by jo1jcx | Sep 7, 2021 | Filming Tips & Tricks, Photography Tips & Tricks
The following videos introduce the essential concepts you need to understand before accessing the Manual settings on your camera. Manual photography can be hard to get your head around if you don’t understand these concepts. If you’re curious about...
by jo1jcx | Sep 7, 2021 | Filming Tips & Tricks, Photography Tips & Tricks
Learning these basic composition techniques will improve the quality of your footage/photography, making it appear more professional. The video above is targeted at general camera-users. Remember that as Journalists composition is essential when you want the audience...
by Ben Addy | Apr 27, 2020 | Filming Tips & Tricks, TV camera extras
Visuals Don’t film someone in front of a window. This creates back-lighting, which turns the subject into a silhouette as the camera can’t handle the dynamic range. Sometimes this might be the ‘look’ you are after but it takes more advanced camera skills...
by | Mar 24, 2020 | Filming Tips & Tricks, Mobile Tips & Tricks, Photography Tips & Tricks
When using a DSLR or TV camera for video I would always heavily advise against using it “handheld”. This is because, to put it bluntly, it pretty much always looks terrible and unprofessional. The issue is that it introduces a lot of micro jitters to the footage (on...
by | Mar 23, 2020 | Filming Tips & Tricks, Mobile Tips & Tricks
Quick Overview Two most important things in making a video look nice are camera framing and lighting.Use rule of thirds. This breaks an image down into 9 evenly sized boxed. Position the subject on these thirds and make them look across camera. Position the subject...
by Ben Addy | Aug 29, 2019 | Filming Equipment Guides, Filming Tips & Tricks
Here’s a quick guide for using a Canon 800d/80d DSLR camera for recording video. Movie Mode Audio Setup Although the camera does record audio from its own microphone, it generally won’t be the best quality. Because of this I would recommend using an...
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