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Photography to Videography Transition
With the increasingly good video quality being offered in DSLRs, are a lot of you finding the urge to dabble in video as another creative outlet? I feel like it's a natural progression, here's a music video I just finished up as my first major project using the Canon 7D: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6PwRzLo … e=youtu.be For those that are adding video to their skillsets, what resources and tips have you found to make the transition a smooth as possible? Dec 29 12 10:56 am Link I helped out on this one - shot with a Canon 60D http://youtu.be/_ygy7BJ7rM4 So much to learn, so little time. Dec 29 12 11:24 am Link I started getting into video long before DSLRs were capable of it, and completely separately from my photography. But, the two do seem to be merging together more and more. I suppose it depends on the type of clients you have (personal vs. commercial, portraits vs. weddings, etc) but quite a few seem to want both these days. Dec 29 12 11:26 am Link I worked on a music vid this summer with a pretty aweful Parisian garage band. It wasn't a well organized project but we had soooo much fun... I've done 2 mini-docs and a few reunion/wedding vids as well. I really like the way the new cameras are merging the 2 genres!!! Take a peek at the newish Canon Cini Series EOS cameras...very expensive but,very cool and what I beleive is the future of camera design!!! No real tricks or insight...it still takes me 5 hours to finish a 7 minute clip!!! Dec 29 12 11:50 am Link Working on two documentaries back in the 90's with Bill Day, I've always been drawn to the the medium. I've been adding some inexpensive video for my clients and they seem to really enjoy it. I post on Vimeo which is a real quality boost over YouTube and allows/encourages 18+ video. I will often do a safe for work version for the model to post. I assume I will be doing all video before too long. https://vimeo.com/user8476167/videos Dec 29 12 12:04 pm Link Dec 30 12 07:37 am Link I highly recommend creating an account at dvxuser.com and participating in the various forums there. Lot's of expert advice. Dec 30 12 08:10 am Link NeufeldDesigns wrote:
Dec 30 12 09:09 am Link I started dabbling in video before the DSLRs where capable of it also. It was too much for me to handle on my own, production, lighting, sound, editing. So I kind set it aside until I got involved in a team. Now I am one of the Camera operators on a small productions team using the DSLR to our advantage. It is definitely a lot more work to capture one shot compared to photography, in my opinion. We have spend 1-2 days filming just to produce a 4 min product video. Dec 30 12 10:54 am Link Audio is the very first consideration. Make that good audio... Lighting is different, presuming people will be moving through space. If not, save yourself the effort and go "Ken Burns" on it. Then there's continuity - also known as making a series of shots consistent with each other, unless you're going for the undisciplined public access look. And while I like a series of pretty pictures as much as the next guy, there is still something to be said for narrative structure. Tripod head requirements for motion are more stringent, your moves will need to be smooth enough to not draw attention to themselves. (See my "public access" comment above.) I'm living primarily in the video world. It's not as simple as some might want to make it seem. It's not as difficult as others try to claim, either. It's really more of its own world with its own conventions. Dec 30 12 11:57 am Link I have dabbled a bit in video shooting. I mostly do it at events like weddings or family reunions. I haven't done it seriously enough to put time and effort into learning better techniques and things (especially since my current DSLR is lacking in a lot of areas) but I do like the challenge it presents. The idea, for me, is to capture footage that will enhance the production I'm currently working on while also allowing me to use that footage in another one somewhere along the way. Not all footage can be reused but it's nice when it can be. Dec 30 12 12:23 pm Link Photography with DSLR and video with DSLR are 2 distinct outputs. If you are good and tech savy at image output, you have a good chance of producing a good video. Whereas photo images are static, video is a dynamic creative output. There are more ingredients to throw into the kettle to produce a good stew when doing video. -timeline editing -basic video effects -audio and clip synchro -story line and story board -mood music and copyright usage -format outputs -team collaboration -etc. Capturing video on your DSLR is just the start of a long creative process. It is not video production in itself. . Dec 30 12 02:54 pm Link I was into photography first but bought my 60D for video...the camera is just a small part of video production....or better stated good professional video production. If you are going to move into video, know that audio off the DSLRs is essentially just there for reference, it is absolute crap. At the very least get a shotgun mic to mount on the camera but secondary audio recording is very important. Give the same amount of importance to audio as you do to video. ISO is also another factor...in stills you can go pretty high on ISO but for video stay below 1000 if you can and have ISOs in multiples of 160... and one last point before this goes into full out rant about video is that ND filters are a big deal... Dec 