B-Ball

A boy plays basketball late in the day in Upland, Calif., Sunday, May 27, 2012.

Know The Difference - Kickstarter!

Know the Difference Promo from Kirk Dilley on Vimeo.

"Pictures that move? Wow! That sounds expensive."

"It can be, but only if the Producers choose to pay for things such as cast, crew, food, lighting, costumes, makeup, transportation, and specialized motion picture equipment."

"If you take all of those things out of the equation, it actually becomes quite cheap."

Visit the Kickstarter page for Know The Difference and throw in a dollar or two towards those filmmaking luxuries ... like "cast" and "crew"...

Ernie Watts

Ernie Watts plays saxophone at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Friday, June 8, 2012.

Know The Difference: Joe

Actor Joe Willand waits during a promotional shoot for the film "Know The Difference" in Los Angeles on Wednesday, May 30, 2012.

Know The Difference

Director Kirk Dilley records HDSLR video of Caroline Macey during a promotional shoot for the film "Know The Difference" in Los Angeles on Wednesday, May 30, 2012.

Jazz Silhouettes

Musicians perform with bassist Henry “The Skipper” Franklin at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Friday, May 18, 2012.

Jazz Friday

A jazz bass player performs at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Friday, May 11, 2012.

Paper

A newspaper disintegrates in Los Angeles on Saturday, April 14, 2012.

Fairfax

A tagged rooftop seen on Fairfax in Los Angeles on Saturday, April 14, 2012.

Rock On

A transport vehicle holds a giant boulder on the site for LACMA's "Levitated Mass" in Los Angeles on Saturday, March 10, 2012.

I Do The Rock

A woman answers interview questions in front of the site for LACMA's "Levitated Mass" in Los Angeles on Saturday, March 10, 2012.

DocuDay and the Oscars

I went to DocuDay on Saturday, watching all the Academy Award nominated docs from 9 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. -- but couldn't stay for "Undefeated," thereby guaranteeing it the win. I was also able to predict that "Saving Face" would win. I'm not sure why I knew that.

But the two real surprises:

1. DSLR video was key to "The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom," shot on a Canon 7D, and also "Hell and Back Again," shot in essentially a photojournalistic style but on video.

2. The 3D look and feel of "Pina," which I thought I would hate, worked. Worked very well, even. Biggest surprise: Wim Wenders was very clear about the fact that editing for a 3D doc could not just use existing strategies from 2D work. It has to be a different edit.

Above: the worst cell phone camera photo I've ever taken.

Ball

A chain link fence supports a ball near the Geffen Contemporary at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles on Monday, February 13, 2012.

Bricks

Chalk text seen on the USC campus in Los Angeles on Saturday, February 11, 2012.

Balls

Two preserved Union 76 ball signs seen through the window of a Metrolink train traveling westbound near Claremont, Calif., on Thursday, February 9, 2012.

Hiromi Oshima Signing a Bruce Hall Photo #photoLA

Hiromi Oshima signs a photograph by Bruce Hall during the Photo L.A. event in Santa Monica, Calif. on Thursday, January 12, 2012.

Hiromi Oshima #photoLA

Hiromi Oshima poses for a fan in front of photographs by Pete Eckert during the Photo L.A. event in Santa Monica, Calif. on Thursday, January 12, 2012.

Pete Eckert #photoLA

Pete Eckert, a member of the Blind Photographer's Guild, stands near a booth with his work during the Photo L.A. event in Santa Monica, Calif. on Thursday, January 12, 2012.

Incident

Police investigate an incident in Los Angeles on Friday, January 6, 2012.

Everybody's Got An Angle

A photographer snaps an early bettor during "Photography Day" at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. on Thursday, December 29, 2011.