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by Mathew Malwitz · Posted
Birding is, by definition, the recreational hobby of observing and identifying wild birds in their natural habitat. Finding birds is the easy part. Just go outside and stop, look, and listen, and you’ll notice our feathery friends like you’ve never seen before. But how do we identify them? We need to consider a few physical attributes of the birds, from their overall shape to the length of their tail and more.
Birds come in all sorts of elaborate shapes, sizes, and color patterns that make them stand out, or in some cases, remain hidden from
by Steven Esposito · Posted
There are so simply so many distinct types of batteries. We have old-school alkaline batteries that have powered everything from your childhood toys to smoke detectors. There is a huge chance that your phone, tablet, or laptop uses a rechargeable lithium-ion battery. But there is a new type of battery that is slowly entering the market—solid-state batteries. Today we are going to discuss what they are, what they can do, if they’re better than lithium-ion, and even more questions you might have. So, let’s dive in.
What Are Solid-State Batteries
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Landscape and wildlife photographers swear by photographing at sunrise and sunset. But, there is another time of day when you can shoot nature photography and still get beautiful results. Join Sam and Matt in the Everglades to learn how to capture photos both in golden hour and blue hour.
0:00 Intro
0:52 Why Sunrise & Sunset?
6:44 Blue Hour for Landscapes
9:34 App for Identifying & Finding Birds
10:13 Mid-Day Wildlife & Landscapes
11:52 App for Tracking the Sun & Moon
12:31 Time of Year
13:26 How Early to Arrive
14:03 Can You
by Steven Gladstone · Posted
Welcome to Part 2 of Keys to a Happy and Healthy Production Life.
Hopefully you’ve read Part 1, but if not, be sure to check it out.
Working on productions, and making films at every level can be fun, exciting, thrilling, and rewarding. The key to longevity in the business is both being easy to work with and being valuable to those who hire you. If you’re a director, you must figure out how to balance getting what
by Mathew Malwitz · Posted
First, a disclaimer: Like composition, lighting portraits is a subjective exercise. A setup that works for one situation may not work for the next, and lighting that one photographer adores might repulse another. Cultivating a personal lighting style involves an awareness of conventional approaches and willingness to go beyond what everyone else is doing. Study portraits
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Doug discusses more advanced concepts to help deepen your understanding of frame rates. Both editors and videographers will find this video useful, since it will allow them to work in better tandem. We'll cover timecode basics, fractional frame rates (such as 29.97 fps and 23.98 fps), variable frame rates, and more.
0:00 - In This Video
0:39 - Timecode & Drop-Frames
5:36 - Variable Frame Rates
7:02 - Interlaced Video
10:34 - Telecine & Pulldown
12:47 - Mismatched Frame Rates & Refresh Rates
14:54 - Practical Tips
by Shawn C. Steiner · Posted
Pop on a pair of (decent) sunglasses and not only are your eyes less strained, things just look better. The reason for this is likely the polarization effect. Colors may appear more saturated, bright blue skies can take on a deeper hue, and some pesky reflections just vanish. All of these can benefit certain photographs and make the circular polarizer filter one of the best—and most difficult—filters to use.
Exactly What Does a Polarizer Do?
It’s
by Steven Gladstone · Posted
Productions tend to fall into two categories—a disorganized mass of people scurrying around to somehow get the shot off as the sun goes down, leaving crew and cast exhausted at the end of the day, or a smooth moving production that is more like a complex dance, though not as frenetic, far less exhausting, and far more efficient. If you are only going to be working on a film/video production a single time, then the maddening chaos of the first type of production will probably feel very satisfying. However, if you are looking at working in the
by Luke Rollins · Posted
Sports photographers are newcomers to the a7R party. Not because they're late to the series, but because until now the camera line simply wasn't well-suited for action, what with its processor-hungry file sizes slowing things down. Sony aims to change all that with the a7R VI Mirrorless Camera, the company's latest 66.8MP full-frame shooter offering unprecedented speed for the series.
by Mathew Malwitz · Posted
The a7R series has long been popular among wildlife photographers for the big files and associated crop-ability so to speak. That said, one area where the R could use some improvement is in the speed department. After all, it was never designed to be a wildlife camera; Its bread and butter was always resolution with landscape, portrait and studio photographers making the most use of all the extra detail. But, as tends to happen, Sony bends the rules.
by Luke Rollins · Posted
Video performance was a stealth strength of the a7R V, and in this next-generation a7R VI Mirrorless Camera, the improved performance moves the camera from “if you know you know” to video headliner. Sony’s latest acknowledges the new hybrid table-stakes for professionals and creators by delivering video quality worthy of the “R” imprimatur.
by Luke Rollins · Posted
Since its inception, the a7R series has been a mainstay of portrait photographers, for whom its high-resolution imagery benefitted large-scale prints in fashion, beauty, and art contexts. With the release of the a7R VI Mirrorless Camera, Sony has introduced speed into the portraitist's toolkit, eliminating the tradeoff between resolution and processing and making the act of portraiture one of agility and discovery.
by Mathew Malwitz · Posted
Wedding photography is a blend of genres, sort of a marriage (pun intended) between portrait, street, and occasionally even landscape photography. There’s always a bit of mystery when it comes to lighting, and we need to be ready for anything. In a reception hall, you may dimly chandeliers, bright LEDs, or even pulsating, colorful strobes from the DJ booth. All of these variables, and you may not be able to use flash! What can you do?
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Frame rates are one of the most fundamental ideas to understand when it comes to technical and creative decisions for your films. It's important to know how frame rates work so you know how they'll affect the final film or broadcast. So, what frame rates are typically used? Why is 24 fps the standard for movies? Are higher frame rates better than lower ones? Join Doug for a crash course on the basics of frame rates.
0:00 - In This Series
0:46 - What Is a Frame Rate?
2:21 - Creative Uses of Different Frame Rates
3:21 - Is a Higher Frame Rate
by Zack Young · Posted
As audiences consume more and more video, it’s increasingly challenging to create bold, striking visuals that stand out from the crowd and truly engage viewers in a story. Lighting remains—arguably—the most underrated tool for that mission. Even the most budget-friendly camera and lens on the market can capture beautiful images when paired with thoughtful lighting choices. While accurate LED panels used to be large, heavy, and expensive, that is no longer always the case, and Genaray’s new PX-MOD-3 modular RGB LED panel is proof of this,