In today’s video market cheap competition appears to be the biggest complain and problem amongst video makers. The reality is that the market is changing constantly, the days of sitting in our offices and waiting for the phone to ring are gone. In the past we always relied on [...]
After seeing how younger “photographers” conduct business these days and reading some of the hair raising posts on the many forums and social sites I felt obligated that I should say something about. Out of all the posts that I placed on many forums over the years this one will [...]
For what I’m about to say about 90% of readers will think that this is pure BS and will reach into the fridge for another beer. This expected response is right on target as from all those trying to make money with a video camera only 10% are capable of [...]
Are lighting skills important? This is the question that always comes up after an assignment that required some sort of lighting skills but the shooter had none. So what’s the answer. In recent years new technologies have allowed cameras to be more sensitive to lower lighting conditions. Although low [...]
Regardless if your video production work is for broadcasting, commercial clients or the web, before getting hired somebody will want to see what you’re capable of doing. The difference between getting or not geting the job most likely will come down to what’s on your demo reel. For the [...]
With each topic throughout the two days we’ll be discussing the business of production and how everything we’ll be doing as as we’re doing it will apply to the business side of our industry. For many this will be the most important part of the workshop as you’ll be learning [...]
There are few times a month when the only lighting option is to hang the lights from the ceiling, this mostly on multiple cameras shoots where light stands would be in somebody’s picture. Hanging the lights using scissor clamps isn’t the problem, providing of course the light isn’t very heavy, [...]
When budgets for TV and commercial productions started shrinking about a decade ago, necessary expenses like grip trucks suddenly became a luxury. Gone were all the goodies that made us look good and quality of productions started deteriorating. Producers however were still looking for quality work and crews who still [...]
For bigger jobs we use the 1. 7/8″ or 2.00″ tubing in order to support longer lengths and more weight. Many time also we can not mount anything to the ceiling and everything must be supported from floor stands, meaning that we have to fly-in the light from outside camera [...]
Sometime grids can save the day and make you look like a hero in the eyes of the producer. Few years back we were asked by ESPN to do a simple interview with back then BUCS coach Jon Gruden, simple enough, until we got there. The team was moving into [...]
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