Empty Cup Media has proudly donated a camera kit to The Robert McLaughlin Gallery for their 50th anniversary. Colin has been mentoring media team members at the gallery for the past 2 years at RMG Fridays. He also spends his time teaching at Durham College...
These videos are a product of an Artist in Residence program. Colin visited Southwood Park PS once a week for two months to prepare the students for writing effective PSA videos and shooting them within one class period. Here is the 2013 grade 8 class...
Over the past four months, Empty Cup had Nicolette join the team as a co-op student. She had the opportunity to work every day with Colin and Carla while they were shooting, editing and running the business. Nicolette was given the task to shoot and edit...
Colin was hired by the Town of Ajax to take photos and shoot a video on the social media networking event called SocialU. The video is a quick description of the event and the photos are candid coverage. #SocialU was a follow up to the highly successful...
Empty Cup's Carla and Colin teamed up with buddy and colleague Evan Harper of Grand Design Films to enter a 5-day Doc Challenge. The contest was put on by DOC in conjunction with Hot Docs 2012, and it was a truly awesome experience and we...
Total flexibility. Those are the creative projects we like. Jenn from Jenn Austin-Driver Photography in Millbrook, Ontario contacted Empty Cup looking for a company profile video - but they were looking to have their clients get a feel for their characters as opposed to their...
Colin worked with a group of students from Altona Forest Public School to create a number of public service announcements. The Durham District School Board runs an Artist in Residence program where artists and teachers pair up to teach core curriculum through an art form....
Once again, Empty Cup Media was at DIAC for nine days to take candid photos of the staff and students. We video taped all of the final performances (bands, dances, musicals, drama, song writing, poetry, etc). While DIAC is a great environment to shoot in,...
Colin has been drooling over Canon's line of Tilt Shift lenses ever since he saw one used by the amazing photographer Silvana Frammartino from Impulse Photography. He loved the uniqueness of the lens and how it could create unique perspectives optically. Tilt shift lenses are pricy,...
Roller Derby is back with a fury. The Durham Region Roller Derby (DRRD) holds "fresh meat" training camps to recruit fresh blood to the track. Empty Cup Media's very own Carla Sinclair - aka: "Scarlita" - has been a derby girl since February, 2011 and...