I’m back with another DSLR video tutorial for you! This week we’re talking frame rate. Do not get this mistaken with shutter speed! Consider that video is really just a series of photographs, shot and displayed in really fast succession – your brain interprets this as motion. Frame rate is how many of those photos…
I cannot stress this subject enough: If you’re shooting video on your DSLR camera, PLEASE do something to stabilize your camera, or else your footage will look like Jell-O! Watch this video to see why stabilization is so important, my favorite tool for the job, and what to do when you’re stuck with limited equipment….
I’m switching up the “Tuesday Tuts” format this week with a series that’s more Tip than tutorial. (but awesomely useful all the same!) Let’s call it “Jakfoto <3′s!” My Shootsac is one of my ABSOLUTELY-CAN’T-SHOOT-WITHOUT-IT items! It carries my lenses, my spare batteries, my CF card case, my phone, my keys, my valet ticket, my…
For those of you who are crafting fusion pieces or trying out the video capabilities of your DSLR, it might seem like your camera just became an entirely different animal. Some of the settings you’re used to for photography are no longer what’s needed for video. Hopefully, I’ve got a few tips that can help!…
This week, I’ve got a fun little exercise to stretch your video muscles! The “long portrait” is a great format to explore your camera’s video mode or your editing program. Not only is it based on the photographic concept of a simple portrait – so any photographer is in familiar territory – it involves little…
