2012 Digital Video All Stars

Kevin Shahinian is an award-winning filmmaker, graduate of the USC School of Cinematic Arts and founder of Los Angeles-based boutique production company Pacific Pictures, which produces live event, corporate and original concept projects for clients around the world.

Patrick Moreau is part of stillmotion, a creative collective whose goal is meaningful storytelling. Based out of Mountain View, Calif., and Toronto, the stillmotion team includes Patrick and wife Amina Moreau, along with Justin DeMers, Joyce Tsang, Ray Tsang, Paul Los, Evan King and Alicja Parlak.

Named the 2010 Astronomy Photographer of the Year by the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, Tom Lowe is an acclaimed time-lapse shooter, cinematographer, photographer and director. His latest work, TimeScapes, is an exquisite portrait of our planet shot in 5K resolution and the first movie available to consumers at 4K.

Awards and accolades underscore the career of director, DP and photographer Vincent Laforet, who is renowned for his groundbreaking use of tilt-shift techniques and aerial photography, as well as for his pioneering work shooting HD video with DSLR cameras.

For Shane Hurlbut, storytelling always trumps technology. But he’s no slouch when it comes to trying out new things—the renowned cinematographer’s latest film, Act of Valor, is the first HDSLR-shot full-length feature to be released by a major studio. Directed by Scott Waugh and Mike McCoy of Bandito Brothers, nearly 70 percent of the narrative film, which details the covert operations of a group of U.S.

Boston-based director of photography and documentary filmmaker Tom Guilmette became a proponent of the DSLR movement in 2009, when, inspired by Philip Bloom’s work with the Letus 35mm still lens adapter, he began to use the Canon EOS 5D Mark II for short film and music video projects.

Philadelphia-based filmmaking duo Cristina Valdivieso and Jon Connor met six years ago, while Valdivieso was studying photography and Connor was working in the commercial video industry.