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Talk with customers – don’t be a bad photographer
Do you take pictures of people? Are they really happy with your work and performance?
There are too many bad pro photographers… out there. How do I know? Simple: I talk to customers who had bad experiences and didn’t like what they had to pay for.
Music video shooting tips
I have been working real hard for the past few weeks on a music video we shot for one of my friend. I shot a few clips for him in the past (the single camera on tripod kind of thing) but this time, he wanted something more.…
Picture Style explained
I have talked about using picture style in the past but I think this video explains the whole thing much better than I ever could. If you visit the Vimeo page, you will see a list of presets to download for both 5D and 7D.…
Meggie + Corneliu: how we did it
A few people asked me to give more details about how we shot the love story clip (posted here…). Instead of writing a structured post, I am just going to go with the flow and write everything that comes to my mind.
A quick tip if you are using a LCD view finder (like the Z-Finder)
Reviewing the clips I did last Monday, I realized the exposure was not what I remember seeing on the LCD while shooting. After some thinking, I figured it out: I used to set the LCD brightness level to auto…. Since I was shooting outside, the ambient light sensor was calibrating the LCD brightness as if it was used in bright conditions while in fact I was looking at the LCD in a dark environment (the Z-finder).
What is the best shutter speed for movie mode?
I have seen this question a few times in various forums so I thought it would be another good fit for the “The Basics” section.
Since people rarely explain what they would consider “best”, I assume they are talking about the best shutter speed to achieve a filmic look….
Tips: buy camera gear with your credit card
This one might be obvious to many but it just saved me about 100$ so I thought it would be a good idea to share my experience.
Two weeks ago, my 50mm f1.4… broke, the camera LCD displayed the dreaded ERR 1 message.
Urban Exploration guide for Photographers
This post is not specifically related the the Canon 5dMRkII. I wrote it as a complement to a blog post on the DPS about urban exploration…. This is a collection of all the tips/tricks I have learned during my various explorations.
