Whether or not you know how to play Chess, one of the world’s oldest games, it is highly likely the checkered board and famously recognizable playing pieces are nothing new to you. However, few know the story of The Staunton Chess Set and how it became the standard around the world. Read more
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Beastgrip’s Sweet Rig Powered by Filmakr
Beastgrip gang’s setup from today’s shoot. Powered by Filmakr iPhone camera app software, Rodemic, Videomicro and SC6 adapter! Video is coming soon. Read more
Hit The Floor Shoot for VH1
Double your Filmakr (and Beastgrip), double your pleasure:
Um, iPhone 6s+ 4K resolution is amazing. Made possible with Filmakr High-Speed Custom Shutter and low ISO. Filmakr filmstrip view:

Filmakr creator George Spyros shooting for VH1’s Hit The Floor season 3 with Filmakr app, iPhone 6s+, and Beastgrip Pro

Beastgrip report on PhotoPlus Expo
Vadym Chalenko and co over at Beastgrip have a blog post about PhotoPlus Expo 2015 which we used Filmakr to shoot, edit and upload a short film about this über-fantastic iPhone camera accessory. The post includes this hilarious, fisheye lens photo, but if you’re interested in more than just me with a big-a** Sennheiser shotgun microphone, head over to the Beastgrip blog. Read more
FIlmakr App Shoots Video Content for Inclusion Inside Another App:
A Digital Publishing Romance Novel Interactive Experience
Not that Filmakr doesn’t shoot content for broadcast tv and the web, but now we’re going to be included inside of a first-of-a-kind digital book app experience. Here’s a sweet photo from Tristan Pope making the Filmakr UI look as sexy as the model dude.
Rocking the Beastgrip Pro and the Joby.
Time Magazine iPhone Milestones Includes Bentley Motors Video
Time Magazine highlights the first 7-years of the iPhone. There are markers like “iPhone Launches on Verizon,” “App Store Downloads Top 40 Billion,” and of course super-fun ones like “First iPhone Goes to Space” referring to Nasa’s final shuttle launch (while we were more tickled by the famous iPhone space-journey — well, ok, upper-atomospher journey — video included below). All in all there really aren’t a great number of milestones which is why it’s so impressive to see the Bentley Motors video shot on the iPhone 5s make it to the list. Exciting stuff, we’ll be joining you soon….
Video App Filmakr: Mobile Video iMovie Alternative
iMovie tutorial video? Heck no! We created a video app preview of our iPhone video app Filmakr! (pronounced “Filmmaker” :)