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Cinematographers and photographers both employ all of these techniques, but they go about it in different ways and there’s a lot to be learned from both. Things change when the light source must be continuous and therefore draw more power and when you have teams of people ready to set your lights and modifiers up. …
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http://www.clarkvision.com/articles/iso/ This is an article you should read after absorbing and applying my reductionist version for a couple years. It’s a much more excellent and accurate explanation of the principles behind ISO. Native ISO Why is a camera sensor’s “native” ISO different between photo and video modes? Dual ISO 💡Dynamic Range in Photo vs. Video …
This term simply describes how much contrast your camera can see. I used to be way more into dynamic range tests in the past, but two major things changed: Cameras improved immensely. Where the dynamic range used to matter because it affected the end result image in a dramatic way the modern differences are far …
Basically we’ve identified depth of field quite simply thus far: it’s how blurry your background is. It goes a bit deeper. If you want an awesome explanation, this is the video to watch:
Hybrid Cameras The so-called “hybrid” camera does both photo and video well and is generally the type of camera I’ll always recommend on a site like this. It provides massive value and convenience at very little cost to image quality. Dedicated Video Cameras When you buy a video-specific camera you get these features at the …
You can get great photos and video starting with nothing more than the cell phone in your pocket. Buy gear once you know why you need it. Remember that you can always rent gear to try it out before buying. And if you don’t shoot frequently, consider the economics of renting the pricier gear. If …
This topic could occupy the rest of your life. In order to achieve accurate calibration, it’s necessary to understand a bit of color science and history of quantifying how human’s see the world. The unfortunate answer here is that there are not really any easy shortcuts. Properly calibrating your display and environment for color-critical photo …
This course is designed to be both lean and iterative. After many years and hundreds of students I’ve learned a thing or two about education itself. Effective learning happens through repetition and application, and even elementary concepts can feel quickly “learned” but increasingly “understood” after years of application. Whenever you complete a project and begin …
Your eyeball is good at figuring out the color of light surrounding you so that white things look white wherever you go. A camera isn’t so smart. White balance is nothing more than you telling the camera what to use as its white point so the image appears the way you want it to. White …