Forced perspective is a time honored, simple effect for making small things look large and large things look small.
How to Take Advantage of High Dynamic Range
Only shooting on film or with a top of the line digital cinema camera will provide you with a truly wide dynamic range since even the best digital video cameras tend to have a rather limited dynamic range. If you don’t have a Michael Bay budget, you can still...
GoPro's fun and cute Fetch harness accessory for GoPro action cameras
GoPro has released Fetch, a dog harness mount accessory, into the wild - literally - for their popular action sports cameras. Fetch takes all of the fun of creative camera placement and makes it more comfortable for passively participating pooches.Fetch is a washable, water-friendly harness, adjustable to fit dogs...
Critical questions to ask before you even pick up your camera. Next Lesson: Progressive & Interlaced
Close up of the numbers on a lens
The concept of focal length used to make more sense when everyone used the same size sensor (35mm film). A director of photography on a film set would say “we’re going to use the 35mm lens here,” and everyone knew exactly what that result would be. Today’s vast number...
Do you know what the shutter speed function on your camera does? Most of the time your camcorder will do a good job setting the shutter speed for you, but sometimes you may need to manually change it yourself. Why mess with that? Wait, what exactly is shutter speed? This...
Focus Assist
Maybe I'm getting old. It used to be that shooting video included staring down the barrel of a viewfinder. Though in black and white, picture was clear, and void of stray light. Today, most video is shot with the shooter looking at an LCD screen, often a foot or...
Adjust Shutter Speed for the Best Video Images
If you're like most people, you probably haven't thought much at all about shutter speeds on your camcorder, in fact, you don't lose any points if you hadn't even considered that your camcorder has different shutter speeds. Most modern camcorders do an excellent job of setting an exposure so...
Zoom In On Macro Videography
As video producers, we're always on the lookout for new textures, new imagery, and startlingly fresh looks for our videos. It's hard to keep up with the constantly changing visual world, but there is another world, a fascinating world once relegated to sci-fi films and laboratories: the micro world....
Focus More on Focus
Unlike color balance or underexposure, which you can fiddle in post, you get only one shot at getting your focus right. Focus isn't everything, but it's close. Of all the things that impact the effectiveness of your shot, focus is at the very top of the list. Focus isn't...