It's Time For You to Make a Video
/I can hear the screams already. Make a video? Are you insane? I don’t know anything about video? I never wanted to learn video!
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I can hear the screams already. Make a video? Are you insane? I don’t know anything about video? I never wanted to learn video!
Read MoreIn this article I want to talk about the reluctance in some photographers to try doing video and use examples from a recent still assignment that would be great videos.
Read MoreJoin me for a Quick Review of the online video editor Flexclip. It’s very impressive when you learn what it can do for your videos, without you having to learn to be a video editor.
Read MoreIf you are looking for better audio for your video work, whether you use a mirrorless camera, a DSLR or even a smartphone, I have a recommended solution that I own and use myself. The RODE Wireless GO II
Read MoreBlackmagic Camera is the BEST video recording application for your iOS device. Read to learn why.
Read MoreThis time I offer a quick look at an online video editing service called VEED.IO
Read MoreBlackmagic Design have just released a superior video recorder for iPhone called Blackmagic Camera. Incredible!
Read MoreThere’s an increasing amount of noise about 8K video. Should you be thinking about it? Let’s find out.
Read MoreRecording great audio with your video on your interchangeable lens camera does not have to cost a bomb or add massive complexity. In this article learn how a simple shoe mounted microphone will make a difference to your video quality.
Read MoreHello readers. This time I offer a simple guide to making a quick sports video with your interchangeable lens camera
Read MoreIt’s been a while since I touched on video. Despite spending tons of money on cameras whose only real value adds are in the video space, most buyers never try it. You’re missing out. So let’s get you started.
Read MoreIt’s time for the smartphone video challenge. Take it on if you dare! (Seriously it’s as easy as drinking water)
Read MoreIt’s time for me to step up my video game and I am hopeful that this latest camera will be more useable on a daily basis than my last purchase and provide more functionality than what I can get in video out of a still camera
Read MoreYour best video camera option is your current mirrorless camera. So what will it take for you to give video a try?
Read MoreCinematographers used neutral density filters for a very long time for a very simple reason. The ISO / ASA of the film stock was fixed, and the cameras had a stock shutter angle, leaving the only variable the iris. Still photographers call this the aperture. These requirements persist with video, so let’s learn how to address this with ND filters
Read MoreWith the holiday season coming, it’s a great time to make some simple home videos for sharing with family and friends and it has never been easier!
Read MoreHi folks! Welcome to The Photo Video Guy. While I accept, but don’t really understand, that most still photographers are not interested in doing video, many of use are interested in putting together a nice slideshow. So let’s see how to do that fun and simply
Read MoreIt’s time to talk about video formats. Read on to learn more…
Read MoreIn our final article on the path to better video, we now look at the steps to closure of your video project. The first step is the editing to completion, and the second step is the encoding for viewing, often called publishing.
Read MoreThe next step in our video for still photographers series is here and it’s all about audio. When I was first studying videography, most of my projects that helped fund the whole thing were corporate work. This was before the boom in self video and the increasing ubiquity of crappy sounding video being acceptable as more and more pieces were disposable
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