How To

The exposure triangle is the most fundamental concept of image capture, yet many people know little about it. Here is a simple explanation.

There are various ways for a videographer to stabilize their footage. If your camera doesn’t need to move, a tripod is ideal. Where camera...

While the gear buy-in can be relatively inexpensive, producing engaging content is a bit more challenging. Let's take a look at gear, production and...

Playing the OddsDrones are just like any other piece of gear; at times, they can and do fail. Similarly, pilots are just like any...

Until recently, directors didn’t have a lot of choice in slow motion without highly specialized equipment. 1987’s Panaflex Gold II for example, could only...

A RAW image frame is like a film negative — different processing can give you different results.

There are actually shapes and alignments that people find pleasing. But photo and film composition also needs to tell a story.

Using vintage lenses lends a unique character to modern images while breathing new life into old glass.

We’ve all had those moments in our lives when we are stopped in our tracks by the awe-inspiring beauty of the “now”. Magnificent morning...

Camera-equipped drones are capable of capturing brilliant, awe-inspiring shots, and chances are you’ll want to learn the essentials of beautiful aerial cinematography yourself.

In its most basic form, a lens is a piece of glass or plastic with curved surfaces. Lenses are used to bend rays of...

If you’re new to shooting video, you may notice that fellow camera geeks like to talk a lot about “glass”. While there are a lot of things made of glass in the video world, there’s only one thing called “glass”: Your camera lens. Here's how it works to produce a useable, in-focus image.

We all know light sensors make our cameras work, but what makes a good light sensor? Which camera and image sensor combo is best...

Orson Welles often had great ideas for movies and then spent years going from studio to studio in Hollywood trying to get someone interested,...

Mise-en-scène means “placing on stage” and refers to props, lighting, wardrobe and blocking.

One of the most overlooked areas of video production is gathering B-roll footage that tells a compelling story. Here's what B-roll is and it's so important.

We’ve got this picture in our minds of a director holding her fingers up in twin L shapes, one inverted, and peering through the...

SD stands for “Secure Digital” — it’s a technical specification published in the waning years of the 20th century, created by three digital giants:...

Within the last few years the video industry has seen the emergence of a handful of new techniques, technologies and methodologies. Aerial videography has...

Video can be an unforgiving medium, and without proper lighting it’s easy to lose data in both the highlights and the shadows. The most...