Yesterday, I had a little free time and wanted to play a bit more with Final Cut Pro X. The fact is that FCPX was released over the summer, I immediately downloaded it and started using it. I loved the new meta data options to quickly go through clips, keyword and tag them; this really allowed me to speed through my initial edits. But the truth is, I really don’t like editing with FCPX, Apple made it too “dumb” for those of us who have been using Final Cut Pro for years. I actually find it a bit cumbersome and just can’t get used to the idea of not having “tracks”. Earlier this week I downloaded Adobe Premiere and this was a last ditch effort to see if I could spend some quality time with FCPX and really get used to it before making the switch.

The footage was captured this summer while I was working on a project for The Cool Book. All my work has been done for them for a month now (later this month, we will post some of the other video work from The Cool Book), but I still had a lot of unused footage. So my little “FCPX Test” gave me the opportunity to play with that footage.

The model is Eric Stanton at Q Models with Kaitlin White.  Bruce Gates and John Dutcher were the Directors of Photography.  See credits in video for remainder of the crew.

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Kevin Michael Reed
Kevin Michael Reed (Google+, Facebook) is a fashion & beauty photographer and producer/director based in New York City and Los Angeles, CA. He is the President/CEO of RedFOG Visual Media, a production company in New York City, and a partner in Passion of Photography, Inc, a company dedicated to teaching photographers and sharing our passion through charitable causes. Kevin has lectured and hosted workshops throughout the United States and the world teaching photographers the business and creative sides of photography. (Kevin's Fashion & Beauty Photography Portfolio can be seen here).