Bruce Dorn's blog

As frequent visitors to the blog are well-aware, I stumbled upon a couple of local youth rodeo associations in May of last year.  I was driving around little-bity Prescott, toting my 600mm f4 IS on the 5D MK II and looking for something photogenic that would challenge my weak manual focusing skills.  

As I rolled past the local rodeo grounds, I noticed many tidy horse-haulers and sensed a buzz of youthful activity.  The Arizona High School Rodeo was in town and it didn’t take a genius to realize that I had found my daily-dose of Canon fodder.

Weather was pleasant with sunshine and scattered cumulous clouds as I eased my way into the whirlwind of activity.  Good shooting weather.  Being, as I am, the sneaky sort, I acted like I owned the place and started doing a bit of long lens shooting.  

It quickly became apparent that this was a touring group with teenagers from all over the state competing in a year-long points battle.  I saw a fella wearing a shirt that was emblazoned with the Arizona Junior Rodeo Association logo and the addendum, Clayton Bond, President, and I knew that I had found someone who could explain it all...

Well, another convention in Las Vegas is wrapped and in the can.

One Monday morning, I kicked off the show by presenting a platform program called “The Moving Portrait” which was well-received with excellent reviews.  The presentation room accommodated about 400 people and we had a full house. I was pleased to be joined onstage by the talented Joseph Victor Stefanchik of JVS Pictures in Dallas.  JVS graciously allowed me share a couple of his excellent fusion-style moving portraits alongside my own projects and the audience response was enthusiastic for all.

Thanks to all who attended and welcome to the iDC Blog!

At last!  Uncle Canon has just announced a new firmware update for the Canon 5D MK II.  This update, announced on March 2nd, 2010, will be available for download very soon.  My best guess is around March 16th. 2010...

Well, a new decade is upon us. Here’s raising a cup of cheer to all our friends and wishing you each a prosperous, peaceful, and creative New Year. Fingers firmly crossed for nothing but good things in the coming days! 

Our upstart company has been enjoying tons of support from Indie Filmmakers worldwide and please know we appreciate you all. 

Rest assured that we’re incubating many exciting new projects here at iDC! This means I haven’t had much spare time to spend in cozy little Studio B, but I popped back in this week for the first of many new video blog postings. There’s simply too much to share in just one measly posting but there will be many more in the coming weeks. We’re giving this whole joint a fresh face-lift and we promise to continue to expand our involvement in the HDSLR revolution in the coming days. Stay tuned!

WPPI Radio Anchorman Scott Sheppard has produced a very interesting series of interviews in anticipation of the upcoming WPPI Convention and mine is online now. 

Bruce reports on the latest episode of Video Victims Unit from the Canon Live Learning tour's stop in Seattle, Washington. Click the Read More link to read Bruce's recap of the festivities.