The Vimeo Festival was two days of riveting conversations, inspiring workshops, scintillating screenings, and one truly outstanding closing party. We opened up dialogues, lobbed provocative questions, and gave creators a forum in which to discuss stuff they care about. People of all skill levels participated in educational workshops with the industry’s leading creators. We projected our favorite submissions and unveiled some exclusive premieres.

Eliot Rausch, Gabriel Bisset-Smith, Chris Beckman, Kasumi, Andy Bruntel, Onur Senturk, and Ted Tremper won big at the first Vimeo Festival + Awards. They were then asked to be judges at the second awards show. The following videos are their stories.

Introducing the first installment in our new video series: Do More With Your DSLR.

This in-depth tutorial shows you how to make the most of the lighting conditions in your shooting environment. For anyone wondering about white balance, in search of ISO info, or freaked out by f-stops, this one's for you.

Read the full Video School lesson here: vimeo.com/videoschool/lesson/174/do-more-with-your-dslr-working-with-available-light

Check out the other lesson in the series as well:
vimeo.com/videoschool/lesson/175/do-more-with-your-dslr-ii-building-a-rig

It's sometimes strange to think that such major motion classics as Titanic, or Parent Trap (duh, the one with two Lindsay Lohans), or Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan were actually directed by real, human people. The job seems far too hard, right? How could one person manage to direct such true works of cinematic genius?

Well, if you asked our friend Experienced Directorson, he'd wink his crossed, lazy eye right at you, sit you down, and teach you a very important lesson about directing — check it out right here: