Hunt Junkies in HD! All shot with a Canon 5D Mark II digital SLR.







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Friday, March 20, 2009

Mud Armour - the Video

Here are a few video highlights of the photo shoot.

For all of you camera nerds like me, the video was shot in HD using a Canon 5d Mark II camera.



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Sunday, March 08, 2009

The Photo Minute - Backgrounds

Here's a new video series in which I'm working to provide even more photo tips and techniques.



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Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Hunt Junkies Episode 2.6

This Hunt Junkies is a departure from what you've seen over the past few episodes.

No dialogue - just action!

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Sunday, February 22, 2009

Estes Lake

Here's a video I produced about an incredible lake in Northwest Texas.

Estes Lake is an cool spot as tens of thousands of geese roost on the lake each night.



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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Random Animals

I often use things like motion sensing video and still cameras to scout for wildlife. Over this two day span last summer, I got a cool variety of critters.

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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

New YouTube Channel

I am excited to announce the new YouTube Channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/GravesAdventureMEdia.

On the channel, you can check out all of the videos in one spot, comment on the videos, and if you subscribe to the channel, you'll be updated each time a new video is posted.

Check it out!

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Sunday, February 08, 2009

Hunt Junkies Episode 2.5

This episode is titled Dominoes. Take a look..

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Saturday, January 10, 2009

Hunt Junkies Episode 2.4

In this episode, we introduce one of the original Hunt Junkies...


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Sunday, November 30, 2008

Hunt Junkies Episode 2.3

I know it's been a long time coming but things have been busy here at the world headquarters of russellgraves.com

However, I hope this new episode is worth the wait.

Stay tuned because episodes 2.4, 2.5, and 2.6 will drop any day now.

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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Gone...






Saturday I went back to my home woods in Fannin County, Texas to hunt deer with my brother. What I found I can't explain.

While I knew that logging was taking place on the land, I never knew that they'd take all of the timber. Standing there I was torn between the sadness of seeing the woods of my boyhood gone and the optimism of trying to make something out of the situation.

While it's ugly now, I know that all is not lost. Still, it is hard for me to stomach.

To see a bit of background on why this is happening, check out Hunt Junkies 1.2 from last fall.



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Catching Whitetails





Last week, stud helicopter pilot Dusty Whitaker showed up in Childress with his helicopter to help us catch some surplus deer out of the Childress High School deer area.

Helping me were Derek Moore, Toby Tucker, and John Wilson and take a look at my Realtree Rack Report:

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Saturday, November 01, 2008

A New Video

As I browsed through the 9,000 images from the She Safari catalog shoot, I was compelled to make a video out of some of the images.

I hope you like it!




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Monday, October 20, 2008

Field Report - Bailee Graves

My ace field reporter, Bailee Graves, talks elk.

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Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Hunt Junkies Episode 2.2

With the opening weekend of the Texas dove season, the Hunt Junkies are in the field again.

Check out the latest episode.


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Thursday, July 24, 2008

The Pease River

I took a flight over parts of the Pease River in Northwest Texas this evening. I flew by helicopter and stitched 441 images using Final Cut Pro into the video below.

Enjoy!


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Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Balmorhea State Park



This past weekend, me and the family traveled to far West Texas to once again experience one of the crown jewels in Texas - Balmorhea State Park. Balmorhea is an oasis in the desert. Where San Solomon Springs bubble from beneath the rocks, the Civilian Conservation Corp built a pool around the springs back in the 1930's.

This place is so cool as a destination to swim and just hang out in the Texas desert. The pool is full of Mexican tetra, soft-shelled turtles, catfish, and the endangered Comanche Springs Pupfish (see first image below).

Be sure to check out the pics and the video I shot. All of these images AND the video was shot with the ultra-cool Canon G9 point and shoot camera in a Canon underwater housing.











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Sunday, April 20, 2008

Hunt Junkies - The New Season

April brings a new season for the popular Hunt Junkies web series.

This time, you'll hear a new theme song...

Thanks to the incredible talents of singer/songwriter Shane Jennings of Abilene, he came up with a fabulous bluesy number complete with the slide guitar.

Aside from being a talented musician, Shane is also an avid hunter and a heck of a photographer.

I hope you like this episode.

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Sunday, April 13, 2008

New Media

I've started experimenting a bit with multimedia storytelling and so far, I like what I'm discovering.

This presentation involves marrying traditional photographs, audio interviews, ambient sounds, and music so that the subject takes on a new life. Think of National Public Radio's All Things Considered program but with pictures..

The thing I never liked about video is that too many things are revealed and nothing is left to the imagination. With photography, I could never convey motion in all the ways that I'd like. With this hybridization of mediums, the interview I did with my brother brings a new dynamism to my website.

Let me know what you think...

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Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Texas Faces

Texas Faces is a presentation I did about eight months ago that appears in the Gallery Section of the website. It recieved so much praise, I thought it would be great to re-introduce the piece on the blog.

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Monday, January 28, 2008

Hunt Junkies Episode 6

In this episode, Bubba and I head way out west for some more whitetail action.

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Hunt Junkies Episode 5

Bubba and I are in the woods again for a post Thanksgiving hunt while trying to hold off the rain.

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Hunt Junkies Episode 4

In this episode, Bubba and I hunt on Thanksgiving Day which is during the prime time of the rut in this corner of Texas.

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Hunt Junkies Episode 3

In this edition of Hunt Junkies, I take my two favorite girls out on opening day of the 2007 Texas deer season.

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Thursday, December 27, 2007

My New Book

My new book, The Kodak Most Basic Book of Digital Nature Photography is out. I am really excited about this book and I think it is selling well so far.

However, in a plea for more sales, I present this shameless video featuring my son:

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Sunday, November 11, 2007

Hunt Junkies - Episode 2

In this episode, Bubba and I hunt deer in Northeast Texas. But when the deer don't show... Look out!

Let me know what you think!

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Thursday, October 18, 2007

Hunt Junkies Episode 1

My brother and I love to hunt and increasingly, we love to video. "So," we thought, "why not combine the two?"

Therefore, for the first time seen anywhere, Hunt Junkies!

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Sunday, October 14, 2007

2 1/2 Weeks

I don't know if you watched this video on the main site, but it bears adding to the blog.

The story behind this video is that it is a stop motion animation of more than 6,000 still images I coolected from a Moultrie I-60 game camera. Add a little music, speed up the images, and you have the making of an awfully cool video.

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Saturday, July 02, 2005

Devil's River, Texas

Here me and my buddies Silas Ragsdale, John Wilson, and Paul Wilson take a cool trip down the Devil's River.

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