The sunflower sea star, Pycnopodia helianthoides is an endangered species. It’s the largest and fastest “starfish” in the world. Wait, science no longer calls any species a starfish, because they are not fish, hence, they are now called sea stars. Sunflower sea stars were once common along the central and northern Eastern Pacific, but a […]
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Within the Puget Sound, 14 population groups of salmon are considered a threatened or an endangered species. After living in the ocean for several years, salmon return to the same creek where they were born, to spawn, lay eggs and die. When salmon return to their natal creek, it’s a called a “salmon run”. The
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Wow, the Pacific Ocean. The wind, the smell of the salt and the elk, wait, elk? That’s right, Tule Elk have a designated place to roam free at the Point Reyes National Seashore. I am fortunate to have an organization like CBS Sunday Morning News as a client and friend. Their network has broadcast my
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Stay to the end and watch bear No. 97, who looks like it is just about time to hibernate. In Yosemite Valley, pockets of snow hide from the sun while melting snow adds to the volume of water spilling over the top of waterfalls. Mammals like black-tailed deer and coyote make the most of finding
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On May 6th, CBS Sunday Morning aired our footage during their “moment in nature” segment. Yosemite National Park during springtime with its melting snow, flowing creeks and Merced river is a magical place. Milbrand Cinema can provide sequences for video walls at corporations and museums. This footage is 6K, high-resolution and could be made into
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The above 6K still photograph of Yosemite Falls was grabbed from a raw video file. It measures 6,144 X 3,160 pixels! Lance Milbrand also purchased a camera bag to carry equipment while outdoors. Here is an article written by Christina Green of Portabrace that shows the new camera and Lance in action. Click the images
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Lance Milbrand joined the Giant Screen Cinema Association (GSCA) in 2015. This organization assists filmmakers and theaters in the technical production of giant screen movies. A giant screen movie is an experience that immerses an audience, bringing them right into the storytelling, almost becoming part of the action. These screens must be at least 70
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Milbrand Cinema recently sold two end segments to CBS Sunday Morning News. Its always fun to know that millions of people relaxing on a Sunday morning start their day by watching quality news and then wait for their “Moment In Nature.” These end segments capture a season, a location and usually an animal living its
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CBS Sunday Morning sent me a quarry and was looking for wolf or swan video to highlight their Sunday LOVE program for Valentine’s Day. I had neither sequence in my library but sent them pics of local damselflies from Pinnacles National Park. They purchased the damselfly video for their “Moment in Nature” sequence at the
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THIS Event during the Summer Belongs on Halloween! The Story of the Tarantula and the Tarantula Hawk Wasp All of the images were captured with my video camera. A tarantula hawk wasp feeding along the top of a milkweed plant. IMAGINE – You belong to the arthropod family; you are an eight-legged, furry tarantula and
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