My friend Elvin, from Audioneer.com, and I go over some basics on how to capture audio in event type situations. Elvin runs Audioneer.com, an insightful blog for audio enthusiasts. For capturing audio at events, loud ambient noise can become an issue when you’re trying to get the best signal to noise ratio during your audio [...]
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Amazon currently has my book, Moviemaking with your Camera Field Guide: The essential guide to shooting video with HDSLRs and digital cameras in stock. This field guide takes you from the bare basics of shooting videos on your DSLR camera to techniques and gear and finally into post production and file management. I wrote this [...]
Quite a few people have been asking how they can determine which Carry Speed MagFilter size will fit their point and shoot camera. In the video below, I explain how to go about the step-by-step process of doing this, it’s super easy. First you want to go to the Carry Speed website and download the [...]
The new New Kamerar Tank TK-2 Cage for DSLR Cameras has been a pretty popular selling item since its release. One common gripe that a few customers have complained about is that they cannot fit their camera into the Tank Cage with a battery grip, QR plate or both attached. The Tank Cage accepts standard [...]
Who doesn’t love FREE? Today’s Tuesday Tip is all about creating light leaks in your camera for free. I simply detached the lens from the camera body and used an iPhone’s Flash Light App to shine a light in-between the camera’s sensor and the lens itself to create light leaks. We set our camera up [...]
Final Cut Pro X has a pretty cool feature called Optical Flow that allows you to create Slow Motion Video without having to install any additional plugins or purchase software. We shot the Diet Coke/Mentos video below on a Canon EOS Rebel T4i at 60 frames per second with a shutter speed of 125th. Yeah, [...]
Today is Tuesday which means one thing: Tuesday Tips! This one is a merging of a few of my favorite things.. DIY, action cameras and cars. I show you guys how a little red handle can go a long way. I’m using a heavy-duty dual suction cup with a 1/4-20″ hold drilled into the handle [...]
Today’s Tuesday Tip is all about making the most out of your laptop’s iSight Photo Booth camera. Nothing is crappier than wanting to take an instant or flash free photo, clicking the shutter button, and then having to wait a whole 3 seconds just to have a simulated flash ruin your already perfect lighting. Solution? [...]
Many of you are now receiving your replacement blocks from Varavon for the Slidecam Lite Slider. To address some questions on how to replace and assemble the new block, I made a quick video explaining the process. The new block features a side break rather than the middle break that sometimes would get caught in [...]
