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Last week I had a few hours off in NY before meetings and decided to go for a little sunset walk in Washington Square Park. As soon as I got there and saw how beautiful the light was I kicked myself for

Flashback to 1 year ago. I got a call from a friend of mine… please would I come and shoot something... Urgently! So I grab my camera and show up at the location. It was some kind of massive Big Brother

Recently I took a work trip to Budapest, Hungary. I spent the day before I was due to start working wandering the streets of this incredible city. Everywhere you turn your camera there's something amazing

This last weekend I attended a trade show I goto every year. It’s called Cinegear Expo and it’s a yearly get together for film technicians and artisans to see the newest gear that’s been released over

A few years ago I visited the region I grew up in, in foothills of the Magaliesberg mountains in South Africa. Not far from there was a Lion Park which I visited as a child. When I went back to my old

The amazing thing about living in Los Angeles is despite being a super busy city with legendary traffic jams ... there are the beaches. I often go down to the beach at sunset for a walk - to breathe in

Taking a trip down memory lane is always a rich and complex experience. Often we find ourselves understanding the course of our life because of some incident. I covered that in a blog earlier about why

WARNING. Politically provocative post! A couple of days ago I posted an Ad I made for Moveon.org ; ‘God’s Children’. It was the one that DIDN'T get into the Bush in 30 Competition. Here is the next one

I’m not sure how many artist’s out there have hit a moment of insecurity or fear while working on a project? Years ago while prepping for a very big movie I had one of ’THOSE’ nightmares. The kind where

WARNING. Politically provocative post! Waaay back in 2003 I found out that Moveon.org was running an advertisement competition. The concept? Criticize key points of then President George Bush’s policies

I was born in apartheid era South Africa in 1965 and spent my formative years living in the bush in the middle of nowhere (Broederstroom) a tiny town near the Magaliesberg Mountains. My grandfather named

A couple of days ago I posted a video of my Epic Drone Crash. Definitely a failure! But there are successes as well... Recently I went out early in the morning to shoot some slow motion surfing. It wasn't

I think it’s as important to discuss our failures as it is to revel in our successes. So here’s one of my recent spectacular failures! I had purchased a 3DR Solo Drone some time ago for a music video shoot

Hello All! I’d like to introduce myself…. My name is Mark Vicente. I am a Director / Cinematographer / Writer / Producer / Trouble-Maker from South Africa, currently living in Los Angeles. I was introduced