Posts Tagged ‘techniques’

Shutterstock was a vital part of my growth in photography when I started submitting stock photography back in 2005 and they're a new partner with planet5D (more on that coming in December). Someday I'll submit some stock footage. I'm still earning money on photos I…

What happens when you're ready to shoot and "available light" means you've got way too much light? Nobody looks their best with harsh under-eye shadows (the dreaded "raccoon" look) or when your talent is squinting from a reflector blasting photons into their watery eyes. This…

Back to Photography 101 Basics - how to create sharp, rich in-focus images. From The Phoblographer, learning how to get sharper still photographs pays off in better-looking videos too. [adrotate group="6"] [adrotate group="9"] 7 Tips for Sharper Photographs   Hold the Camera Correctly Sharpness begins…

Our good friends Tony Reale and his team at NextWaveDV are doing some amazing sharing of their processes - NextWaveDV is now producing a new series of shorts about how they work and they're calling them Film Scene. We've shared the first four below with…

We got to have a surprise guest on the planet5D LIVE show the other day - Dan Chung (dslrnewsshooter.com) - a reporter for places like the Guardian.co.uk and of course we talked about the controversy surrounding his reporting of the events. We again thank Dan…

The tragic events in Japan have touched us all in one way or another - and when we found out Guardian.co.uk reporter Dan Chung (dslrnewsshooter.com) was flying into that disaster to cover it as a news gatherer, we were concerned for his safety. Dan's back…

Should cinematic techniques be included in news coverage? The guardian.co.uk has Dan Chung in Japan covering the earthquake and tsunami and he's using the Canon HDSLRs (I think he has a Canon EOS 5D Mark II with him but I don't have confirmation). Dan posted…