cinematography

    These four manual vintage lenses are great for shooting video
    Jan 24, 2018 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    Vintage manual lenses can give you splendid results in both photography and filmmaking. There are some real gems among them, with exquisite sharpness or crazy…

    7 things photographers need to know about shooting video
    Jan 18, 2018 John Aldred

    With more photographers taking to video now, it’s good to be armed with a little information about the basics. It seems like there might not…

    How to film yourself when nobody’s around to help
    Jan 8, 2018 John Aldred

    Filming myself is probably one of the more difficult things I’ve ever attempted to learn with a camera. It’s so easy when you’re filming other…

    5 ways to tell better stories with your drone footage
    Jan 4, 2018 John Aldred

    I might’ve mentioned this before, but a lot of drone videos are starting to look kind of samey. It’s always the “cinematic” (basically a 2.4:1…

    The definitive guide to focal length, perspective, and why “zooming with your feet” is nonsense
    Jan 2, 2018 John Aldred

    Perspective distortion seems to be one of the most confusing topics in photography. There are all kinds of erroneous “facts” about it. Like focal length…

    The best settings to create cinematic footage on your mobile phone
    Dec 28, 2017 John Aldred

    For some, the humble mobile phone is their weapon fo choice when it comes to shooting video. For others, it’s simply what they have with…

    Gimbals – Are they terrible and overused or a valuable storytelling tool?
    Dec 26, 2017 John Aldred

    Gimbals can be a wonderful filmmaking tool. They’ve become quite popular over the last year or two, very popular in fact. But are they becoming…

    Filmmaker shows a journey from “impossible” idea to a successfully finished project
    Dec 21, 2017 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    Most of the creatives have those ideas that keep stuck in their head and just won’t go away. Some of them are pretty crazy, they…

    Three establishing shots to do with the DJI Mavic Pro
    Dec 21, 2017 Udi Tirosh

    Establishing shots are important when you are telling a story, they set the scene and often the mood for the viewers. We recently added the Mavic…

    8 tools every cinematographer needs in their “Ditty bag”
    Dec 12, 2017 John Aldred

    Every photographer or filmmaker has things that go into their bag, even if they’re working as part of a team. There are things that you…