[gallery link="none" ids="7059,7067,7060,7062,7064,7065,7066,7068"] What an age to be a filmmaker! Flying cameras and wide angle macro lenses are some of the coolest pieces of equipment we have ever worked with. In 2021 we bought the DJI Mini2 drone (249g) and after watching a few tutorials and...
With so much extra time at home during the Covid lockdowns, Colin decided to make a solo short film based on an assignment he made for his Durham College class. Take something boring and make it look exciting. The assignment had a few other moving...
The Laowa 24mm f/14 probe lens is the weirdest and most genius lens we have ever owned. It's billed as being able to get "impossible" macro shots. The most unique attribute of this lens is it's long and thin design that allows the camera op...
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...
We love the city we live in. Empty Cup has found an artistic family in Oshawa and are proud to be creating content to help share how we really feel about it. To us, Oshawa is a vibrant and creative community where there are many...
Colin's family cottage is just up the river from one of the Trent Severn Waterway's most unique lock systems. Built in the 1970s, the Marine Railway lifts boats out of the water and places them on the other side which is about 200m down a...
Chris "Burns" is a super talented pyrographer who burns beautiful artwork into wood. He did a beautiful woodburn of our pug Gryffin in about 2 hours and Colin was there with his C100 cinema camera to catch some of the "smoke porn" (when lots of smoke...
This project was possible with funding through the Ontario Arts Council. Empty Cup wrote a "Let's make a movie!" grant application and the money allowed us to do the project in three different schools. We visited each school for three full days and we transformed the class...
Colin has never had a cup of coffee. Which may seem odd for many reasons. So if you're a coffee drinker, the end of this video may upset you. (I hear Kicking Horse is a nice brand...
Empty Cup's latest video announces the upcoming release of Tim Watson's latest album "Still a Young Man". Carla spent a day with the guys while they laid down the magic tracks that make up Tim's newest release. If you want to see this talent in...
In 2012, Colin grew a 12 x 25 vegetable garden in his backyard. Since the plants grew quickly, Colin couldn't resist getting video shots of their progress. After the growing season was over, he was left with a video progression of his garden - from...
What a fun project! Empty Cup went camping for a night with this awesome family and put together a video to celebrate Sarah and Rob's 10th wedding anniversary...