31 12 12:18 am Link NeufeldDesigns wrote: I don't really, stills and video are two different things. This isn't a rant on your video, just in general. Dec 31 12 04:59 pm Link Raoul Isidro Images wrote: +1 Dec 31 12 05:01 pm Link studio 64-20 wrote: Nice video! How big was the team that put it together? Jan 01 13 08:18 am Link Hmmmm. I'm reminded of an incident in my metalwork class at school, when one of my fellow students was taking ages milling something. I wanted to do the same job, but, because I couldn't get to the mill, I had to do it another way. I proudly showed the results to the metalwork teacher. "Well done," he said. "Now think of how much better it would have turned out if you'd used all your skills and knowledge on the right piece of equipment for the job." That's how I tend to look at using a DSLR for video work. Fine, but wouldn't it have been better... Jan 01 13 08:35 am Link I've found a lot of the same things mentioned, there's much more to consider when capturing a scene over time than with a still photo. It's also a lot of work for a one man team to put something decent together once you take into account directing, setting up equipment, editing, colour grading, etc. That being said, I love the extra dimension it offers for creativity and am enjoying the challenge. I've invested in some new equipment more specific to video including a camcorder. As good as the video is becoming on DSLRs, they are still made for photography first and require some cumbersome rigs and extra audio equipment as mentioned to get the most out of them. Some of you also getting into video might actually find the camcorder worth a look, the Sony NEX VG30. It's almost a DSLR/video hybrid. It can do both and offers the benefits of interchangeable lenses like DSLRs but in a camcorder body with video being the primary focus. I did a quick overview of it here: http://youtu.be/pEVSnWjA7UM Jan 01 13 08:37 am Link I actually started video back in HS. Got back into it in 2010 when I purchased the 7D. I never had one intention to do photography at all, but when I was shooting video, I took pictures and well, it went from there. Tips I would say is learn the camera. Learn your framing, shots, and get your own style. Look at who is the best and take bits and pieces from them. Study film. That's what I do. I mainly shoot rap videos and I don't pay attention to rap videos, I watch movies and tv shows to learn and get better. Here is my reel http://www.leonbailey.me/demo-reel Jan 01 13 11:32 am Link Andrew Thomas Evans wrote: What's happening is the same thing that happened when dSLRs started becoming affordable: people got lazy. They found a "video" button on their camera and decided that that must be enough. Jan 01 13 01:17 pm Link I keep meaning to because fashion video can look amazing, though I am a photographer I do think good video is often more powerful. What I quickly learned from messing about is that DSLRs are a pain to use as video cameras and even the simple video requires a lot more gear like follow focus, monitor, fluid head etc. and that is before getting into sound and lighting. You do need really good models too. For stills it's ok if her look comes together for just a few frames but for video is not quite so easy. Jan 02 13 10:39 am Link I created this for a Dallas based non-profit client this past summer in South Africa. I love the whole process and different way of looking through the lens that video brings out but I still prefer photography overall. www.youtube.com/watch?v=utEHOKCgQXo I've come to view the comparison between the two genres quite simply. Capturing a photograph and crafting it into what you want to say is akin to writing a poem. It can range from a short and tight haiku to an Homerian epic. Creating a video/film is much more like writing a novel. You have to get into fleshing out characters and developing a longer narrative. Michael Jan 02 13 10:48 am Link I did this one for a book: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFHgQY2dMsI This one is of my wife for Christmas (sound is not great, trying out new settings). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w54p7AcN1uc And I have a fashion one I'm uploading now: http://youtu.be/AOQYOxAJCo8 And a lot more for clients that want to keep them proprietary. Jan 02 13 11:28 am Link When transition into video you want do also buy video equipment to go with it. Audio is everything if you are not shooting a music video where you add the music.For audio I would suggest buying a RODE Mic. You can also buy LED lights for lighting. You can also buy shoulder rigs for stability as well. But a lot of videos I shoot are BTS because i shoot a lot of models. and you can check out some of my work at www.vimeo.com/dtaphotography Jan 02 13 05:41 pm Link Andrew Thomas Evans wrote: As Gweneth Paltrow said at the Academy Awards, "now with every phone having a camera, we can all be Cinematographers" and then she introduced the nominees for Best Cinematography... Jan 03 13 04:13 am Link Nothing wrong with using DSLR's. The Avengers used 7D's, Black Swan used 7Ds, George Lucus uses them. Jan 03 13 11:50 pm Link Leon Bailey wrote: Not until you try to shoot things with fine detail (especially fine diagonals) or fast in-frame motion. Jan 04 13 07:46 am Link MN camera wrote: Of course. Jan 04 13 12:43 pm Link billy badfinger wrote: ^^my problem with video^^ Jan 04 13 01:06 pm Link The Private Collection wrote: Well, one thing for sure is true.... "boring" is not a function of format. Jan 04 13 01:13 pm Link |
