Richard Lackey

Shooting the Cape Peninsula with the Moondog Labs Anamorphic Lens

The Moondog Labs Anamorphic Lens is hands down one of the best smartphone lenses you can buy. I explored Cape Town’s stunning peninsula to test it out.

What is FiLMiC LOGv2?

The computational imaging magic that can stretch the iPhone camera to 12 stops of dynamic range.

How to Shoot Professional Cinematic Video with Your iPhone and FiLMiC Pro

Learn to shoot high end iPhone video with my FiLMiC Pro v6 Tutorial. Tips about exposure, color temperature, and why you should embrace manual control.

Shoot Pro Video With Your Smartphone

You’ve heard it said that the best camera is the one that’s with you. The camera in any recent smartphone now meets the requirements to record high quality cinematic video. What’s more, with the right approach to post production, color correction and finishing you can transform those pixels into something far more polished.

Of course, the camera and post production is only part of it. Most of what you need comes down to discovering how and what to shoot.

My goal is to share practical, tested, field knowledge about high-end iPhone filmmaking. Tools, techniques, workflow, hardware, and software.

About Richard Lackey

I am a filmmaker, colorist (CSI), digital cinema technology and workflow specialist with an extensive knowledge and experience of digital motion-picture imaging and post production.

Born in the US, raised in the UK, I have worked internationally since 2003, most notably Cape Town, South Africa, and Dubai, UAE. I started my career as a television editor, progressing from offline to online editing, and post supervision. I earned my first feature film credits as a post production coordinator and post producer before finally moving into a production role as a producer.

I love creating compelling imagery, and the technology that makes it possible. My work is at the intersection of the technical and the creative, and I’m competent with both. I have previously written for a leading online technical portal, cined, for many years, and am a full member of the Colorist Society International (CSI) and the Digital Cinema Society (DCS).

I work as Regional Marketing Manager, Middle East and Africa, Electronic Imaging and Optical Devices for Fujifilm.