Correcting Shots - The Art and Technique of Digital Color Correction - page 292

Randy Riesen
It's a brave thing for any good cameraman to offer their stuff up to be color corrected in front of the world. Luckily,
Riesen is confident enough of his considerable skills with a camera to allow me to go through hours and hours of his
personal footage looking for a few seconds of less-than-perfect footage.
Randy Riesen has shot in Chicago for more than two decades now. In addition to shooting numerous music
videos for bands like the Smashing Pumpkins and the John Mathie Band, and serving as DP for countless documen-
tary projects, he has also racked up an impressive number of credits shooting for more than 25 of the country's top
national shows, including Investigative Reports with Bill Kurtis, Entertainment Tonight, America's Most Wanted, The
Daily Show with Jon, and The Jane Pauley Show. He has also shot spots for Leo Burnett and Twitch Films.
Fig. 7.43 Tektronix WVR7100 screengrab. Upper left: RGB Parade. Upper right: composite waveform. Lower left: expanded RGB Parade to
see black balance. Lower right: standard vectorscope.
here, because I like the highlights on the barn, is to warm it up and
give it a golden hour kind of look ( Figures 7.44 and 7.45 ). Again, since
golden hour is more about the highlights being golden, I'm going to go
to the gain controls because right now they're kind of bluish-white. At
golden hour, there's much more contrast between the shadows and the