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Why You Should Not Shoot Video With A DSLR – #2
I seemed to have stirred something up with that last post so let’s try it again. I mean really… there are lots of productions where you should not shoot video with a DSLR. Here’s another one.
DSLR HD Color Correction – Shoot It Right?
The general buzz around custom presets for your DSLR camera is to go flat or even super-flat to increase the range for color correction in post. Shane Hurlbut took the approach of setting up his Canon 5D to capture images … Continue reading
DSLR Video Lighting
One of the great things about shooting video with a DSLR camera is that you can capture great images in much lower light than regular video camcorders. That doesn’t mean you shoot in the dark just for fun, it means … Continue reading
Why 24 Frames a Second – Stu Maschwitz: DV Rebel
I started watching this interview with Stu Macshwitz expecting a technical discussion of the merits of shooting 24p digital video. What I got was a lesson about why “less is more” in film making. Read on for my perspective on this … Continue reading
DSLR HD Video Feature Comparison
Here’s another way of looking at all the Canon DSLR cameras – a brief feature chart comparing the four Canon DSLR cameras and the Panasonic Lumix GH1.
Video Production Budgeting – Part 3
This is the third part of the tutorial on video production budgeting. Actually, this is a bonus section. As I was creating the first two segments I kept thinking about what I’ve learned in the 35+ years I have in … Continue reading
Video Production Budgeting – Part 2
This is the second part of the tutorial on video production budgeting. Actually, this part is about pricing. The first part was about figuring out what it would cost. Now you need to come up with how much to charge … Continue reading
Video Production Budgeting – Part 1
I keep seeing lots of questions in forums about how to price your video production services. That makes sense as professional photographers are a big segment of the market for DSLR cameras and there are many significant differences between the … Continue reading
Greenscreen – Don’t say I didn’t warn you
Here are my rules for greenscreening (technically known as pulling chromakeys and sometimes blue is better than green but…) RULE #1 – If there is anyway to avoid having to pull chromakeys then do it. RULE #2 – If you … Continue reading
Canon 5D Post-production Workflow
Here’s a link to a blog post with clear and comprehensive details of a post production workflow for the Canon 5D Mark II by Oliver Peters. http://digitalfilms.wordpress.com/2010/01/23/easy-canon-5d-post-–-round-ii/ But what if you’re shooting something other than a 5D?
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