“Why We Fight” contains never before Released footage of the Afghanistan Special Forces, Strike Force Lion, who describe their own personal reasons why they continue to fight the war against terrorist threats within their country. All footage was filmed entirely on the Canon 5DMKII by Spc. Matthew Freire…
I’ve received a lot of emails after posting my “How to Setup Your 7D” video tutorial asking what the 180 degree shutter rule is and why it’s so important. To be completely honest, before these Video DSLRs came around I didn’t really understand the principles of the 180 degree shutter rule myself. Video cameras I’ve used in the past always defaulted to a 180 degree shutter automatically so unless I went into the settings to change my shutter speed or frame rate, I was always good to go! However, this all changes with Video DSLRs hitting the market because they have no preset shutter speeds to rely on and most of the manufacturers of these DSLRs don’t find this rule important enough to make it a primary feature…
I was lucky enough to get my hands on a 1DMKIV from Canon. Just in time for our Night Combat Equipment Airborne Jump too! I however was already scheduled to jump on this mission so I had to train up a few of my high speed Soldiers on how to operate the camera. Once again, Canon placed the buttons in different locations
I’ve been receiving a lot of questions lately on how to setup the Canon 7D so I put together a quick tutorial on how to create custom photo and video presets.
A lot of thanks goes to Stu Maschwitz for the tips on how to flatten your picture profile in the camera. You can read about his settings in more detail here: Flatten Your 5D.
In addition to the custom picture settings…
I want to start out by thanking everyone in the community for providing these awesome educational sensor size references. Director Jason Wingrove sent this collection along to me and I feel it must be shared with everyone in one centralized location. Now, that being said, please give 100 percent credit to the following people including Stu Maschwitz, Philip Bloom, and Panavision.
Lightroom 2 is an amazing tool! However, Military Photographers as well as AP and Reuters Photojournalists need more metadata POWER!!! Why doesn’t Lightroom’s metadata tools have what it takes to replace Photo Mechanic?
Well, put this in perspective. It is required for us to fill out 17 IPTC metadata fields quickly and efficiently in order to submit our photographs to the Pentagon and National Archives for historical record. Read on for my top 5 reasons why Photo Mechanic isn’t ready to be completely replaced by Lightroom…
I am honored to be featured on FreshDV’s Podcast. As a long time viewer of their site, FreshDV has had a huge influence on me thanks to their free content and amazing articles. Thanks FreshDV for all your support!
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So I just got done watching The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. This film was shot primarliy on the Thomson Viper FilmStream Camera. In case you weren’t aware, the Viper just so happens to have 2/3″ sensor technology, similar to what the proposed Red Scarlet will contain. Now I don’t like getting caught up in all the hype, and I’m all about using the tools sitting right here in front of my face. However, I think we all need to take a step back, a deep breathe, and realize what’s about to take place this year.
For the first time in film HISTORY, prosumers will be able to afford a camera that can achieve the same quality…
…vs PC vs Mac vs Shake vs Nuke vs Lightroom vs Aperture vs Motion vs After Effects vs Maya vs C4D…
and the list goes on and on!
Sorry, but you can’t get away with learning one application or one piece of equipment and expect to be successful. Yes, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to master multiple pieces of equipment and software applications as more products are launched each and every year from a wide variety of manufacturers.
However this is your challenge, otherwise you’ll be left behind by increasingly tech-savy high school and college students who are learning all aspects of the industry at a very young age including shooting, editing, graphics, web design, VFX, producing, and directing.
This is a very important tutorial for those of you who DON’T tag every photo you capture with metadata! Sometimes the caption can be the most compelling part of your photo. Especially 10-20 years from now when another generation wants to find out what really took place in your image. Moreover, your name, website, copyright info, etc. needs to be embedded so you get the credit you deserve for your work. Please get into a good habit of tagging your photos and I hope this tutorial makes it less painful to accomplish!
